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FeaturesSky Atlantic makes waves
Sophie Turner Laing has offered an insight into Sky Atlantic’s emerging identity, telling delegates at Broadcast’s inaugural Evening Briefing that it will become clearer as UK originations return this summer.
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NewsComedy Central’s Big Bad pilot leads content push
Comedy Central is preparing for a major push on original content with an order for a narrative comedy pilot from Objective Productions.
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NewsBBC drama to revisit Musketeers and Hitchcock
BBC Productions has won 20 hours of drama commissions, including an adaptation of Alexandre Dumas’ The Three Musketeers and a reimagining of Hitchcock classic The Lady Vanishes.
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NewsWindfall lands Fraser case for Murder Trial
Channel 4 cameras-in-court documentary series Murder Trial (w/t) has gone into production and will feature the retrial of Nat Fraser, who is accused of killing his wife in Scotland in 1998.
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NewsHamilton and Coomber to lead Strictly together
The BBC has turned to the series editor of The Voice UK and the executive producer of Dancing on Ice to take on joint creative leadership of Strictly Come Dancing.
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NewsLemonAid sparks 176 complaints over puppy prize
ITV1 entertainment show Keith Lemon’s LemonAid has attracted 176 complaints and scorn from the Kennel Club after a puppy was awarded to a child as a prize.
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NewsMore4 sets launch date for Digital Scrapbook
More4 has cemented a launch date for its “Digital Scrapbook” project that will allow viewers to collate programme information in one place.
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NewsSeeking Salvage returning to History
History has ordered a longer second series of Seeking Salvage after the first became its biggest ever original commission.
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NewsDyke: BSkyB should offload News Corp and Murdochs
Former BBC director general Greg Dyke has said it would be in BSkyB’s interest to “offload News International and the Murdochs’ shares in the company”.
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NewsFoxes attract same web traffic as Big Brother
Channel 4’s new live interactive study of urban foxes in the UK attracted the equivalent web influx to the broadcaster’s website as a Big Brother eviction.
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NewsBSkyB: Sky News hacking record clean
Internal reviews into email hacking and payments to police at Sky News have found “no evidence of impropriety or cause for concern”.
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NewsSky1 to revive the Kumars
Sky1 has picked up former BBC comedy The Kumars for a refreshed version of the show after six-year hiatus.
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NewsBSkyB posts £939m profit; claims it is "fit and proper"
BSkyB has staunchly defended its right to a broadcast licence following a stinging attack on its majority shareholder News Corporation yesterday.
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NewsEmmerdale going live for 40th
ITV1 is gearing up to broadcast Emmerdale live for the first time to celebrate the soap’s 40th anniversary.
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NewsSherlock and Fresh Meat win South Bank awards
BBC drama Sherlock and Channel 4 comedy Fresh Meat have picked up South Bank Sky Arts Awards.
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NewsMurdoch "not fit" boss, say MPs
The Commons culture select committee has described Rupert Murdoch as “not a fit person to exercise the stewardship of a major international company” in a report that is also highly critical of his son James and claims other News Corp executives misled it about phone hacking at the News of ...
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World’s Scariest returning to C5
Channel 5 has commissioned a second series of the World’s Scariest strand from Mentorn Media.
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NewsWenger named C4 drama boss
Piers Wenger has been appointed as Channel 4 head of drama with immediate effect – moving across from the broadcaster’s film division Film4.
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NewsPatrick Stewart to explore animal superpowers for Nat Geo
Star Trek and X Men star Sir Patrick Stewart is to front a new series for Nat Geo that explores the incredible powers of survival harnessed by some of the world’s deadliest animals.
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NewsSony's Eddie Nelson dies aged 43
International TV executive Eddie Nelson has died following a brief illness.