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NewsRize USA recalls Memory Games for Discovery
DCD Media’s Rize USA has teamed up with Man vs Food producer Sharp Entertainment to provide coverage of The Memory Championships for Discovery’s Science Channel.
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NewsFox renews The Following and The Mindy Project
US broadcast network Fox has renewed a raft of freshman series including The Following and The Mindy Project.
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NewsRestoration Home to return for third series
BBC2 has ordered a third series of Restoration Home from Endemol’s Remarkable Television.
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NewsFox Int'l Channels develops ghost series from Walking Dead creator
Fox International Channels (FIC) is developing a new ghost series from The Walking Dead creator Robert Kirkman.
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NewsCBeebies orders Mister Maker spin-off
CBeebies has commissioned an international themed spin-off of its smash hit live action series Mister Maker.
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NewsDerek gets second series
Ricky Gervais’ comedy Derek has been recommissioned for a second series by Channel 4 as the first run comes to an end this week.
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NewsSky gives up Spy
Sky 1 has cancelled Hat Trick Productions’ espionage-themed comedy Spy after its second season.
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NewsBBC1’s Father Brown to return
BBC1’s daytime drama Father Brown has been blessed with a second series.
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NewsBBCW jumps aboard Impossible dino series
BBC Worldwide has come on board Impossible Kids’ animated pre-school dinosaur series Dinopaws and will air it around the world on its global CBeebies channel.
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NewsSky Living orders Australian cooking format
Sky Living HD has ordered a UK version of Australian cooking format My Kitchen Rules.
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NewsC5 takes CSI route for ob-doc
Channel 5 has ordered CSI-style medical ob-doc Trauma Doctors from Cineflix Productions, which it hopes could become a long-running series for the channel.
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NewsThe Review Show moved to BBC4
BBC2’s The Review Show is to be moved to BBC4 and scaled back to a monthly slot as the multichannel refreshes its arts output.
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NewsNickelodeon unveils new programming slate
US kids broadcaster Nickelodeon has ordered a raft of new series including a spin-off of Dora The Explorer and an animated series from the creators of The Adventures of Pete and Pete.
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NewsPioneer hits C4 with meteor doc
Channel 4 has ordered a fast turnaround documentary about the recent meteor strike in Russia from Pioneer Productions.
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NewsGeordie Shore heads to Oz for sixth season
MTV UK has renewed Geordie Shore for a sixth season, which will see the reality stars head to Australia.
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NewsSnog, Marry, Avoid? back for sixth run
BBC3 has order a sixth series of Remarkable Television’s Snog, Marry, Avoid? to air this spring.
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NewsHistory goes banger racing and treasure-hunting
History has commissioned two factual entertainment series following a banger racing team and band of treasure hunters.
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NewsNickelodeon and Sky join forces to order dance format
Nickelodeon and Sky have partnered for the first time to jointly commission an entertainment format from Princess Productions.
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NewsBBC3 orders fast turnaround Oscar Pistorious doc
BBC3 has ordered a fast turnaround doc about Oscar Pistorious from Mentorn Media after he allegedly murdered his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp.
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NewsOutline wins global BBCW order
Outline Productions has won its most important international commission to date with a 10 x 48-minute series for BBC Worldwide that will play across the globe.