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Trisha: why I've switched to Five
Chat show queen Trisha Goddard, who defected from ITV to Five last week in what is thought to be a£3m deal, has said her decision to move was creative, rather than financial, and that the negotiations were 'done in days'.
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A question of sport goes global with ESPN
BBC Worldwide has extended its deal with Crackerjack for an Australian version of A Question of Sport. The 13-episode quiz will now be broadcast on global sports network ESPN in New Zealand as well as in Australia.
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Five's world drivers
Manic motorists from around the world are to be put under the spotlight in a new show for Five to complement its hit series Britain's Worst Driver. The 2 x 60- minute World's Worst Driver will include clips ...
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Format Focus: Date My Mom
This format adds a twist to the dating show by challenging a single man to select a date by meeting her mum.
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Objective conjures up magic shows for Sky
Sky one has commissioned two magic series from indie Objective Productions for broadcast early next year.
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Clerkenwell wins second ITV order
ITV has commissioned Clerkenwell Films, the indie co-owned by actor John Hannah and producer Murray Ferguson, to make a four-part supernatural drama starring Andrew Lincoln and Lesley Sharp.
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Commissioners Q&A: Clare Laycock
Discovery Health vice-president and channel director takes the cues for her programming from women's magazines and believes there's a lot more life in the cosmetic surgery genre yet
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Chorion deal sends Noddy on global mission
Intellectual property company Chorion has signed a slew of free-to-air and pay-TV deals to take its£10m, CGI animated series Make Way for Noddy to 10 new territories.
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King Rollo divides into two businesses
King Rollo Films, the animation production house behind classic kids series Mr Benn , has split its production arm from its rights-holding company. Following the restructure, Devon-based King Rollo Films and Rollo Rights are now separate businesses. King Rollo was set up in 1979 by ...
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BBC NI orders three series from Waddell
BBC Northern Ireland has ordered three factual series from Brian Waddell Productions. The six-part House Traders looks at the life of a local estate agent, while two-parter Farmers Wanted (working title) chronicles two Ulster farming families moving from the UK ...
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RDF bags rights to Granada show
Indie RDF has scored a major coup after winning the international rights to a new ITV reality show from the Granada team behind I'm a Celebrity? Get Me out of Here!.
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Aussies to try strictly come dancing
Hit BBC1 entertainment format Strictly Come Dancing has been sold to Australia in a co-production deal between BBC Worldwide and Granada Productions. The show, which features celebrities paired with professional dancers, will be known as Dancing with the Stars when ...
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Sky One buys American sci-fi series
Sky One has bought the rights to US sci-fi series Stargate Atlantis and apocalyptic drama Revelations from MGM International Television Distribution. The deal, which includes pay, free and basic cable TV rights, also includes the renewal of the rights for ...
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Aardman lines up CGI show
Aardman, the Oscar-winning animation studio behind Wallace and Gromit , has secured a CGI sketch show for CITV.
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Channel 4 has winter sports covered
Channel 4 has ordered around 100 hours of programming from Hot House Productions to cover the FIS Winter Sports season, which C4 has bagged exclusive UK terrestrial rights for. The first show will air on 21 November and run through to the World Cup finals in March. The commentary will ...
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Seacole biopic for C4
Channel 4 editor of history Ralph Lee has commissioned October Films to make a
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Channel 4's 30 minutes gets second run
Mentorn and RAW have been commissioned to make a second series of current affairs strand 30 Minutes for Channel 4. The 7 x 30-minute run, to air next year, will be executive produced by Dimitri Doganis and Sam Collyns.
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Christian Slater to appear on Radio 2
Indie Celador Productions has signed Hollywood actor Christian Slater to voice a 8 x 15-minute serialisation of One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest for BBC Radio 2 as part of a raft of commissions. It is due to air later this autumn. R2 controller Lesley ...
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Sweeney makes BBC2 investigative series
Award-winning reporter John Sweeney is to front a series of investigations for BBC2. The series, working-titled Sweeney Investigates , will air as two or three 60-minute programmes from early next year and see Sweeney investigating issues in the world of politics, sport and social affairs. ...
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NewsBBC develops drama about Thatcher 'coup'
The BBC is planning a docu-drama based on the attempted military coup in Equatorial Guinea which led to the arrest of Baroness Thatcher's son, Mark.