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Tiger Aspect makes CBBC animation
Tiger Aspect is to produce a new 26-part animated series for the BBC. Charlie and Lola is based on Lauren Child's children's books of the same name. Aimed at four to six-year-olds, the series, which is voiced by children, focuses on the adventures of seven-year-old ...
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BBC America takes fifth my family series
BBC America has picked up the fifth series of sitcom My Family from indie DLT Entertainment after buying the first four seasons earlier this year. The deal includes 13 episodes, a one-off flashback episode and a Christmas special. The show, which stars Robert Lindsay as ...
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Granada sells dramas to Albania
Granada International has made its first package sale into Albania with a deal that includes more than 100 titles. The package has been sold to Viziontrade for free terrestrial network distribution and comprises 300 hours of programming such as The Forsyte Saga, Island at War ...
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CBBC orders dog adventure
The company behind cult children's drama Press Gang has been commissioned to make a kids comedy drama for the BBC.
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Sci-Fi appoints UK acquisitions chief
The Sci-Fi Channel UK has created a new role to oversee programme acquisitions.
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Russia takes C4 clean-up format
Russian audiences will be offered a peek into the messy homes of their neighbours in a local adaptation of Channel 4's How Clean is Your House?.
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NewsFive movies rival pay-TV
Five is to premiere Hollywood blockbuster Terminator 3 before any of its pay-TV rivals after securing a major new movie deal with Sony Pictures Television International.
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NewsRDF to make C4 rival to BBC2's The Apprentice
Channel 4 is enlisting three charismatic millionaires for a formatted documentary to rival BBC2's The Apprentice.
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BBC2 seeks advice from Widdecombe
Tory MP and well-known battleaxe Ann Widdecombe is to become TV's latest agony aunt with a new BBC2 series in which she dishes out no-nonsense advice.
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Granada wins ABC pilot
Granada USA has secured a broadcast pilot commission from US broadcaster ABC for a show in which two strangers swap wallets and use their contents to live new lives for a week.
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NewsKnightrider & Only Fools in battle of TV cars
Kitt from Knightrider , Inspector Morse's elegant Jaguar and the Robin Reliant driven by the Trotters in Only Fools and Horses will battle it out for the accolade of greatest TV car in a new series for Sky One.
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Paramount to showcase new stand-ups
The Paramount Comedy Channel is to air a stand-up event which will feature four of the country's hottest comedians. The show, which will be recorded at the Bloomsbury Theatre on 29 October, is part of the Edinburgh and Beyond comedy tour and will feature Chris Addison, Dan Antopolski, Craig Campbell ...
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Paradise Hotel heads to Israel
Mentorn reality series Paradise Hotel is being adapted for Israel following a deal secured by Tele-vision Corporation International.
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Sky One serves up pop factual
Sky one has lined up a raft of new popular factual shows including a history spin-off of Brainiac: Science Abuse and a travelogue featuring Trainspotting star Ewan McGregor.
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Distraction sells Ciao Darwin format
Distraction Formats has sold primetime entertainment format Ciao Darwin to broadcasters in Poland, Hungary and Lebanon. SBS' Hungarian channel TV2 will launch the series in September, while TVN in Poland will begin production later this summer. Lebanon-based pan-Arabic network Future TV has yet to release broadcast plans. The format involves ...
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Challenge picks up Property Rescue
Challenge, the Flextech-owned entertainment channel, has picked up the rights to a new series of Property Rescue and commissioned UK-specific links for the first time. The show, made in New Zealand by Touchdown TV, follows a team of experts as they transform a property that ...
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Novel makes fimbles spin-off for CBeebies
Indie Novel Entertainment has been commissioned to make a spin-off from its popular pre-school series The Fimbles for the CBeebies channel. The 100 x 15- minute Roly Mo Show , ordered by head of pre-school Clare Elstow, will feature a character who lives underneath Fimble ...
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CBBC serves up kids cookery show
CBBC controller Dorothy Prior has commissioned a cookery programme for children. The 104 x 20-minute Planet Cook , made by indie Platinum Films, will be hosted by chef Kevin Woodford who plays Captain Cook - a hero from Planet Cook whose mission is to defeat ...
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Commissioner's Q&A: Fiona Campbell
The commissioning editor, independent productions, Channel 4 News is keen to see more domestic investigative exclusives which will make a splash in the press
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MTV calls on Murphy for ?dance idol' show
Big Brother and Fame Academy series producer Sean Murphy has been drafted in by MTV to work on a new 'dance idol' series.