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NewsC4 plumps for Mandela gig
Channel 4 has picked up the terrestrial rights to the gala Aids and HIV awareness pop concert supported by Nelson Mandela.
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Ricochet scores with Super Nanny
Indie Ricochet has been commissioned to make a formatted documentary series looking at parents and their struggle to balance work and childcare as part of a slate of new commissions, writes Glen Mutel.
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RTL to produce German My Hero
BBC comedy My Herois set to be made for viewers in Germany after the corporation's commercial arm, BBC Worldwide, tied up a deal with RTL, writes Michael Rosser.
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Princess makes superflirt for Five
Indie Princess Productions has been commissioned to make a one-off factual entertainment show for Five based on the book Superflirt. The 60-minute programme, commissioned by Five controller of youth and music Sham Sandhu, will explore ways that body language can be used to snare a potential partner. It will be ...
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Prime Suspect heads for eastern europe
Granada International has made a hat-trick of new sales of hit Helen Mirren drama Prime Suspect 6: The Last Witness. The two-part miniseries, which pulled in 9.4 million viewers when it aired on ITV1 a fortnight ago, has been sold to Prava I Provedi in ...
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Short films for festive Eastenders
UK Gold has commissioned BBC Fictionlab to make 18 x 5-minute films to air in its EastEnders at Christmas themed weekend on 20 and 21 December, which will screen the best of the BBC1 soap's festive editions. Each short will set the scene for the year of the Christmas EastEnders ...
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Dutch reformat Granada shows
Former Granada controller of factual sales and acquisitions Malcolm Allsop, who recently joined Amsterdam-based TeVe Media Group, is to adapt a range of Granada formats for the Dutch and Belgian markets.
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Macca rocks in ITV Christmas
ITV has snapped up a documentary charting Paul McCartney's recent trip to Russia where he performed to more than 100,000 people as part of his Back in the World tour. The one-hour programme, Paul McCartney: The Journey to Red Square, includes the story of the ...
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Sky one tell full story of Blaine fast
American illusionist David Blaine's recovery from his 44-day fast in which he was suspended in a Perspex box near Tower Bridge in London is to be documented in a one-off film for Channel 4 and Sky One. Blaine's friend film director Harmony Korine has made the 60-minute David Blaine: Above ...
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US looks to BBC library for JFK footage
BBC Library Sales has clinched several new licensing deals as broadcasters prepare to commemorate the 40th anniversary of JFK's assassination. Footage from its CBS news archive will be used for a BBC3 documentary on the Kennedy dynasty as well as a BBC News production, JFK: ...
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ITV hunts for real Basil Fawlty
A light-hearted look at people who claim to be real-life Basil Fawltys working in Torquay's hotel industry is one of the highlights of ITV Westcountry's schedule for winter, writes Paul Revoir.
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EC awards chatsworth cartoon subsidy
The European Commission has granted television company Chatsworth a subsidy of more than£240,000 for a£1.9m children's animation series. Space Luniesis a
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Asquith back with teen drama
Channel 4 is to take another hard-hitting look at teenage sex and bullying with a new factually based drama from film-maker Daisy Asquith, hot on the heels of Sunday's (16 November) controversial Pleasureland.
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Action Time quiz shows to middle east
Action Time has sold a number of quiz show formats to indies across Europe and the Middle East. Spain's Boca Boca picked up the rights to The Trapwhile Emite Productions will develop a series of 3Play. Medyapim will produce music quiz ...
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Wise buddah wins radio 1 hip-hop order
Mark Goodier's indie, Wise Buddah, has won its first commission for BBC Radio 1 since it ceased production of the station's line-up of specialist music shows last year. R1 DJ Zane Lowe will front Caught by the Fuzz, looking at the career of British-born New ...
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NewsChannel 4 Christmas line-up
Channel 4 is to air a live broadcast from Mars and three animated Oscar Wilde children's stories as part of its 2004 Christmas schedule.
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NewsITV buys Macca Russian doc
ITV has snapped up a documentary charting Paul McCartney's recent trip to Russia where he performed to over 100,000 people as part of his Back in the World tour, for its Christmas schedule.
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US producers option formats from Zeal
Zeal Television has scored a range of format deals with production houses in the US. The Gurin Company has optioned extreme reality contest SuperHuman, dating show House Dates and quiz show The Mind Game, which Zeal piloted with the BBC. Vin de Bona has picked up new gameshow The Cube ...
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Five follows Peter Duncan's family trek
Former Blue Peter presenter Peter Duncan will present a children's series for Five that will follow him and his family through mainland China. Chinese Breakaway has been commissioned by Five controller of children's programming Nick Wilson for the Christmas schedule. The 6 x 30-minute show will air weekdays at 10.30 ...