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Iraq to enjoy new BBC channel

The Director of BBC World Service, James Brash, today announced the launch of the first new TV service to be broadcast in Iraq since the US-led invasion in 2003.

Addressing an eager throng of kevlar-vest-clad journos, Brash declared: "We are planning to introduce new services to Iraq, in line with our remit to produce quality, culturally-diverse programming throughout the world, further establishing the BBC brand."

The new station, he stated, would be piloting locally-produced programming, but based on "successful formats well-established in the UK". An accompanying press release gave highlights of future programmes that the Iraqi people can look forward to watching this autumn:

Scrapheap Challenge

The clock is ticking when Sgt Major "Sapper" Wilmot and his squad from the 2nd Parachute Battalion take up the challenge to create an armoured snatch Land Rover before patrol roll call, using only materials available to hand at a burnt-out oil well near Basra.

DIY SOS

Nick Knowles and team, visit Omar and Salwa at their home in Zayouna, east of Baghdad, to dispense invaluable advice on how to disguise 80mm enriched uranium munition craters using a combination of pampas grass and burnt tyres.

Streets Ahead

The ever-popular Sarah Beeney returns to downtown Baghdad to persuade neighbours to pull together to make their streets a more desirable place to live and inspires the establishment of a neighbourhood watch scheme designed to give advance warning of exploding Sunni insurgents.

Relocation, Relocation

Kirsty Allsopp and Phil Spencer help Abdal-Rahim meet his demanding requirements for a house with "four walls and a roof".

What Not to Wear

Trinny and Susannah have a struggle on their hands trying to convince the lads of the Queens Royal Hussar troop to take a "less layered" approach to conventional combat attire.

Risking it All

Hassan, fed up with Sunni-Shia violence, moves from the war-torn district of Bab Al-Sharji to the leafy suburbs of London's Notting Hill to follow his dream of opening a kebab house. Will his gamble pay off or will he rue the day he left home?

Rogue Traders

A look at everyday folk down at Baghdad’s explosive central market.

A BBC spokesman stated that the extension to the World Service programming had been enabled by an increase in grant-in-aid contributions from the Foreign Office and follows on from the successful introduction of World Services into Iran earlier this year.

BBC internet services have already been launched in Iraq, as a pre-cursor to the new TV station, and to date feedback has been positive with the newly introduced World Service website "www.amishotornot.com" being especially popular with overseas armed forces personnel.

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