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Five to bring back Swinging sketch show
Five's first homegrown comedy commission, Swinging, a sketch show about relationships and sex, has been recommissioned by the broadcaster.
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Turner is back on TV with Housewives
Anthea Turner, the former GMTV presenter whose career hit the skids following a disastrous appearance in OK! magazine, has resurfaced with a new reality show for BBC3. RDF Media's 8 x 60-minute series Perfect Housewives (working title) will see the former Blue Peter presenter attempt to educate the nation's incompetent ...
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Format focus: Ballroom Bootcamp
This new reality/entertainment hybrid focuses on uplifting personal stories rather than routine humiliation.
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BBC Worldwide invests in ITV Christmas movie
BBC Worldwide has become an investor in a major ITV Christmas movie, as part of a distribution deal with indie Ecosse Films.
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Commissioner's Q & A: Hannah Beckerman
More4's commissioning editor is keen to develop entertaining, intelligent programming and is on the lookout for provocative features that reflect modern living.
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Granada Int leads charge into China
Chinese broadcasters' appetite for classic UK drama and educational documentaries has helped Granada International secure five new deals in the territory.
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FX picks up comedy
The FX channel has boosted its comedy slate by buying a pair of sketch shows from Comedy Central. It has picked up the first two seasons of Chappelle Show, written and hosted by Dave Chappelle, for its Comedy Thursdays slot. It will air on FX from January next year. The ...
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Five and Nick Jr re-order Peppa Pig
Contender Entertainment's Peppa Pig has been recommissioned for a further 52 episodes by Five and Nick Jr. The animated pre-school series, which recently launched in the US on Cartoon Network, follows a mischievous pig and her family during everyday adventures. Production will begin immediately with delivery of the first 26 ...
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Zeal wins rights to Sky's football icon
Zeal Television has secured the international format and programme series rights to Sky One's Football Icon. The 8 x 60-minute North One reality series, which will begin screening later this month, is a search for the best unsigned 17-year-old soccer player in the country, who will receive a contract with ...
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Malaysian soccer star to join Fulham
Fulham Football Club has signed up to be involved in the Malaysian version of the Screentime Partners-distributed series Soccer Stars. The London club will provide a 12-month academy placement for the winner of the show, which has also been produced in Portugal and the Middle East. The 13-episode Malaysian series ...
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Real life goes to hospital for Living TV
Living TV has commissioned Real Life Media to make Hospital Live, following on from the previous five-day production of Baby Hospital Live last year. The 5 x 180-minute show will be presented by Carol Smillie and Most Haunted Live's Dr David Bull from South Yorkshire's Rotherham Hospital, in a week-long ...
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Latin Pop Idol next
Talent show Pop Idol is heading to Latin America. This is the 30th territory the format has been sold to. Indie Fremantle Media has partnered with Sony Entertainment Television (SET), one of Latin America's leading cable entertainment channels, to make Latin American Idol (working title). The show will begin airing ...
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ITV1 plans DNA daytime show
SMG TV Productions has landed another ITV1 daytime order, with a 10-part factual series about DNA testing.
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Hallmark snaps up BBC dramas
The Hallmark Channel is on the lookout for UK drama acquisitions and has kicked off its new strategy by buying BBC hits Spooks and Hustle.
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NewsFive in£10m-plus budget boost
4.15pm: Five is increasing its programme budget to over£200m next year, director of programmes Dan Chambers confirmed today.
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NewsNat Geo buys Rough Trades
10am: National Geographic International has picked up the pay TV rights to Rough Trades, a series lookingat unusual professions throughout the world.
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NewsComment: Unlocking the potential of mobile
Online chatrooms are buzzing with rumours that Apple is to unveil a new video iPod this week, a development that mobile TV evangelists have long been predicting will radically transform our viewing habits, writes Dominic Schreiber.
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NewsTarget bulks up on US reality
Independent producer and distributor Target Entertainment has snapped up the latest reality series from the makers of ABC Family's hit format Switched.
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NewsExtreme picks up lifestyle catalogue
London-based Extreme Entertainment has continued its push into factual and lifestyle content with the addition of over 700 hours of short-form programming from UK producer PeakViewing Transatlantic.
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NewsScreentime signs with Fulham for Soccastars
Format specialist Screentime Partners has struck another deal for its reality series Soccastars and tied up a number of options for new BBC Saturday night show What Kids Really Think.