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NewsCowboy Builders to set up in Spain
Long running UK format Cowboy Builders is to be remade in Spain after Warner Bros International Television Production struck a deal with RTL-owned Spanish broadcaster Atresmedia.
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NewsC5 to explore neonatal units and primary schools
Channel 5 has commissioned five new factual shows including series set in the UK’s largest neonatal unit and Britain’s biggest primary school.
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NewsC5 snags Batman prequel Gotham
Channel 5 has snagged Batman prequel Gotham, one of the hottest US series to launch at this year’s LA Screenings.
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RatingsAutopsy digs up impressive audience for C5
THURSDAY: The second part of Channel 5’s Autopsy trilogy smashed slot average, only losing out to the Commonwealth Games, while Noel Fielding’s second run of Luxury Comedy made a slow start.
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CommentProduction competition hots up
C5 has entered the fray, but its shows will need broader appeal
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NewsC5 to free production arm to pitch projects to rivals
Channel 5 is planning to turn its in-house production division into an independent unit capable of pitching its brand of tabloid telly to rival broadcasters.
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NewsMarston's Brewery opens up to C5
Channel 5 is brewing up a new high-profile documentary series with Shine TV after securing access to Marston’s Brewery.
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RatingsTulisa & Blinging Up Baby docs perform solidly
MONDAY: Channel 5 and BBC3 performed solidly with tabloid TV documentaries Blinging Up Baby and Tulisa: The Price of Fame.
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NewsThe Walking Dead resurrected by C5
Channel 5 is to resurrect The Walking Dead after successful lobbying from fans of the zombie drama.
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Behind The ScenesBlinging Up Baby, C5
A killer title landed us the commission, but the hard part was still to come says Ian Lamarra
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RatingsOn The Yorkshire Buses beats Million Pound Drop
FRIDAY: Channel 5 ob-doc On The Yorkshire Buses drove off with an audience of 1.2m – just above the return of The Million Pound Drop on Channel 4.
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RatingsC5 benefits from ratings win
MONDAY: Channel 5 saw off competition from ITV, Channel 4 and BBC2 with the penultimate episode of Benefits Britain.
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NewsC5 re-orders five factual series
Channel 5 has recommissioned five documentary series as part of a push to grow its returning brands.
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NewsC5 gives voice to child carers
Channel 5 is to provide a first-person account of children who care for their parents in a Spun Gold documentary.
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NewsAndrew O'Connell joins ITV
Former Channel 5 commissioner Andrew O’Connell has joined ITV as a factual commissioner.
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NewsC5 returns to Benefits Britain
Channel 5’s Benefits Britain is to return after the broadcaster green-lit two more series of the in-house welfare documentary.
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RatingsC5 doctors outperform C4 beauty queens
THURSDAY: Channel 4 doc Beauty Queen or Bust was outperformed by the final part of Channel 5 medical doc Trauma Doctors.
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RatingsBenefits Britain holds steady
MONDAY: Channel 5’s welfare documentary Benefits Britain remained solid in the face of strong competition from Brazil’s final group game of the World Cup.
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NewsC5 moves Stand By Your Man
Channel 5 has rescheduled its Friday night dating show Stand By Your Man after a rocky start in its opening week.
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NewsC5 management team to move over to Viacom
Viacom is firming up plans to bring over Channel 5’s existing management team, including key Richard Desmond lieutenant Paul Dunthorne, ahead of finalising its £450m acquisition of the broadcaster.