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My family writers aim at comedy slot
BBC1 is hoping to crack the critical 8.30pm comedy slot with a new series from two of the writers of My Family and My Hero. Home Again, a 6 x 30-minute in-house series written by Ian Brown and James Hendrie, centres around a married couple - played by Samantha Janus ...
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C4 orders seventh series of Wife Swap
Channel 4 has picked up a further 6 x 60-minute run of RDF Media's Wife Swap to air late next year. The seventh series order has been made despite the sixth series still being in production. A further 6 x 30-minute run of the accompanying studio-based series Wife Swap The ...
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C4/NatGeo tie-up marks disaster anniversary
Channel 4 and the US National Geographic Channel have jointly backed a major drama-documentary marking the 20th anniversary of the Challenger space shuttle disaster.
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ITV4 set to air Wahlberg's Entourage
ITV4 has signed a deal for HBO comedy Entourage, the series executive produced by Hollywood actor Mark Wahlberg. Entourage looks at the day-to-day life of fictional Hollywood actor Vincent Chase (played by Adrian Brenier) and his group of hangers-on, who follow him from New York to Los Angeles.
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BBC3 forks out for more Spendaholics
BBC3 has commissioned a third helping of its hit series Spendaholics from indie Betty. In Spendaholics out-of-control shoppers are cut off from their credit cards and given help to change their extravagant ways. The 6 x 60-minute series will start filming this month and is due to air early next ...
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BBC films tower block makeover
The BBC is spending two-and-a-half years filming the regeneration of a London tower block for a landmark BBC1 documentary.
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NewsNigella chat flop sells abroad
Nigella Lawson's disappointing ITV daytime talk show will air around the world after ID Distribution picked up the distribution rights to the 20-episode daytime series.
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NewsLion renews Chinese deal
Lion TV has renewed its joint venture with Chinese satellite broadcaster Phoenix and is launching two new joint-venture drama documentaries onto the international market.
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NewsFremantle signs telenova deal
FremantleMedia has secured a commission with new Dutch channel Talpa for telenova Betty La Fea, which will see the production of 200 episodes beginning in January.
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NewsRagdoll lands major CBBC order
12.30pm: Ragdoll, the creator of Teletubbies, has won an order to make a new 100-episode series for Children's BBC, aimed at children aged one to three.
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NewsBBC fat camp show heads to Oz
September Films has sold its BBC1 fat camp daytime series, Weighing In, to Australian broadcaster Channel Ten.
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NewsEntertainment Rights bags more Barbie
7.30am: Entertainment Rights (ER) has signed a rights deal that will see it distribute three more Barbie movies worldwide.
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NewsCruising with Stelios
4.30pm: Two Four Productions has secured a deal to produce a US version of the Sky One documentary series Cruise with Stelios for The Travel Channel.
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NewsHallmark picks up Elizabeth I
2pm: The Hallmark Channel has secured a slate of three programmes from distributor All3Media, including the international rights to Channel 4's Elizabeth I, starring Helen Mirren.
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NewsNoel Edmonds back on TV
2pm: Noel Edmonds, the former face of BBC light entertainment, is returning to TV screens hosting a new Channel 4 gameshow.
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NewsComment: Don't knock the telenovela
Forget the latest US dramas and UK reality formats - the next big thing to take the international TV market by storm is going to be the telenovela, apparently, writes Dominic Schreiber.
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NewsFrench buyer for Mike Young Productions
French animation company MoonScoop has acquired a 51% stake in UK and US-based animation studio Mike Young Productions (MYP) and its distribution arm Taffy Entertainment.
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NewsSpellbound unveils new pre-school series
UK-based Spellbound Entertainment will follow up its pre-school series The Koala Brothers with the launch of new property Q Pootle 5 & the Pootles at Mipcom.
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NewsFoothill turns five at Mipcom Jr
Santa Barbara-based Foothill Entertainment will showcase new properties from the UK's Phew!! TV and LA-based Phuuz Entertainment, along with live-action series The Dress Up Box, when it attends Mipcom Junior for the first time this year.
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NewsER targets Spain
Entertainment Rights has strengthened its international sales team with the appointment of Isabel Pascual as territory manager for Spain and Portugal.