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Italian channel to adopt Kumars format
Italian broadcaster Mediaset is to make a local version of comedy chat show The Kumars at No. 42 for Canale 5 following a deal with indie Hat Trick International. The deal is accompanied by a second series commission of the format from Dutch public broadcaster ...
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Celador scores more brainiest success
Celador International has won further international success for its Brainiest? quiz show with a new format sale in Greece. Fremantle Media's Greek subsidiary has landed the commission to produce a 70 x 45-minute series plus a 90-minute final, which will be stripped through weekdays on ...
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Somethin' else looks at branding sport
Indie Somethin' Else is to chart the history of the brand within the world of sport for BBC Radio 5 Live. The 4 x 30-minute series, Brand It Like Beckham , will run from Monday to Thursday at the end of May. Presented by journalist ...
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Canning Factory to make cartoon for Five kids slot
Animation specialist The Canning Factory has been given the greenlight to start production on a£1m pre-school cartoon for Five, writes Michael Rosser.
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Top trumps inspires Challenge TV show
Challenge TV has ordered 20 x 30-minute episodes of a comedy panel show from Princess Productions, based on the classic card game Top Trumps. Totally Top Trumps was commissioned by Challenge channel controller Jonathon Webb and will air in April. Sebastian Scott will executive produce ...
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Maidstone indie wins commissions
Maidstone-based indie Peter Williams Television has been commissioned to make a 6 x 30-minute regional series on crime during the second world war for Meridian. Underworld at War, dubbed the 'factual Foyle's War', was commissioned by Meridian controller of regional programming Mark Southgate. It will be produced and directed by ...
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Five commissions more 'swap' shows
Five has created its own 'swap' strand, following the success of RDF's Wife Swap and Boss Swap on Channel 4. Controller of special events and pop features Sham Sandhu has commissioned indie Flame TV to produce three 60-minute instalments: ...
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Midsomer goes to Germany for first time
All3Media International has made its first sale of ITV crime series Midsomer Murders to Germany. The first two series of the murder mystery series, made by All3Media offshoot Bentley Productions, will be screened on public broadcaster ZDF. An eighth season of the programme, starring John ...
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Turner and Nickelodeon make raft of promotions
Kids networks Turner Entertainment and Nickelodeon UK have both restructured their management line-ups.
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C4 hunts for new breakfast format
Channel 4 director of television Kevin Lygo is on the hunt for a new daily live breakfast show and hopes to get it on air by the autumn.
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NewsMiriam prepares to bare all in doc about 'her' life
Brighter Pictures has been commissioned to make a documentary about Miriam - the star of its controversial Sky One reality series There's Something About Miriam.
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Hislop comedy wins peak slot
My Dad's the Prime Minister , the BBC1 comedy written by Private Eye editor Ian Hislop, has been commissioned for a second run and promoted to a peaktime slot.
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NewsFive opts for morning gameshows
Five will not be commissioning a replacement show when it axes its morning chatshow The Terry and Gaby Show next month.
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NewsBBC commissions gay pensioner drama
A drama about two men in their early 60s who fall in love with each other is set to form the centre-piece of a BBC season on age.
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NewsWark Clements set for footie coup
Scottish indie Wark Clements will co-produce 38 Scottish Premier League matches if its production partner Setanta Sports succeeds in securing exclusive rights to the games next week.
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NewsITV orders Hitler in Colour
TWI is lining up another installment of its ITV1 In Colour strand, with a 90-minute film marking the 60th anniversary of Hitler's death.
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£8m BBC2 arts show
BBC2 controller Jane Root this week confirmed a£8m investment in arts programming including a new 60-minute weekly arts journalism series, The Culture Show , which she billed as the channel's biggest new cultural programme for 10 years. The show will feature arts coverage from around ...
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BBC2 to air Asian arts and culture series
The BBC's Asian Programme Unit (APU) is to launch its first Asian arts, entertainment and culture show since Network East. Desi DNA, which is due to air on BBC2 from next month, will showcase British Asian talent and will be presented by BBC Radio 1's Nihal Arthanyake, BBC Asian Network's ...
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American Idol 3 set for global airing
American Idol 3 , the US version of hit ITV show Pop Idol , is to be screened on a string of channels around the world including ITV2. The latest series of the show, produced by 19TV and Fremantle ...
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C4 orders two new Wife swap series
Channel 4 commissioning editor, documentaries Hilary Bell has ordered two series of the reality show Wife Swap. Both 6 x 60-minute runs will air this year. RDF media has now appointed the show's executive producer Jenny Crowther on a full-time basis. She will also ...