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North one gets five gadget show order
North One Television Midlands has been commissioned by Five to produce a 10 x 30-minute series working-titled The Gadget Show. The programme, which will road test gadgets, was commissioned by Five controller of science Justine Kershaw and has been pre-sold to Discovery UK. The ...
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Extreme sports makes two originals
Extreme Sports Channel managing director Phil Jones has commissioned two series for the broadcaster: the 6 x 30-minute Stacked , from Cardiff indie Boomerang, which examines extreme sports injuries and the 6 x 30-minute Hanging with?, which will take amateur extreme sports fans to met ...
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Screentime to represent lone eagle
Format sales house Screentime Partners is to represent a brace of reality formats from Toronto-based Lone Eagle Entertainment. Screentime will hold several territorial rights to dating format Hooked Up and The Call , which explores the competitive world of casting.
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RDF sells pair of ideal world docs
RDF International has sold two factual programmes from indie Ideal World to networks around the world. Siamese Survivors , about conjoined twins Hassan and Hussain Salih, has been picked up by VMM in Belgium, TVNZ in New Zealand and an unnamed broadcaster in Denmark. In ...
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ITV commissions charity walk drama
ITV has commissioned Granada to make a two-hour drama charting the roller-coaster journey of a group of people who take part in a walk across the Sahara to raise money for a cancer charity, writes Paul Revoir.
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Five and Sky pick up dragon booster
Five and BSkyB have picked up the rights to Alliance Atlantis' children's CGI show Dragon Booster. The 26 x 30-minute series will air on Five on Saturdays early next year. Sky One will screen it from January. It is currently shown on ABC Family in the US and CBC in ...
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GMTV boosted by Living order
Plans by GMTV to increase its production business have been given a boost with a 15-part commission from Living TV, previewing and discussing the week's soap operas.
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BBC teams up with BFI to air 'lost' Edwardian films
The BBC has linked up with the British Film Institute (BFI) for a major documentary series that will bring previously unseen footage from the Edwardian era to the screen, writes Leigh Holmwood.
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BBC to air auschwitz anniversary series
A major six-part series billed as the definitive history of Auschwitz has been commissioned by the BBC to mark the 60th anniversary of the liberation of the Nazi concentration camp. The as yet unnamed series was commissioned by BBC2 controller Jane Root and BBC specialist factual commissioner Emma Swain. It ...
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C4 doc looks at Saturday night
Channel 4 is to trace the decline of Saturday night television with a two-hour documentary from At It Productions, writes Glen Mutel.
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C4 launches Muslim show
Channel 4 is to launch a new Muslim discussion show in a bid to 'take some of the heat out of issues' currently affecting Islam.
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3DD signs deal to sell sve music shows
Indie 3DD Entertainment has signed a worldwide representation deal with music programmer Sanctuary Visual Entertainment (SVE). The deal will give 3DD the rights to sell the SVE catalogue of music programming to broadcasters, which includes a live show with Mary J Blige and a documentary about The Who. SVE said ...
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BBC3 orders third Monkeydust series
BBC3 controller Stuart Murphy has commissioned a third series of the award-winning satirical animation Monkeydust from production company Talkback. The
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BBC2 plans documentary marathon
BBC2 is to give over large parts of its schedule next year to a 12-hour-long documentary event that will uncover stories about modern Britain. The season, which is expected to air over two or three weeks, will comprise documentaries ranging in length from a few minutes to over an hour. ...
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NewsRoot's last act for drama
BBC2 controller Jane Root, who last week confirmed she is to leave the station to head the Discovery channel in the US, has green lit a new drama strategy as one of her last major acts in the role.
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Castle docu-soap for BBC1
The BBC has commissioned a docu-soap which charts a 17-strong family's decision to quit their lives in England and move to a dilapidated 19th-century Scottish castle.
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September to make US wedding special
September Films has been commissioned to make a one-hour special called America's Trashiest Weddings for Fox in the US, which will go out in early summer. Sky One has picked up the UK rights from September International, which launches the title at MipTV next week. The executive producers for September ...
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Secret Policeman team to make special
The team behind BBC1's The Secret Policeman are set to cause more controversy with a hard-hitting investigation into the death of a man in police custody. The Rough Justice special, Death on Camera , has been given an unprecedented 21.00 ...
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Ecosse to make serial killer drama for ITV
Ecosse Films, the indie behind BBC1 series The Monarch of the Glen , has been commissioned by ITV to make a gritty two-part drama about a serial killer.
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Murphy orders street gang doc
BBC3 controller Stuart Murphy has commissioned a major foreign language documentary series about street gangs in El Salvador, in the style of the award-winning Brazilian film City of God.