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NewsFive buys Blue Water High drama for Shake strand
Five has acquired a teen drama series from Southern Star International, following the fortunes of seven 16-year-olds as they attend a surf school.
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NewsITV1 honours Cosgrove Hall
8am: Cosgrove Hall founders Brian Cosgrove and Mark Hall are to be profiled in an ITV1 documentary.
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NewsMcGregor to narrate The Broons
8am: Hollywood star Ewan McGregor and presenter Muriel Gray are to take part in a one-off BBC1 Scotland programme dedicated to Scotland's answer to The Beano.
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NewsFive to profile 45-stone woman
8am: A 45-stone woman who risked death to lose two-thirds of her body weight is the subject of a forthcoming Extraordinary People documentary on Five.
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Second Paradise run
Mentorn format Paradise Hotel has been picked up for a second series by TV3 in Denmark after the first run averaged around 35%. The beachside reality format has signed a deal with Television Corporation International (TCI) to make a second 48-episode run. TCI has also signed a series of international ...
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Screentime launches Nothing to Hide...
Screentime Partners has successfully launched the Lion dating format Nothing to Hide in Greece. The 12-episode series, which debuted last month, has been performing above the Antenna TV Saturday night average share, attracting around 20%. Other deals Screentime has secured for the All3Media-owned producer include a series of taxi-based quiz ...
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Format Focus: Three Wishes
A major new unscripted US format might prove to be just a little bit too nice.
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Five joins in parenting fad
Five is to explore 'extreme parenting' in a two-part series from indie Monkey.
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Five's New Killer Instinct ends in US
Five's new US acquisition Killer Instinct has been axed in the week it will make its UK premiere. The Regency Television detective series which airs on the Fox Network in America has been scheduled for a 16-week run on Five in the plum Thursday 10pm slot - previously home to ...
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MacIntyre tests his survival skills inThe Edge of Existence
Donal MacIntyre's next TV series for Five will see him attempt to survive in some of the most inhospitable places on earth.
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TWI to distribute tsunami docs
TWI has secured the rights to distribute Orphans, Childless and Predators, a Channel NewsAsia documentary narrated by Oscar winner Susan Sarandon that tells the story of efforts to rescue orphans from the Asian tsunami crisis. The deal will also see TWIdistribute another Channel NewsAsia tsunami documentary called Island of a ...
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Cowell signs Syco deal with Fox
The X Factor creator Simon Cowell has extended his two-year first-look deal with Fox for a further five years. The US broadcaster will now have the first pick of shows from Cowell's indie Syco until 2010. He has also signed a five-year deal with Sony BMG that will give the ...
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Commissioner's Q&A: Liza Marshall
Channel 4's commissioning editor, drama has up to£900,000 an hour to spend on an authored single film with a contemporary theme and has recently commissioned one about British soldiers in Iraq.
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Bravo buys the third Ultimate Fighter series
Flextech men's channel Bravo has bought the third series of reality show The Ultimate Fighter and convinced rights holder UFC to feature two British contestants.
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BBC looks for US home for Dr Who
The BBC has yet to sell Doctor Who to a US broadcaster despite its cable channel BBC America wanting to buy the show.
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Apprentice hit generates spin-offs
The BBC is ramping up its coverage of the new series of hit show The Apprentice by commissioning a spin-off show for BBC3.
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C4 orders second Sugar Rush series
Channel 4 has recommissioned Shine drama Sugar Rush after it became a surprise summer ratings hit.
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C4 goes back for more rock school
RDF Media reality series Rock School, the Channel 4 show in which ex-rocker Gene Simmons attempts to turn a group of school students into a band, has been recommissioned. The show will be reformatted into 4 x 60-minute episodes rather than the 7 x 30 minutes originally commissioned. The show ...
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O'Leary signs up for C4 morning show
Channel 4 has lined up Dermot O'Leary to host a new live breakfast series early next year called Morning Glory. The show, commissioned from Endemol subsidiary Brighter Pictures, features showbiz news and celebrity guests and will initially run for two to three weeks during Celebrity Big Brother. It will air ...
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E4 to air Beauty and the Geek
Beauty and the Geek, the US reality format from Punk'd creator Ashton Kutcher, is coming to the UK with September Films producing a local version for E4.