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NewsBBC show to offer life of a millionaire
Initial is to make a primetime National Lottery show for BBC1, in which ordinary people are moved into a mansion to lead the lifestyle of a millionaire.
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Le grand Ron: parlez vous?
Pardon my French indeed! Ron Atkinson, the disgraced former football pundit whose poor choice of vocabulary got him sacked by ITV, is to have his foreign language skills put to the test in a new BBC reality show.
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NewsBurchill essay adapted for BBC2
Manchester-based indie Scarlet Television has adapted an essay by journalist Julie Burchill on
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NewsHoney, we've got a second series!
Honey We're Killing The Kids- the BBC3 series that shows how unhealthy lifestyles will affect youngsters later in life - has been recommissioned for a second series.
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NewsComment: Hard times in toon town
Over 700 movers and shakers from Europe's animation industry descended on the Danish city of Kolding last week on the hunt for the next Bob the Builder.
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NewsMinotaur still going strong at ten
Flextech-owned Minotaur International will celebrate its tenth anniversary at next month's Mipcom with the launch of over 150 hours of new programming, including six new 90-minute films in SMG's ITV crime franchise Rebus.
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NewsOff the Fence launches UK docs
Amsterdam and Bristol-based factual producer and distributor Off the Fence is headlining its documentary Mipcom slate with The Day that James Dean Died.
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Granada Starting Over In France
Granada International has licensed the US reality format Starting Overto French commercial broadcaster TF1.
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Animal Planet commissions OSF special
US network Animal Planet has commissioned Sydney and London-based Southern Star to produce an hour-long special, Lyndal's $70K Lifeline Challenge.
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BVITV launches Roger Bannister TV movie
London-based Buena Vista International TV (BVITV) has picked up the ESPN produced TV movie Four Minutes, which tells the true story of how British medical student Roger Bannister broke the four-minute mile barrier in 1954.
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Electric Sky expands sales team
Independent factual distributor Electric Sky has appointed Claudia Weber as sales manager, covering the US, Canada, German speaking Europe, DVD/Home Video and non-theatric sales.
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Motion Gallery names new sales director
BBC Motion Gallery, the footage sales business of BBC Worldwide, has poached ITN Archive sales director Linda Reeve.
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NewsTotally Frank to make Mipcom debut
New girl group Frank are set to make their international debut at Mipcom, where Channel 4 International will launch the new 26-part teen drama Totally Frank.
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NewsTarget secures Bounty
Target Entertainment has picked up animation studio Silver Fox Films' 26 x 11-minute series Bounty Hamsterfor international distribution.
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NewsUS DVD deal for Contender's Peppa Pig
Following its launch on Cartoon Network's new Tickle U pre-school block in the US, Contender Group's animated series Peppa Pighas been picked up by Lions Gate Family Entertainment for a home video launch in autumn 2006.
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NewsNick UK picks up Decode's Sadie
Nickelodeon UK has picked up a further 26 episodes of Decode Entertainment's live action series, Naturally Sadie.
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BKN outsources production to India
Aim-listed children's entertainment company BKN has struck a $10m deal with Indian animation studio UTV Toonz, to handle production of its 26-episode 3D series Kong The Next Generationand another yet to be titled series.
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BBC2 to show world cricket highlights
The BBC has won the rights to show international cricket for the first time in six years after landing the highlights of the ICC Cricket World Cup in March and April 2007. Throughout the tournament, which is being held in the West Indies, BBC2 will air highlights of the day's ...
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C4 airs Kiss Awards
Channel 4 has picked up the rights to the first ever Kiss Awards on 5 November, filmed by indie Done and Dusted. The Kiss awards from Emap Radio, which also publishes Broadcast, will showcase the best in urban and dance music over the past 12 months. ...
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HBO buys The Sex Inspectors from Talkback Thames
Fremantle International Distribution has sold Talkback Thames' controversial sex therapy series The Sex Inspectorsto US broadcaster HBO.