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ITV Saturday night show gives the talentless hope
RDF Media is to produce a new Saturday night entertainment show for ITV in which two of Britain's top music managers will each have to transform a talentless group of friends into a credible band of performers, writes Glen Mutel.
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Little Britain and Dead Ringers sell to Oz
BBC comedy Little Britain and satirical sketch show Dead Ringers have been picked up by Australian channel ABC. The two series, both 6 x 30 minutes, have been earmarked for a primetime slot on Thursday night where another BBC import, ...
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Electric sky buys break-dancing rights
Electric Sky has picked up the distribution rights to break-dancing documentary B-Boy Championships , in a bid to expand its portfolio of lifestyle programmes. The 12 x 30-minute series, made by indie Just Fabulous TV, is filmed around the world and climaxes at Wembley Arena ...
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Five's frow signs up BBC property experts
Ben Frow has made his first major signing as controller of features and entertainment at Five, securing an exclusive two-year deal with the presenters of BBC2's Million Pound Property Experiment. Interior designers Colin McAllister and Justin Ryan are being lined up for a series of property, entertainment and lifestyle shows ...
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Quickfire scores two BBC series
Former Granada head of history Mark Fielder's new indie, Quickfire Media, has picked up its first commissions with orders from the BBC and for a South Bank Show film for ITV, writes Paul Revoir.
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Heggessey brings back drama favourites
BBC1 controller Lorraine Heggessey has recommissioned three of the channel's dramas. Filming on a new 8 x 60-minute run of Down to Earth - now in its fifth series - begins in May with Sharon Houlihan returning as producer and Mervyn Watson executive producing. A ...
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Arab broadcaster options BBC series
Al-Arabiya, the Dubai-based newscaster set up last year to rival al-Jazeera, has renewed its distribution ties with the BBC, optioning a further 125 hours of content, writes Colin Robertson.
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NHK buys little robots kids animation
BBC Worldwide has sold pre-school animation series Little Robots to public Japanese broadcaster NHK. The series, produced by Cosgrove Hall Films for indie Create TV & Film, will air from 10 April in an early evening slot on Saturdays. Little Robots has been sold to broadcasters in more than 60 ...
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It's all in the worst possible taste
Sky One head of factual Matthew Paice has commissioned three independents to make 4 x 60-minute programmes each about medical mishaps, sick movies and other tasteless subjects. The as-yet-untitled 12-part series will be made by Shine, Ten Alps and Bullseye Television.
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Animated Poirot to air in Japan
The classic crime novels of Agatha Christie have been animated for the first time following a deal between rights holder Chorion and Japanese broadcaster NHK. Two of Christie's most famous creations have been turned into cartoon characters for the 39 x 30-minute series, Agatha Christie's Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple. ...
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Mentorn takes a look at foreign affairs
Indie Mentorn has been commissioned by Five controller of history Alex Sutherland to make a 60-minute documentary on women who fall in love with foreign men. Leaving for Love - produced by Nathalie Goldberg and executive produced by Rob Carey - will follow the stories of women who have left ...
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ER to handle Japanese toon across Europe
Entertainment Rights, the owner of Basil Brush and Postman Pat , is to distribute Japanese animation series Duel Masters in Europe. The cartoon, spawned by a comic book and video game, is to ...
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DGP invests in Symphony V5
DGP has bought eight of Avid's latest version of Symphony, writes Farah Jifri.
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Lux picks up C4 order for Celador
Celador Productions' decision to hire former Channel 4 head of entertainment group Danielle Lux as its new managing director appears to have paid off after the company landed its first commission from the channel in nearly 20 years, writes Paul Revoir.
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C4 child sex doc sells to Europe and USA
Channel 4 International has secured a raft of sales for Cutting Edge documentary The Child Sex Trade. The 50-minute co-production between Hardcash Productions and Arte France has been picked up by nearly a dozen broadcasters including CNN in the US, SRC in Canada and ...
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BBC4 cash earmarked for science and ethics
BBC4 controller Roly Keating - who was given a£10m budget increase last month - has commissioned a range of science and ethics series in a bid to create more 'appointment to view' slots on the channel, writes Leigh Holmwood.
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C4 pays tribute to influence of friends
Channel 4 is to mark the final episodes of Friends by airing a 90-minute documentary about the series. What Friends Did for Us , produced by indie Shine, looks at the effect the hugely popular sitcom has had both on ...
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NewsITV puts£4.5m into peak science thriller
ITV is ploughing£4.5m into a science fiction thriller series about a government scientist who is called in to tackle disasters caused by modern science.
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NewsFamily Affairs love triangle to be put to vote
Family Affairs is to become the first British soap to let viewers decide the fate of a number of key characters.
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NewsOuthwaite poised to make ITV debut
Former EastEnders actress Tamzin Outhwaite has jumped ship to ITV to star in her first drama for the commercial network, but BBC Worldwide will hold onto the rights to the series.