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NewsGreenlight round-up: Sky Atlantic sets sail to Brixham
This week Greenlight is going fishing with Sky Atlantic, as a series set in the coastal town of Brixham tops this week’s new commissions
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NewsKidnap and Ransom to return
ITV has recommissioned hostage negotiation drama Kidnap and Ransom, starring Trevor Eve.
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NewsFirst orders and new boss for Sky Atlantic
Sky Atlantic has appointed Elaine Pyke as its first channel director and unveiled its debut round of UK content.
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NewsDyckhoff to bring critical eye to architecture for C4
Channel 4 is to examine how buildings affect our lives in a series fronted by architecture critic Tom Dyckhoff.
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NewsABC orders run of US Celebrity Wife Swap
US network ABC has ordered episodes of Celebrity Wife Swap from Zodiak USA. It is the first time the celebrity format has been commissioned for the US.
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NewsITV unveils Cowell gameshow
ITV has revealed the details of its epic million pound gameshow produced by Simon Cowell.
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NewsManford steps down from 8 out of 10 Cats
C4 comedy quiz show 8 out of 10 Cats is losing team captain Jason Manford to new ITV series Show Me The Funny.
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NewsGreenlight round-up: BBC2 serves up Raymond Blanc
The heady aroma of regional French cooking wafts over Greenlight as a new BBC2 series with chef Raymond Blanc tops this week’s new commissions.
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NewsObjective to pilot new gameshow for C4
Objective Productions, the indie behind gameshow The Cube, has been given the green light to pilot a gameshow for Channel 4 based on testing people’s reflexes.
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NewsITV orders Seinfeld’s Marriage Ref
Famous faces are to cast a guiding eye over nuptial disputes in a new ITV1 show based on Jerry Seinfeld’s US reality vehicle The Marriage Ref.
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NewsTiger to tackle law and removals for C4 and C5
Tiger Aspect has won a trio of factual commissions including a series about the trials and tribulations of moving home and a legal series to help people resolve “bitter, petty or outrageous disputes”.
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NewsChocolate to make Blanc cookery show for BBC2
Chocolate Media, the new NBCI indie led by Alan Brown, is to send Michelin-starred chef Raymond Blanc on a tour to celebrate French cooking for BBC2.
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NewsC4 set to show alleged Sri Lankan war crimes
Jon Snow is to front a post-watershed Channel 4 documentary featuring harrowing new footage that appears to document alleged war crimes that took place in the closing weeks of the Sri Lankan civil war in 2009.
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NewsYoung Question Time recommissioned
Mentorn has been commissioned to produce a special edition of Young Voters’ Question Time, which will run on BBC3 two days ahead of the 5 May electoral reform referendum.
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NewsCBBC orders four in house dramas
CBBC has commissioned four drama series, including one brand new show, all of which will be made in house.
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NewsBBC poised for Ab Fab comeback
The BBC is poised to bring ‘90s sitcom Absolutely Fabulous back to our screens, it has confirmed.
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NewsEmerson joins Betty to oversee launch of Dirty Pretty Things
Betty has appointed Dave Emerson as executive producer, and his first project will be to look after E4 factual entertainment series Pout (working title).
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NewsBBC looks to take R4’s Act Your Age to TV after pilot
The BBC is hoping to transfer Radio 4 comedy panel show Act Your Age to television and is producing a non-broadcast pilot.
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NewsAllsopp to take on craft fair pros in series for C4
Channel 4 has ordered a Kirstie Allsopp-fronted series in which the presenter is pitted against country fair craft experts.
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NewsC4 orders three more runs of Million Pound Drop
Channel 4 is to air 29 further episodes of The Million Pound Drop Live this year after awarding producer Remarkable Pictures a three-series deal.