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BBC3 to air Dr Who fanzine show
The BBC is to create a companion show for its new Dr Who series that will feature behind the scenes footage and interviews with cast members as well as archive of previous time lords.
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Ghosts and guns win Bentley ITV1 orders
Bentley Productions managing director Brian True-May has bagged another ITV1 commission, with a drama based on a book by horror writer James Herbert
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NewsHyacinth goes to South Africa
Local versions of BBC hits such as Keeping Up Appearances are to be made in South Africa after BBC Worldwide completed a deal with public broadcaster SABC.
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NewsRDF picks up rights to new Granada show
Indie RDF has scored a major coup after winning the international rights to a new ITV reality show from the team behind I'm a Celebrity?.Get Me Out of Here!
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News'Dr Who' lands in Canada
Canadian public broadcaster CBC Television has become the first channel to buy the new series of Dr Who , months before it is due to air in the UK.
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NewsAardman secures CITV commission
Aardman, the Oscar-winning animation studio behind Wallace and Gromit , has secured a CGI sketch show for CITV.
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NewsC4 orders 100 hours of sports
Channel 4 has ordered around 100 hours of original sports programming from Hot House Productions to cover the winter ski season
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NewsSky One buys Stargate Atlantis
Sky One has bought the rights to Stargate Atlantis , the spin-off to sci-fi series Stargate SG-1 , as well as apocalyptic drama Revelations from MGM International Television Distribution.
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News'Strictly Come Dancing' sold to Australia
Hit BBC1 entertainment show Strictly Come Dancing has been sold to Australia in a co-production deal between BBC Worldwide and Granada Productions.
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NewsChorion in deals for 'Noddy'
Intellectual property company Chorion has signed a slew of free-to-air and pay-TV deals to bring the£10m CGI animated series Make Way For Noddy to ten new territories.
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NewsStrong start for Wife Swap USA
RDF Media's life switch format Wife Swap debuted on the ABC network in the US this week with promising ratings.
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NewsRDF bags rights to hyped new ITV format
Indie RDF has scored a major coup after winning the international rights to the new ITV reality show from the team behind I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here.
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Miami Slice picked up by networks
September International has made a series of new sales of Sky One's plastic surgery reality series Miami Slice. The 6 x 60-minute series, made by September Films, has been licensed to Australia's Nine Network, RLT in the Netherlands and M-Net in South Africa. It ...
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Sky Travel nets Husband Hunt
Sky Travel has picked up Touchdown TV's reality series Husband Hunt for its autumn schedule. The New Zealand-based show takes six women into a farming community where they hunt the man of their dreams. The 2 x 60-minute show will air as part of a ...
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The Stables goes to TV Ontario
BBC Worldwide has sold children's docusoap The Stables to Canadian broadcaster TV Ontario. The 10 x 27-minute series, made by Prism Entertainment, follows the lives of a group of inner-city children who meet at charity-run stables in Newcastle.
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Indie nets satirical format
Hat Trick Productions, the indie behind Have I Got News for You , has picked up the format to Finnish satirical 'mockumentary' The ? Show.
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Miles to debut deals at Mipcom
Sally Miles, the former chief operating officer of September Films, has unveiled the formats and indies she will be pushing at Mipcom with her new venture ID Distribution.
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Zig Zag lands Duracell-funded series deal
ADVERTISER-funded programming specialists Broadcast Marketing has appointed Zig Zag Productions to make the third series of a Duracell-funded science series.
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Shorts for daytime
BBC controller of daytime Alison Sharman is to commission a series of short dramas from up-and-coming writers. The 10 x 15-minute series, working-titled Brief Encounters , will give new writers the opportunity to develop scripts with the help of mentors including established writers for television ...
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Commissioners Q&A: Martin Morgan
The History Channel's deputy head of programming is excited about a new series that focuses on second world war stories and is looks enviously at C4's Time Team