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At It cracks US with TLC orders
At IT Productions has secured its first US series commissions with a brace of shows for Discovery-owned cable network TLC.
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Commissioner's Q & A: Richard Melman
Channel director of The History Channel and The Biography Channel is open to ideas that will hold an audience for an hour - even if they are written on the back of a fag packet.
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Stelios cruises Caribbean for US show
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. Renamed Cruiseline, the series will be shot in the Caribbean. ID Distribution has also sold the 20 x 30-minute UK series to The Travel Channel.
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Zeal fails to find UK terrestrial berth for Miss World
Miss World will be shown to its largest potential global audience ever this year but Zeal Television has failed to secure UK distribution on a terrestrial network.
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Animal Planet looks at worst pets in UK
Animal Planet UK has commissioned three series for its winter season, including a Mentorn-produced show looking at the country's naughtiest pets, writes Susan Thompson.
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Format focus: All star record breakers
You know celebrity reality shows are far from finished when Guinness World Records TV gets in on the act.
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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.