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NewsGermany plans never-ending Big Brother
Endemol Germany is turning the Big Brother format into a lifelong experience for next year's contestants and has lined up a purpose-built town to house the never-ending show.
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Format Focus: The Mansion
This US property gameshow combines a test of DIY skills with a Big Brother-style popularity contest.
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Five, UKTV style get extreme makeover
Five and UKTV Style have acquired US property series Extreme Makeover: Home Edition. The 13 x 60-minute series, produced by ABC America and distributed by Endemol International, sees radical transformations on homes in just a week, with a production budget of $1m per ...
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Living TV lines up US dramas
Living TV has bought exclusive UK rights to two major US shows from Buena Vista Television, including a hospital drama widely tipped to be the new ER.
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Commissioners Q&A: Ian Russell
Five's deputy controller of news, current affairs and documentaries wants fresh ideas for late night, misses homegrown comedy and hopes to put us off our Christmas presents with disturbing toy stories
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Later makes US comeback
BBC2 music show Later with Jools Holland is to be screened in the US after a two-
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Veronica takes content from CD:UK
ITV1 chart show CD:UK has been licensed to SBS-owned Dutch channel Veronica following a deal with Zeal TV. The channel will pick the best performances from the Blaze TV-produced show and insert them into its own chart show, Countdown. ...
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BMF sponsors CITV watersports show
The British Marine Federation (BMF), the body set up to champion UK water-based activities, is paying for a new CiTV series. The group is backing Splash Camp , a 10 x 20-minute reality series which pits five boys against five girls in events such as ...
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Blaze follows H's steps to new career
Blaze Television has been commissioned by Channel 4 to make an 8 x 30-minute series following former Steps singer H (pictured) on his journey to become a professionally trained singer at the Royal Academy of Music. The show , H-Side Story , for C4's teen ...
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Battle for cricket
Channel 4 and BSkyB are hot favourites to keep hold of terrestrial and satellite rights to English cricket coverage. The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) is currently considering offers for rights to domestic and international cricket, including Test and one-day international matches, from 2006 to 2009. The ECB is ...
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Gavin starts vehicle to bid for BBC assets
Rupert Gavin, the former chief executive of BBC Worldwide, has taken a step closer to bidding for the corporation's commercial assets with the creation of a new company.
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Sky takes Tiger Aspect's Wimps
Sky One has commissioned a primetime reality show from indie Tiger Aspect that aims to turn below-average Joes into fully fledged action men.
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BBC snaps up American dad in Fox deal
The BBC has bought exclusive UK rights to new US satirical animation American Dad. The series, which features CIA officer Stan Smith, who will do anything to protect his family and America, will air on BBC2 and BBC3 after its US debut on Fox ...
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Five adds Landmark trio to doc strand
Five is to extend its Extraordinary People strand with three new documentaries from indie Landmark Films including a film about women who live in a continuous state of sexual arousal.
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Disney adapts pre-school show for UK
Disney is to air pre-school show Play with me Sesame on the Playhouse Disney channel, with two new British muppets created exclusively for the UK. The two new characters, Kit and Domby, will appear in a specially inserted segment to bring a more local feel ...
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Nye to adapt comic diary
GRANADA has teamed up with Men Behaving Badly writer Simon Nye to adapt cult classic book The Diary of a Nobody.
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C4 goes for a further Jump
Channel 4 is to follow last year's documentary about the French urban sport of free-running.
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C4 to blow up buildings with Riba
Channel 4 and the Royal Institute of British Architects (Riba) have teamed up to blow up Britain's worst building in a new four-part series. Oxford Film and Television is producing Demolition to coincide with the 10th anniversary of Riba's Building of the Year prize ...
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S4C commissions welsh choir drama
Welsh channel S4C has commissioned a major new drama that aims to turn the 'land of song' clichés on their head. Cardiff-based indie Teledu Apollo will produce the 10 x 60-minute drama Con Passionate for broadcast next year. The story follows a female conductor who ...
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C4 talks politics with Morgan, Platell
Channel 4 is set to launch a new political talkshow featuring former Mirror editor Piers Morgan and former Tory spin-doctor Amanda Platell. The show will bring together pundits from different ends of the political spectrum to discuss the week's issues. A seven-part series, due to ...