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titeuf becomes tootuff for gmtv
GMTV has snapped up French animation series Titeuf from distributor Moonscoop, buying all 78 episodes of the seven-minute programme. It will be rebranded Tootuff and broadcast in GMTV's weekend morning schedule from early next year. It is produced by France Animation with co-production partners Editions Glenat, Canal J, France 3 ...
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Zig zag brings olympics into front room
Zig Zag Productions has been commissioned to make an indoor version of the Olympic Games for Challenge TV to coincide with the international event in August. The 16 x 30-minute Household Olympics will see Olympic events brought indoors, with families competing in events such as dressing gown judo and real ...
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Five keeps capital FM's party in the park
Five has secured the exclusive rights to show 95.8 Capital FM's music concert, Party in the Park, for a further two years. However, Endemol-owned Initial, which has produced the show for the past three years, has lost the contract to indie Done and Dusted. The show, which features Will Young, ...
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Norton opens NY office for Comedy Central show
So Television, the indie owned by comedian Graham Norton, has set up a US office in preparation for the launch of Norton's new show on Comedy Central, writes Colin Robertson.
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Clear Channel set for push in Europe
US radio giant Clear Channel Entertainment (CCE) is making a push into European television with plans to create original music programmes and formats to sell to broadcasters, writes Naomi Rovnick.
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Five commissions Russ meyer doc
Brian Waddell Productions is to look at the career of controversial film-maker Russ Meyer (above) in an hour-long documentary for Five. The working-titled Russ Meyer: the King of Sexploitation which will air later this year, will feature mixture of archive footage and interviews with both celebrity admirers of Meyer's work ...
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Discovery delves into fertility
Discovery Health has commissioned two 'tear-jerker' shows examining fertility issues, writes Naomi Rovnick.
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John Downer to walk with wildebeest
Indie John Downer Productions has been commissioned to make a 4 x 30-minute series for BBC1 that will follow the great wildebeest trek across the African savanna. The series, commissioned by BBC1 controller Lorraine Heggessey, will use the type of innovative cameras the indie has developed for shows such as ...
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fat-busting format finds favour in oz
Celador International has signed the first international licence for its new format You Are What You Eat. Nine Network in Australia has taken an option to buy the UK version - currently in production for Channel 4 - and to make its own version, which follows a group of overweight ...
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Heggessey tests Saturday shows
BBC1 controller Lorraine Heggessey has commissioned three entertainment shows from BBC Scotland as part of a drive to boost the channel's Saturday night performance.
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MTV unveils three series
MTV UK has launched three new home-grown series which it plans to network across its 45 channels in 166 countries, writes Naomi Rovnick.
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NewsFive to dig for WWII hero's fighter plane
Five will bring central London to a standstill with a live event, in which a team of archaeologists attempt to dig up a second world war Hurricane fighter plane from underneath a main road by Buckingham Palace.
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C4 follows Operatunity with ?ballet idol'
Channel 4 is to follow up its 'opera idol' series Operatunity with another minority arts talent trawl - this time set in the world of ballet.
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NewsKlinghoffer composer starts new C4 opera
John Adams, the composer behind Channel 4's award-winning The Death Of Klinghoffer , is making another opera for the channel.
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NewsC4 plans Shameless Xmas special
Channel 4 has commissioned a 90-minute Christmas special of its Manchester-based hit drama Shameless , following on from the successful run of its first series.
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FOOTIE WIVES BACK.
ITV controller of drama Nick Elliott has greenlit a fourth series of Shed Productions' drama Footballers'
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AT IT MAKES CUT-PRICE PLASTIC SURGERY DOC.
At It Productions has produced Sun, Sea & Silicone, a two-part series for Sky One, following
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Saturday Kitchen to move to BBC1
Saturday Kitchen, BBC2's surprise cookery hit, is set to transfer to BBC1 and be revamped with more live material which could see it broadcast from chef Antony Worral Thompson's home, writes Leigh Holmwood.
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French and Saunders reunite on BBC1
Dawn French and Jennifer Saunders are to reunite for their first sketch show together in six years. The new
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Unique wins three orders from 1xtra
Unique has picked up three documentary commissions from the BBC's digital station 1Xtra. Babymothers will attempt to provide a snapshot of young motherhood, while The Love Divide will focus on the remaining taboos in mixed-race relationships. Both 30-minute documentaries will be scheduled in late summer. In addition, Unique will produce ...