All Broadcast articles in 14 October 2016 – Page 3
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NewsBlueprint to adapt Graham Norton novel
Sony-backed indie Blueprint Television is to turn Graham Norton’s debut novel into a high-end international drama series after optioning the book - as Dancing Ledge Productions prepares to adapt several Alistair Maclean thrillers.
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CriticsTV Critics: Nature’s Weirdest Events; The Apprentice; The Fall; Zapped
“This series often feels like a show you might stumble upon while flicking through the high numbers on the set-top box.”
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NewsRemarkable wins C4 beauty pilot
The nation’s attitudes towards people with visible facial conditions will be put under the spotlight in a Channel 4 pilot.
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FeaturesHot Picks: The Level
Seven years in the making, this six-part serialised crime thriller set on the south coast of England is Holy Flying Circus indie Hillbilly’s fi rst major series commission.
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FeaturesHot Picks: Prime Suspect: Tennison
Scheduled to air later this year to celebrate Prime Suspect’s 25th anniversary, this prequel to ITV’s iconic, long-running crime drama exhumes the formidable character of DSI Jane Tennison and reunites her with modern audiences.
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FeaturesHot Picks: The Same Sky
Deutschland 83 was the highest-rated foreign-language drama to have aired on British television when it recorded a consolidated audience of 2.4 million in January 2016, beating the likes of Les Revenants (The Returned) and Forbrydelsen (The Killing).
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FeaturesHot Picks: The Rocky Horror Picture Show
Dr Frank N Furter and pals are heading to Mipcom as a reboot of camp musical The Rocky Horror Picture Show will have its world premiere at the event.
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FeaturesHot Picks: Taboo
Tom Hardy has executive produced and plays the lead in this dark period drama about rogue adventurer James Keziah Delaney, who returns from Africa to avenge his father’s death.
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The Broadcast InterviewStudio Lambert
With a slew of spin-off-spawning franchises, a healthy non-scripted order book and a fledgling drama division, Studio Lambert is on a high. So what’s next for the indie? asks Peter White
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FeaturesHot Picks: National Treasure
This Operation Yewtree-inspired four-part drama plunges headfirst into one of the darkest chapters of the UK’s recent history.
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FeaturesHot Picks: The Halycon
Class divide, glamour and a carpe diem attitude created by the overhanging spectre of war forge the foundations of ITV’s upcoming eight-part drama The Halcyon.
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FeaturesHot Picks: Riviera
Riviera is a 10-part thriller starring Julia Stiles as the resourceful wife of a billionaire who has to navigate the opulent and morally ambiguous world of the ultra-rich after her husband’s death.
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FeaturesHot Picks: The Witness For The Prosecution
The Witness For The Prosecution is a gripping adaptation of Agatha Christie’s short story about a wife’s attempt to rescue her husband from a murder charge by becoming an unreliable witness.
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FeaturesHot Picks: Switch
While Deal Or No Deal is a gameshow without questions, Belgian format Switch is a gameshow without keeping score.
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FeaturesHot Picks: Look Me In The Eye
The trend for social experiment formats shows no sign of slowing down with a raft of new titles in the genre launching at Mipcom.
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FeaturesHot Picks: That Awkward Game Show
Parents and their adult children will end up learning shocking secrets about each other in this gameshow from US cable network Spike TV.
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FeaturesHot Picks: Kicking & Screaming
US network Fox welcomes reluctant outdoorsmen to the jungle in this reality competition series from Lionsgate and Wipeout and Fear Factor producer Matt Kunitz of Pulse Creative.
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FeaturesHot Picks: Big Music Quiz
The musical gameshow genre is booming as global broadcasters search for a hit on the scale of Don’t Forget The Lyrics.
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FeaturesHot Picks: 5 Golden Rings
Possessed, the ITV-backed indie set up by Pointless co-creator Glenn Hugill, has teamed up with John de Mol’s production group Talpa Media to develop his next quiz show format: 5 Golden Rings.
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FeaturesHot Picks: All Against 1
If its performance in Denmark is any indication, audiences are going to love this Zodiak-distributed interactive entertainment format.