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NewsKath and Kim come to BBC2
Cult Australian sitcom Kath and Kim is to make its long-awaited debut on UK terrestrial TV after the BBC snapped up the rights.
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Ricochet scores property orders
Lifestyle indie Ricochet has followed up the success of its Channel 4 hit Supernanny by winning more than 50 hours of commissions from both Channel 4 and the BBC.
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Sky One spins off Road Wars
Sky One has commissioned a crime spin-off series of its successful police traffic footage show Road Wars.
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Target represents new pre-school show
Target Entertainment is to represent the new pre-school show from Bob the Builder creator Keith Chapman. Target will look to sell the international TV rights of Fifi and the Flowertots in territories excluding the UK, US and Canada. Chapman ...
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Orion trades its Treasures to ITV
ORION TV, the indie set up by former LNN Factuals head Bob Whittaker, has won two commissions - a rare order from Artsworld and a second series of a daytime show for ITV that originally aired on BBC1.
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Fremantle takes on a wild world
Fremantle International Distribution has signed up to distribute two shows from wildlife enthusiast Nigel Marven. The two 60-minute shows - Venom Hunter and Animal Crimebusters - have been made as a co-production between Five in the UK and WNET in New York. Venom Hunter looks at the two uses for ...
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Five targets women with initial show
Initial is to film a star-studded charity concert for Five as part of a night targeting the channel's female audience. The event, titled the Asda Tickled Pink Girls' Night In: Live , will be staged at the Albert Hall next month. Produced by Clear ...
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Tern covers weather for Discovery
Discovery has commissioned its second series from Scottish independent producer Tern TV, with a show looking at extreme weather and its effects on war.
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Changes for Rome
The BBC and US network HBO have drafted in the producer of the award-winning The Gathering Storm to take control of their $75m (£41m) co-production about ancient Rome. Frank Doelger will replace Michael Apted for the remaining nine episodes of the 12-part series, Rome. The ...
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Paramount buys Flipside TV series
Flipside TV , the multichannel show in which famous people are filmed channel hopping, has been bought by the Paramount Channel. The show, which airs on the Nation 217 channel, will be screened from the end of August for eight weeks. It has also ...
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Brian Waddell revs up top TV cars
Brian Waddell Productions is making a two-hour special for Sky One exploring the best cars that have featured on TV shows over the past 40 years, such as Knight Rider's Kitt. TV's Greatest Cars will count down the top 40 ...
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Belgian network buys more neighbours
Australian drama Neighbours is to be screened on Belgian network VRT for a further two years following a deal brokered by Fremantle International Distribution. The sale includes 624 x 30-minute episodes of the long-running soap, which is made by Fremantle Media-owned Grundy Television and is ...
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BBC recommissions Prism's The Stables
Prism Entertainment has been commissioned by the BBC to produce a second series of children's docu-soap The Stables. CBBC controller Dorothy Prior and head of factual programmes Roy Milani have ordered a 10 x 27-minute follow-up to the first series to be shown on ...
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Baxendale in return to ITV
Actress Helen Baxendale is to star in her first role on ITV since the end of hit series Cold Feet , with a romantic comedy about a single mum.
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Format focus: the one that got away
A bachelor is holed up in a mansion for 10 days with seven ex-girlfriends. The 'winner' gets another shot at romance with the guy who dumped her, writes Michael Rosser
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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.