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NewsFive to uncover worst celebrity ads
Five is to spotlight some of the most diabolical and embarrassing celebrity endorsements, with a new shows looking at the history of celebrity-based advertising.
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NewsITV orders Marchioness drama
ITV1 has commissioned a new factual drama about the Marchioness disaster, which 15 years ago claimed the lives of 51 people on the River Thames.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Talent TV to make my teen genie
Indie Talent TV is to begin making a live-action show for children with Canadian producer Amberwood Entertainment. My Teen Genie features the antics of a teenage girl and a young genie that lives in her mobile phone. The 26 x 30-minute series is being financed ...
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Hustle set to be 'a huge international hit'
The BBC is predicting its glossy con-artist drama Hustle will become a worldwide hit after it completed deals with a number of European broadcasters, writes Leigh Holmwood.
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Scandinavians in for Miriam show
Controversial reality show There's Something About Miriam has notched up its first foreign sale after being picked up by a pan-Scandinavian broadcaster.
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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.