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Discovery US goes to Extreme for doc
Extreme Entertainment has been commissioned by Discovery USA to make a one-hour documentary exploring how humans can affect electronic circuitry. Electric Children will co-produce with UK indie Illumina TV. Extreme will retain the international rights, with the exception of the US and Asia which ...
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Kitchen detective on way to discovery
Discovery Health channel director Clare Laycock has ordered Kitchen Detective , a 10 x 30-minutes series from Twofour Productions, part-funded by the British Heart Foundation. The show sees a top nutritionist giving advice about diets. Katie Taylor is producer and Steve Grizell is executive producer.
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TV corp sends mother-in-law to Germany
The Television Corporation has sold its ITV1 reality format Take my Mother-in-Law to German broadcaster RTL2. Constantin Entertainment GmbH is producing an initial six episodes to be aired by the network in February. The completed UK series is also set to be screened in TVNZ ...
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Talent TV tests kids' loyalties for CBBC
Indie Talent TV is making a CBBC factual entertainment series in which kids' friendships are put to the test. The 15 x 30-minute Best of Friends , commissioned by CBBC head of entertainment Anne Gilchrist, will feature teams of five friends aged between 10 and ...
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My New Best Friend goes to MTV US
My New Best Friend , Tiger Aspect's hit Channel 4 comedy format, has been sold to MTV US Networks. Tiger will co-produce a pilot of the programme with Katalyst, the production company owned by Aston Kutcher, star of US hidden camera show ...
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Pop Idol poised for Asian launch
Indie 19TV has struck its first Asian deal for the Pop Idol format, with Singapore's Channel 5 signing up to produce a local version, writes Michael Rosser.
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Liquid assets to run to another series
BBC3 controller Stuart Murphy has commissioned a further run of Liquid Assets. The new 6 x 60-minute series, which is expected to air in late spring, will be expanded to look at the finances of movie stars as well as pop singers. Among those slated to be examined are the ...
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Granada's allsop to head Teve media
Former Granada executive Malcolm Allsop has been appointed creative director of newly formed production company TeVe Media Group. The group has been created by pulling together six media and music units, which includes Granada's Dutch production partner, TeVe Holland, and TeVe Company in Belgium, together with facility company TeVe Studio.
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Peep show to pop up again later in year
Objective Productions' Channel 4 sitcom Peep Show has been commissioned for a second series. The show, written by Jesse Armstrong and Sam Bain, will return later this year. Ordered by C4 commissioning editor Iain Morris it will be executive produced by Andrew O'Connor.
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A&E keen for a third visitation of Spooks
A&E Networks in the US has bought the forthcoming third series of Kudos's hit BBC1 drama Spooks. The 10 x 60-minute series - renamed MI-5 for the US - will air later in the year. Series one and two of the drama aired on ...
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Celebrities enter Hell's Kitchen
ITV has signed highly-strung chef Gordon Ramsay to star in a new live entertainment show in which he hires a group of celebrities to help him run a restaurant, writes Paul Revoir.
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BBC3 gives Vaughan another shot
Johnny Vaughan, whose BBC3 chat show was dropped last year, is to return to the digital channel with a new live entertainment show.
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Secret Policeman reassessed
Films of Record is to revisit seminal comedy event The Secret Policeman's Ball for a 25th anniversary special, writes Michael Rosser.
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Betty looks at Brit penchant for camp
Channel 4 has commissioned Betty to make a two-part documentary series which examines the UK's love affair with gay entertainers, writes Glen Mutel.
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BBC orders terror simulation series
BBC2 has commissioned a topical entertainment series in which members of the public will take on the role of government ministers and react to simulated major national disasters such as a bomb on the tube, writes Leigh Holmwood.
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NewsC4 recommissions Peep Show
Peep Show , the acclaimed Channel 4 comedy from Objective Productions, has been re-commissioned for a second series.
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NewsCelebdaq put on critical list
BBC3 controller Stuart Murphy has given his channel's high profile celebrity stock-trading show Celebdaq two weeks to prove itself or face the axe.
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Trevor's World of Sport set for revival
BBC2 controller Jane Root could revive Hat Trick's BBC1 sitcom Trevor's World of Sport if a forthcoming repeat of the series performs well. The comedy has been greenlit for a repeat on BBC2 and a new series has been pitched to Root. Writer Andy Hamilton ...
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Jimmy's key to ITV1 religion
Yorkshire Television (YTV) is reviving its hospital docu-soap Jimmy' s as a key part of ITV1's religious output.
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NewsSky close to deal with men to air Miriam
Sky One is making plans to show its controversial reality show, in which a transsexual man 'tricks' a group of single men into thinking he is female.