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forever eden in fresh global roll-out
Forever Eden, Mentorn's 'never-ending reality show', which airs on Fox in the US, has been sold to South Africa's MNET and Foxtel Australia. Television Corporation International is also in talks to sell the 25 x 60-minute series, which features 11 members of the public competing to remain at a specially ...
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Five to examine do-it-yourself surgery
Zig Zag Productions has been commissioned to make a one-hour documentary for Five about people who perform surgery on themselves in extreme circumstances. DIY Surgery, which will be broadcast later this year, has been commissioned by Five commissioning editor for factual entertainment Liam Humphreys. It will be executive produced by ...
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Granada to peer into China's mind
Granada is making a four-part, multimillion-pound documentary for BBC2 about the state of modern China, after gaining unprecedented official access from the communist government.
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swedish channel latest to sign pop idol
Pop Idol is to continue its global roll-out with a new sale of the format to Swedish broadcaster TV4. The Swedish version of the format, jointly owned by 19 Entertainment and Fremantle Media, has yet to be titled but will air in primetime on Friday nights this autumn. In Scandinavia, ...
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Living orders show by celebrity hairdresser
Celebrity hairdresser Simon Forbes has set up an independent production company and bagged his first commission from Living TV, writes Naomi Rovnick.
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Chorion puts the Mr Men back on TV
Chorion chair Lord Alli told Broadcast that the company wanted to develop a new Mr Men series that could be sold to broadcasters by next year.
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Extreme to air gumball rally series
Extreme Sports Channel has commissioned Sunset+Vine to make a 6 x 30-minute series about the Gumball 3000 rally, which runs from Paris to the Sahara and back. The channel will premiere the race in July in the UK and Europe. Extreme has also commissioned 60-minute in-house production Come Out and ...
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Newsnight editor to ?broaden its agenda'
Peter Barron, the new editor of BBC2's Newsnight , wants to broaden the agenda of the flagship news programme.
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TV corp exec joins ad-funded specialist
Television Corporation executive Neil Osborne has quit to help launch a distribution company. Osborne, who joined TV Corp in 2001 as sales director for advertiser funded programming and sports, will take on the role of managing director at Sports and Entertainment Television, a new division of the Apace Group. The ...
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Electric sky sells Status anxiety abroad
Distributor Electric Sky has sold Alain de Botton's Status Anxiety, which originally aired on Channel 4, to four international broadcasters. The 3 x 60-minute series has sold to ABC in Australia, HBO's Central European service Spektrum, VRT in Belgium and TV Catalunya. Electric Sky has also sold 13 x 26-minute ...
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Australian ABC keeps faith with the bill
Fremantle has sold a further three years' worth of Thames Television's The Bill to Australian broadcaster ABC TV. The volume deal of 300 hours also gives ABC TV an exclusive first-look deal on future The Bill recommissions, other Thames-produced crime series (such as Murder Investigation Team) and any specials of ...
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BBC4 pays tribute to british folk singer
BBC4 has commissioned a 60-minute profile of the late British folk singer Bob Copper from Brighton-based indie Synchronicity Production. Coppersongs will feature recent interview footage of the star who died aged 88 two days after the film was completed. Produced by David Battcock, with Fiona Morris and David Jackson as ...
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C4 literary investment starts paying off
British writer Ian McEwan will interview US novelist John Updike in an hour-long special to be shown on Channel 4 during the Hay-on-Wye Festival at the end of the month. The programme, which will be produced by Juniper Communications, is the first commission to result from C4's three-year sponsorship of ...
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C4 to air third Shameless
Channel 4 head of drama John Yorke has gambled on the continuing popularity of Paul Abbott's comedy drama Shameless by ordering a third series before production has started on the second.
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C4 marks entente
Channel 4 has commissioned a series of four short films from Scottish film-makers about Paris to mark the centenary of the Entente Cordiale. Production company Edinburgh Mediabase will oversee production of the films and is currently looking for Scottish directors to work on the projects. The commissions are part of ...
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TWI's I'd Do Anything in over 20 deals worldwide
sports production giant TWI's first UK entertainment show, I'd Do Anything, is on track to become a global hit after being sold to over 20 countries worldwide, writes Paul Revoir.
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Everything must go set to return to ITV1
ITV1 controller of daytime Liam Hamilton has recommissioned lifestyle series Everything Must Go from Hotbed Media. The Birmingham-based indie will produce a further 50 x 60-minute episodes of the house clearance and collectibles series, which will be screened from September. Hotbed has just commenced production on the new series and ...
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Bank holiday meltdown for BBC1
BBC1 had a disastrous performance over the bank holiday weekend with its lowest peaktime audience share for a Sunday this year.
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NewsBBC swaps Saturday line-up
BBC1 is overhauling its flagging Saturday morning schedule, moving its children's programmes to BBC2 for the entire summer to make way for a new sports magazine show.
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NewsITV keeps faith with latest cop dramas
Amanda Donahoe's decision to return to UK drama has paid off after ITV controller of drama Nick Elliott ordered a second series of her Murder City show as part of a trio of detective recommissions.