C5 courts controversy with police drama

Channel 5 has snapped up the rights to the controversial US drama The Shield, based on a fictitious violent and corrupt Los Angeles police department. C5 controller of acquisitions Jeff Ford negotiated a deal with Columbia Tristar International Television to buy the 13 x 60-minute ...

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