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Granada plans Xmas comedy
The Granada team behind Bob Martin are making a comedy drama for ITV1.
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DG in charter special
BBC acting director general Mark Byford is to put the case for Charter renewal on a special Panorama programme next month. The studio-based show, What's the Point of the BBC? , will also feature David Attenborough, David Elstein and Endemol ...
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US women's channel picks up Nighty Night
BBC3's dark comedy Nighty Night has become the latest British comedy to cross the Atlantic after it was sold to a US cable network, writes Leigh Holmwood.
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Milligan to leave Five for BSkyB
Five is set to lose its deputy chief executive, Nick Milligan, who is quitting to join BSkyB in a move that fuels speculation about a bid by Rupert Murdoch for the terrestrial channel, writes Conor Dignam.
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ITV nabs boat race
ITV has poached the exclusive TV rights to the Oxford vs Cambridge Boat Race, which the BBC has been broadcasting since 1926. Sources said that both broadcasters offered similar amounts of money for the 2005 to 2009 package, but ITV had offered broader coverage, including a documentary in advance of ...
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Black writer to join the crouches team
The BBC's first ever black sitcom, The Crouches , has been commissioned for a second series - but this time it will include a black writer. The BBC came under fire with the first series after it emerged that it had been written by a ...
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Ideal World in bid to expand factual fare
Ideal World is looking to increase its contemporary factual output with the appointment of its first head of documentaries, writes Glen Mutel.
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Brainiac pilot being made for us channel
Granada's Sky One science series Brainiac is to be made into a non-broadcast pilot for US channel The WB. The pilot will be managed out of Granada's LA office by head of production Sam Zoda. The executive producer is David Franzke, whose credits include MTV show ...
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BBC expands big cat week format
The BBC is to follow up the success of its Big Cat Week of stripped programmes with a look at the lives of elephants and monkeys, writes Leigh Holmwood.
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BBC inks fresh three-year deal with RFL
The BBC has signed a new three-year deal with the Rugby Football League (RFL) to show live coverage of the Powergen Challenge Cup from next year. The tournament will take place in the summer with the final in August. The BBC has also signed a four-year deal with the RFL ...
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Doubleband backed
Channel 4 and the NIFTC/ Invest Company Development Fund are to put£165,000 into Belfast-based DoubleBand Films, as part of C4's Creative Cities programme. DoubleBand regularly pitches to C4 - its recent output for the channel includes George Best's Body, Seven Days that Shook Sven ...
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Mosaic films goes back underground
Mosaic Films has been commissioned to produce a follow-up to its RTS award-winning series The Tube. ITV London commissioning editor Emma Barker has ordered the 6 x 30-minute series, which will go behind the scenes of the London Underground and follow staff's day-to-day activities. Will Grovewhile and Dan Waring will ...
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Novel joins pocoyo animation show
Novel Entertainment has teamed up with Carlton International and Spanish animation company Zinkia Entertainment to develop and produce pre-school co-
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Secret Policeman among winners at RTS awards
Mark Daly, the investigative reporter behind the acclaimed BBC documentary The Secret Policeman , has been awarded young journalist of the year by the Royal Television Society (RTS), writes Lisa Campbell.
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BBC Talent takes to the air
BBC3 is to clear its schedule as part of a BBC-wide week of programming generated by its annual BBC Talent initiative.
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Halmi to be honoured for achievement
Robert Halmi Sr, chairman of Hallmark Entertainment, is to be honoured with a lifetime achievement award at this year's MipTV market in Cannes. The veteran producer has over 200 made-for-TV movies, series and miniseries to his credit. He has also picked up 97 Emmy Awards and 13 Golden Globes for ...
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Adam lands leading role in Channel 4 sitcom
Adam Buxton, one half of comedy duo Adam and Joe, will take the lead in a new six-part Channel 4 sitcom about a struggling Brighton-based rock band, writes Glen Mutel.
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Optomen to make C4 aristocrats doc
Channel 4 has commissioned Optomen Television to make a documentary series about the Fulfords - an aristocratic family who have lived on the same country estate for 800 years. The series will chart the Fulfords' eccentric adventures, including their plans for celebrating their eighth century in residence. The show will ...
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C4I takes on HBO factual output
Channel 4 International (C4I) has signed a deal with US pay-TV operator HBO to distribute over 200 hours of its factual programming, writes Glen Mutel.
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BBC4 gets extra£10m to make drama
The BBC has confirmed an extra£10m annual boost for BBC4 to allow it to produce more homegrown drama, comedy and science programmes. The extra cash will take BBC4's overall budget to£40m. BBC3 by comparison has a budget of£97m. BBC4 controller Roly Keating said he was keen to develop more drama ...