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VTM and RTL snap up dinners and sex
Jamie's School Dinners (Fresh One Productions) and The Sex Inspectors (Talkback) have been picked up by Dutch and Belgian broadcasters as part of a series of deals by Fremantle International Distribution. The distributor has sold both shows to Flemish station VTM Belgium and Dutch broadcaster RTL Netherlands. RTL Netherlands has ...
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Paul Danan to front dating show
Paul Danan, the former Hollyoaks actor whose grating appearance on ITV1's Celebrity Love Island became this summer's watercooler talking point, has been given his own show. ITV2 has commissioned Target Entertainment to make a dating show in which Danan plays Cupid by
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Commissioner's Q & A: Gilly Hall
Gilly Hall, commissioning executive, BBC entertainment commissioning, on the search for entertainment formats to ru...
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French to profile comedy heroines
Dawn French is to interview her comedy heroines for a new in-house BBC1 series on the world's funniest females. Dawn's Funny Women will see the comedienne tour the world talking to famous entertainers. No names have yet been confirmed, but those being approached include Whoopi Goldberg and Ruby Wax. The ...
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Blaze develops us version of CD:UK
Blaze Television has signed a deal with US multichannel operator DirecTV to produce an American version of ITV1 pop show CD:UK. DirecTV has picked up a 60-minute show for 52 weeks with an option for a further two years. CD:USA will launch at 11am on Saturday mornings from January and ...
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Talent on trail of notorious bigamist
Talent TV is to follow a manhunt for one of the world's most infamous bigamists for its first commission for Channel 4.
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BBC sends celebs back to school
The BBC plans to make celebrities relive their school days with a new quiz show based on the national curriculum.
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Reef antiques show gets second run
Reef Television's Sun, Sea and Bargain Spotting has been picked up for a second series on BBC2 and will be hosted by Angela Rippon. Each day the daytime show will take teams of two to antiques markets in France or Italy to buy the best items they can find within ...
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Abbey sells wide eye to germany
Abbey Home Media Group's animated pre-school series Wide Eye has been picked up by German children's channel Ki.Ka. Co-produced with the BBC and made by King Rollo Films, the 26 x 10-minute series is already airing on CBeebies in the UK and has been licensed to a number of other ...
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PBS seals US deal for number 1 doc
Impossible Pictures' documentary The Story of 1 will air throughout the US after Fremantle International Distribution (FID) secured a deal with public broadcaster PBS.
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NewsBBC plans interactive online drama
The BBC is set to launch its first interactive drama, which will be offered exclusively to broadband users online.
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C4 heats up Fridays with new comedies
Channel 4 plans to revive its flagging Friday night line-up this winter with a new series from the producer of The Office and hit US comedy My Name is Earl.
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Daytime Sudoku shows set for battle
The BBC and ITV are gearing up for a battle of the Sudoku shows, with both channels preparing to unleash daytime quizzes based on the Japanese craze.
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BBC1 updates Jekyll and Hyde
Coupling writer Stephen Moffatt is to write a modern version of DrJekyll and Mr Hyde for BBC1.
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NewsTony Blair Rock Star headsC4 winter season
Tony and Cherie Blair both feature in Channel 4's winter season unveiled by the broadcaster this morning but the Prime Minister is unlikely to be happy with his TV portrayal.
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NewsC4 revives Comic Strip
8.30am: Channel 4 is reviving Comic Strip Presents... 23 years to the day since it first aired on the broadcaster's opening night.
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NewsSecond helpings for Beyond Boundaries
8am: BBC2 controller Roly Keating has ordered a second series of disability adventure travel programme Beyond Boundaries while the first series is still on air.
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NewsLorraine Kelly to front DNA show for ITV
8am: GMTV host Lorraine Kelly has been lined up to anchor ITV1 daytime's new DNA testing series Secrets Revealed - DNA Stories.
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NewsRippon signs up for Sun, Sea and Bargain Spotting
Reef Television's daytime success Sun, Sea and Bargain Spotting has been picked up for a second series on BBC2 and is to be hosted by Angela Rippon.
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NewsBBC2 to dramatise life of Saddam Hussein
BBC2 is developing a drama series based on Saddam Hussein, to be told from the point of view of the former Iraqi leader's inner circle.