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Minotaur seals BBC deal for Irish drama
Minotaur International has secured deals with the BBC for a new thriller from Ireland's RTE and licensed two Lynda la Plante dramas to ZDF in Germany. BBC3 will screen four-part drama Proof this month, which is produced by Subotica Entertainment and features three central characters ...
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Format focus: Amish in the city
A reality show about people who normally shun modern life may have its critics, but it's also a ratings winner.
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Toonami to air animated star wars
The new animated Star Wars series is to be screened on Turner-owned cartoon channel Toonami next year in a bid to generate interest in the forthcoming Star Wars movie. The animated series, which is also a co-production between Cartoon Network ...
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Granada Sells wildlife shows to AB Sat
Granada International has sold more than 40 hours of wildlife shows to new German satellite channel AB Sat. When the channel launches this autumn, it will carry wildlife programmes such as Savage Planet (above), Savage Seas and ...
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C4 orders series on things banned in UK
Channel 4 editor, factual entertainment Andrew MacKenzie has ordered a four-part series that illustrates the changing culture of the UK by chronicling the films, books, adverts and objects that the country has banned. Topics range from video nasties to the ban on handguns. The series, which will air in February, ...
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E4 devises dating show with a twist
E4 is to run a six-part dating show called The Great Love Swindle later this month. The programme, produced by Ealing Studios, features four bachelors whose aim is to get a girl to say 'I love you' within five dates. The first one to do ...
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BBC3 series charts ?Harvey Nichols of the north-east'
BBC3 controller Stuart Murphy has commissioned a documentary series set in a department store from the director behind the channel's recent film trilogy on model Jordan.
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Lulu and O'Leary sign up for R2
BBC radio 2 has revamped its weekend line-up, commissioning shows fronted by Lulu and Dermot O'Leary.
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This Life indie airs law drama
World Productions, Tony Garnett's indie that made the iconic twentysomething drama This Life , is to once again turn its sights on lawyers for a new BBC series.
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C4's channel surfing show
Channel 4 has commissioned a show from its former director of strategy David Brook in which a series of familiar faces are filmed flipping between TV channels and discussing what's on.
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NewsShiny floor shows dominate ITV autumn
ITV is banking on 'event dramas' and shiny-floor entertainment shows to claw back its declining audience share.
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Living TV orders more Queer Eye
Living TV has commissioned a second series of the British version of hit US gay makeover show Queer Eye for the Straight Guy - and has also succeeded in selling the show back to America.
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Five Saturday slot for duel masters
Five has acquired the latest animé series from the maker of Pokémon after signing a deal with distributor Entertainment Rights. Duel Masters will air in Five's Saturday morning action slot, targeting boys aged seven to 11, from the autumn. The 26 x 30-minute series, spawned by a Japanese comic and ...
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Web premiere for new WB drama series
The WB, Warner Bros' youth channel in the US, is to become the first network to premiere a new drama series online. The first episode of Jack and Bobby will be available to AOL's 3.5 million broadband subscribers for a week later in the summer. ...
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India's star TV in gameshow format deal
Distraction Formats has sold the rights of gameshow Dirty Rotten Cheater to Star TV in India. The format, in which contestants must guess who has been given all the answers, will go into production this autumn. An Italian version, produced by Magnolia, recently premiered on ...
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Tara P-T to chart posh rockers
Tara Palmer-Tomkinson is to front a new BBC Radio 1 documentary examining the power of the class system in the music business.
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NBC takes chance on double or nothing
US network NBC has begun pre-production on a reality special, based on a Sky One show, in which a man bets everything he owns on one spin of the roulette wheel. Double or Nothing , made by Target Entertainment in the UK, will follow one ...
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Televideo to film celebrity poker match
Outside broadcast specialist Televideo has been commissioned by Granada Sky Broadcasting director of programmes Gary Shoefield to cover the first ever Celebrity Poker UK Challenge. The event, held at Brighton's Rendezvous Casino at the end of August, features celebrities playing alongside members of the public for a prize fund of£120,000. ...
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IWC media bags BBC piping hot order
BBC Scotland has ordered a one-off documentary for later this year centred around Glasgow's international bagpipe festival in August. The programme, provisionally titled Piping Hot , will be made by IWC Media. IWC's Hamish Barbour will executive produce and Jill Cumberbatch and Tim Maguire will ...