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NewsC5 orders Extraordinary spin-offs
Channel 5 has ordered two spin-off series from its Extraordinary People strand and remains on the hunt for factual shows for its 10pm slot.
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NewsBig Brother in fresh racism row
Big Brother has become the subject of a fresh round of racism-related complaints after last night’s episode saw one housemate taunt another about her eating habits.
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NewsC5 picks up American Civil War ratings winner
Kevin Costner’s American Civil War drama Hatfields & McCoys, which drew a record 14 million viewers in the US, has been picked up for exclusive UK broadcast by Channel 5.
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NewsC5 orders £48m shipwreck doc
Channel 5 has revealed it has ordered a major documentary following the recovery of £24m of treasure from the British cargo ship SS Gairsoppa which sunk in 1941.
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RatingsSuperstar falters at live performance
The first live show of Andrew Lloyd-Webber’s hunt for a lead for Jesus Christ Superstar attracted less than half the slot average, while BBC1’s Wallander slipped from last week’s record performance.
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RatingsAngelos falls well short of slot average
The launch of Angelos Epithemiou’s series on Channel 4 on Friday attracted less than half the viewers of its slot average.
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NewsChannel 5 nets Liverpool FC doc
Channel 5 has beaten ITV to land an all-access documentary on Liverpool Football Club.
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NewsIan Brady films pulled after hearing delayed
Films about Moors murderer Ian Brady have been pulled from Channel 4 and Channel 5’s schedules due to the delay of a tribunal assessing his mental health.
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RatingsDeferred Bard pegged back
When sport is live, nobody, not even the Bard, is sacred – as Henry IV found out this week.
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NewsC5's John Hay moves to C4
Channel 5 factual commissioner John Hay is joining Channel 4 to cover Julia Harrington’s maternity leave.
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NewsOfcom investigating BB after 1000 complaints
Channel 5’s Big Brother is being investigated by Ofcom on three fronts following a string of complaints over the past two weeks.
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NewsC5 to profile Moors murderer Ian Brady
Channel 5 has commissioned a new documentary about hospitalised Moors murderer Ian Brady.
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NewsBB complaints top 1,000 after "gorilla" jibe
Big Brother sparked a further 50 complaints to Ofcom last night after a housemate branded a black contestant a “gorilla”, pushing this week’s total number of complaints over 1,000.
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NewsC4 and C5 in talks with YouTube over new deals
Channel 4 and Channel 5 have kicked off renegotiations over their distribution deals with YouTube ahead of the expiry of their existing three-year deals.
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NewsPSB programme spend falls to 13-year low
BBC, ITV, Channel 4 and Channel 5’s total spend on content in 2011 contracted at its fastest rate and to its lowest point in 13 years, according to Ofcom figures.
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NewsDarlow lands Ice Airport for C5
Channel 5 has ordered a doc series from Darlow Smithson Productions that will focus on a remote airport near the North Pole.
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NewsBig Brother sparks nearly 1,000 complaints over bullying
Big Brother has drawn nearly 1,000 complaints over an episode that saw one of the contestants swearing and abusing a female housemate.
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NewsC5 signs Truckers for life
Channel 5 and A+E Networks have acquired the ongoing rights to adventure doc Ice Road Truckers and its Deadliest Roads spin-off.
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NewsUK's Ugliest Dog takes on world in C5 doc
Britain’s Ugliest Dog is the focus of a Channel 5 doc that follows the canine champion to an international competition in the US.
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NewsMedieval machine gun to be rebuilt for C5 series
A new Channel 5 series will see engineers attempt to rebuild historical inventions including a medieval machine gun and a gothic megacrane.