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Disney channel picks up sleepover club
Scottish indie IWC Media's children's comedy series The Sleepover Club is to be screened on Disney Channel Italy following a deal with distributor Southern Star International. The 26 x 30-minute series, which features a secret society run by a group of teenage girls, has been ...
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UKTV commission spotlights nation
UKTV is offering a snapshot of the nation in a new 90-minute entertainment show fronted by comedian Al Murray. Endemol is producing The People's Poll for the UKTV G2 channel and will compare results from a recent survey about beliefs, lifestyles and careers today with ...
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Electric Sky seals documentary sales
Distributor Electric Sky has secured a raft of new deals including the ITV1 series Underworld at War. History Channel UK has picked up the 7 x 30-minute series, produced by Peter Williams TV, as well as documentary Belonging , ...
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Planet Rock travels to spain and Finland
ITV1 late-night series Planet Rock has been sold to broadcasters in Spain and Finland following a deal with indie Monster Distributes. The Biography Channel in Spain and Portugal as well as MTV3 Finland have each taken 20 episodes of the show, which has now stacked ...
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Thumbs up wins world records order
Indie Thumbs Up Productions is making a stripped show focusing on world-record holders for Challenge. The Flextech-owned channel has ordered the 40 x 30-minute series, titled Ultimate Guinness World Records , which will comprise clips of record attempts and interviews with those who achieved them. ...
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NewsMatthew Kelly lands ITV role as serial killer
Granada has handed former Stars in Their Eyes presenter Matthew Kelly his first leading role in an ITV drama, as a twisted serial killer in a new crime thriller.
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Sex Traffic film to hit cinemas
Channel 4's successful sex slave drama Sex Traffic is being remade as a feature-length film.
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Design duo front more for Five
Five's star signings Colin McAllister and Justin Ryan are to present a raft of new shows for the broadcaster, all through Ricochet South, including one in which they try to create dream weddings on a budget.
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NewsITV gives dating another go
ITV1 is set to give dating shows another shot with a new improvised comedy format fronted by stand-up comics.
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NewsBrydon to front new BBC2 comedy
Hartswood Films, the producer behind sitcoms Coupling and Carrie and Barry , is co-producing a new comedy series in Australia for BBC2 with Marion and Geoff star Rob Brydon.
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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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Daisybeck wins BBC1 order
Leeds-based indie Daisybeck Productions has picked up its first commission from BBC1 as part of a trio of 60-minute one-off orders.
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Reality TV buys up 200 UK hours
Channel producer Zone Vision has signed deals with distributors RDF International and Minotaur to bring 200 hours of UK content to its Reality TV channel.
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Miss World 2004
Broadcast has been asked to point out that the forthcoming Miss World 2004 event ( Broadcast , 8.10.04) is being made as a co-production between Miss World Ltd and TWI, with producing duties handled by Paul Kirrage at Miss World TV. TWI is production managing ...
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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 ...
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S4C to co-produce china documentaries
Welsh channel S4C is to co-produce a£3.3m documentary series on China with broadcasters from Canada, the US, Germany and France. The 4 x 60-minute series, China Rises, will focus on the country's economy, culture, society and politics, and will air in 2006. It is being co-produced by S4C, the Canadian ...
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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.