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Bravo to show men doing stupid things
Bravo has commissioned indie Bullseye Television to chart the rise of Jackass -style stunts performed and filmed by groups of young men. World of Stupid will examine the global trend for masochistic stunts spawned by the MTV show. Bravo commissioning ...
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Asia's star TV buys David Beckham series
3DD Entertainment has made a raft of sales to Asia including a series following footballer David Beckham's training project for kids. Really Bend it Like Beckham , which first aired on the BBC, has been acquired by Star TV in south-east Asia, TVB in Hong ...
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Russia buys I'd Do Anything
Russia is the latest territory to buy into indie TWI's I'd Do Anything gameshow format, which challenges contestants to face their worst fears in order win prizes for family and loved ones.
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Abbey sells shows to Israeli kids channel
Abbey Home Media has sold a brace of pre-school series to Israeli kids channel Hop TV. Wide Eye, made by King Rollo Films, is a 26 x 10-minute series set in a magical forest. It has now been sold to more than 30 countries. Hop ...
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Shine takes on ITV's 5pm slot
ITV1 is pinning its hopes on a new 30-part series about house buying from indie Shine to pull its 5pm slot out of the doldrums.
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Coach trip is C4 order of the day
Channel 4 head of daytime Adam MacDonald has begun the process of reshaping the broadcaster's early afternoon schedule by ordering a new 30-part travel series.
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C4 to air more tales from river cottage
Channel 4 commissioning editor, features Emma Westcott has commissioned a follow-up to River Cottage for the autumn schedule. Beyond River Cottage follows another year in the life of Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall as he attempts to convert a series of ramshackle barns ...
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Carr pilot for C4
Channel 4 head of entertainment Andrew Newman is piloting a topical panel show, which will be hosted by comedian Jimmy Carr. The show, entitled 8 out of 10 Cats , is a non-broadcast pilot, which will be produced by indie Endemol.
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All3media picks up young royals docs
All3Media International has acquired two new documentaries on Prince William and royal rebel Zara Phillips for distribution around the world. Zara Phillips is a 30-minute interview with the young royal who has attracted the attention of the media for her on-off romances with high-profile sportsmen. ...
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Ratings
BBC News 24 ahead
BBC News 24 has pulled ahead of Sky News in 15-minute weekly reach for eight out of the past 10 weeks, new Barb figures showed. Figures for the week ending 15 August - the latest available - put News 24 at 1.99 million and Sky News at 1.97 million viewers. ...
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Oz hit comedy to air on BBC2
The BBC will give Australian hit sitcom Kath and Kim its UK terrestrial debut on BBC2 this autumn after snapping up the rights to the show.
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BBC1 brings the Rotters' club to life
The creators of Auf Weidersehen, Pet , Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais, have been commissioned to adapt best-selling novel The Rotters' Club for BBC1. The book, by Jonathan Coe, tells the story of a group of Birmingham teenagers in ...
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BBC1 to restage Trafalgar battle
One of history's most decisive sea confrontations, the battle of Trafalgar, is to be dramatised as part of a raft of major BBC1 factual commissions.
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BBC1 grabs BBC3 hit
The second series of hit BBC3 comedy Little Britain is to air on BBC1 after it finishes its run on the digital channel. The first series was repeated on BBC2, but BBC1 controller Lorraine Heggessey snapped it up after it built a cult following. The new series, which will again ...
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Talkback streets ahead with Beeny
Channel 4 will make over an entire street as part of an ambitious new series from Talkback.
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BBC1 buys new lesbian novel
The new lesbian-themed novel from the author of Tipping the Velvet , which was made into a controversial and top-rating BBC2 series, is to be adapted for BBC1.
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C4 tracks plight of wannabe mums
Channel 4 is to follow the attempts of 35 women to get pregnant in an ambitious documentary project about late motherhood.
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NewsITV knocks The Block off peak slot
ITV has decided to pull its ailing DIY reality show The Block out of peaktime.
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NewsC4 returns to River Cottage
Channel 4 is to revisit organic expert Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall on his farm in rural Dorset with a new series of reality hit River Cottage.
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NewsFive bulks up makeover output
Five has commissioned a new series from indie RDF Media, in which a series of Brits are sent to Los Angeles for the mother of all makeovers.