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Black diamond deals in poker tournament
Indie Black Diamond Films is making The European Nations Poker Challenge for Sky Sports. The 4 x 120-minute series follows the poker event held in the Winter Palace in St Petersburg, Russia last month. Black Diamond holds all worldwide distribution rights to the event, which ...
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Virgin mobile backs Superbike series
Virgin Mobile is backing a new advertiser-funded programme on Five about a group of aspiring Superbike racers vying to win the Virgin Mobile Samsung Yamaha British Superbike Team next season. Natural Born Racers , produced by Bullseye Television, will start at the end of November ...
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Animals to have winter games
Polar bears will compete with penguins in a bobsleigh competition in a winter follow-up to this summer's BBC1 CGI-show Animal Games.
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Sky One to seek out Britain's Angriest
Sky One has commissioned indie Landmark Films to find the nation's most enraged residents. Angry Britain has been ordered by Sky One commissioning editor Paul Crompton and will follow some of the nation's most short-tempered people as they seek anger management. The 2 x ...
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South Africa buys into The Farm
Reality format The Farm , which ended its run on Five last month, is to be made for audiences in South Africa. Endemol, the indie behind the UK version of the format, has secured the rights to make the show in the region. The format, ...
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Rapido to make C4 doc on porn star Lolo
Rapido Television has scored its first commission since the company's relaunch earlier this year. Channel 4 editor of factual entertainment Andrew Mackenzie has ordered The Death of a Porn Queen , a one-hour documentary about French star Lolo Ferrari, whose record bust measured 54G ...
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C4 and RDF Media open up Rock School
Channel 4 has commissioned RDF Media to make Rock School , a 6 x 30-minute series designed to turn a group of teenagers into rock stars in one month. The group will be tutored by Kiss frontman Gene Simmons in the history of rock, song ...
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BBC2 to explore Asian experience
Pakistani immigrants are to talk about their experiences of coming to the UK as part of a raft of new commissions for the BBC Asian programme unit (APU).
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Five gives celebrities a baby in reality show
Five is to give celebrities the chance to show off their maternal skills in a new reality show that will see model Caprice attempt to care for a£40,000 baby doll.
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NewsFive pulls train crash show
Five last night pulled a documentary on train crashes out of respect for those involved in Saturday's rail tragedy.
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NewsC4 to probe childhood
Channel 4 is responding to rocketing childhood obesity with a new observational documentary about fat kids trying to lose weight.
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NewsElton John develops sitcom
Veteran musician Elton John is developing a sitcom about an ageing rockstar and his entourage for US network ABC and studio Touchstone TV.
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Oxford scientific in Meerkat Manor
Indie Oxford Scientific Films (OSF) has been commissioned to make a 'soap opera' based on the life of meerkats in the Kalahari Desert. The 13 x 30-minute Meerkat Manor for Animal Planet International will feature the everyday trials and tribulations of meerkat life, such as ...
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Pioneer to produce two HD shows for US
Pioneer Productions is making two shows in high definition for US broadcasters. The History Channel has ordered Amazon Adventures , a 120-minute feature shot in the Brazilian rainforest. It will recount the stories of adventurers who have sought to explore the forest over the ...
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Contender launches Peppa Pig in US
Contender Entertainment Group is to launch its pre-school cartoon Peppa Pig in the US after signing a deal with the Cartoon Network. The 52 x 5-minute series, which began on Five and Nick Jr in May, will air weekday mornings on the Turner-owned station from April 2005. Cartoon Network has ...
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Commissioner's Q&A: Jonathan Webb
The controller of Challenge and Trouble is working on a new poker variation for Challenge and would like to bring out a glossy factual entertainment on winning and losing big
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Cockerell puts Howard in doc
Tory leader Michael Howard is to be the subject of political documentary-maker Michael Cockerell's next major BBC film after the MP granted him exclusive behind-the-scenes access.
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Five hires initial for pop city live
Five controller of pop features and special events Sham Sandhu has commissioned indie Initial to produce four hours of live coverage of the Pop City Live concert in London. The event, which takes place in London on 14 November, will go out live on Five between 1.40pm and 5.30pm. Chloe ...
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Diverse to celebrate Peter Pan centenary
Indie Diverse is making a biography about Peter Pan for BBC1 to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the children's literary classic, written by JM Barrie.
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Cartoon Network grabs Garden Gnome
New BBC pre-school series Gordon the Garden Gnome has been picked up by the Cartoon Network for launch next spring. The 52 x 11-minute series, made by indie Collingwood O'Hare, features the voice of gardening expert and Ground Force presenter ...