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ITV1 drama reveals Hitler invasion plan
Nazi troops are to be shown marching up The Mall while Adolf Hitler will be seen waving from the balcony of Buckingham Palace in a major new ITV drama that reconstructs Hitler's plans for the invasion of Britain.
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At It to make C4 pop event
Channel 4 has commissioned indie At It Productions to create a new live music event following confirmation that the annual broadcast events from Top of the Pops and Smash Hits have been dropped this year.
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Abyss ventures into the Pacific
BBC Bristol will trawl the depths of the Pacific Ocean for a second series of underwater broadcasts under the banner Abyss - Live. One part of the day-long broadcast involves presenter Mike deGruy exploring surface waters using a 'movie helmet' that enables him to talk to viewers as he descends ...
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Ludus sells three formats to US
Format house Ludus is set to make its first foray into the US after selling the US rights to talent agency CAA for three of its formats - Laughing all the Way to the Bank, which features comics learning their trade at a boot camp, with a studio audience betting ...
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Flawless to make DJ talent show for ITV
Flawless Media is developing a DJ talent show for ITV which will offer the winner a year-long management contract. The six-part The Joy of Deckshas been backed by drinks brand Smirnoff and will be the first advertiser-funded series to be broadcast across both ITV1 and ...
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Parthenon to distribute for scandinature
Factual indie Parthenon Entertainment has signed a five-year distribution deal with Scandinavian wildlife production outfit Scandinature Films. Parthenon will handle international sales of the firm's entire natural history and science catalogue, which includes 36 hours of documentary programmes including Viking Voyages, Dead Sea Scrolls and ...
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RDF makes first sales for US court TV
RDF International has made its first distribution deals for Court TV, after taking on nearly 80 hours of programming from the US crime and investigation network. Dutch broadcaster SBS has acquired the free-TV rights to I, Detective(26 x 30 minutes), where viewers get the chance ...
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Open Mike gets paramount comedy orders
Indie Open Mike Productions is the company behind the two Paramount Comedy channel commissions, which were reported in Broadcast(17.10.03). Jo Brand will host a chat show while in 12 x 5-minute £100 in Brightoncomedians are given£100 to spend on something ...
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Mipcom deals hit by early closure
Major distributors failed to make last-minute sales at this year's Mipcom television market after companies closed their stands early, the organiser of the event has claimed, writes Michael Rosser.
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Diners oust head chefs in UK food show
UKTV head of lifestyle Nick Thorogood has commissioned a 'Faking It-style' cookery series from Red Door TV for UK Food. The 15 x 30-minute Kitchen Take Overfeatures presenter Paul Roseby pouncing on unsuspecting diners in a restaurant, who have been set up by friends, and ...
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Nat Geo buys Mayday and Dogs with Jobs
Cineflix's London-based international distribution arm has sold a brace of programmes to National Geographic Channels International (NGCI). Mayday, a 6 x 60-minute series offering a scientific view of recent air crashes, will be screened in 144 countries and 26 languages. It has also been pre-sold ...
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At It Productions to make Busted doc
Indie At It Productions is to make a 60-minute documentary for Channel 4 on young British pop band Busted, featuring a Monkees-style narrative. The Busted Popworld Special - Britain's Biggest Pop Band, ordered by C4 commissioning editor for music and youth Neil McCallum, will air during the T4 Sunday strand ...
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MMA wins celebrity reality bites order
Manchester-based indie Multi Media Arts (MMA) has won a raft of commissions including a hidden camera cookery show for ITV1. A broadcast pilot of Celebrity Reality Biteswill feature Coronation Street'sMartin Platt attempting to run a restaurant kitchen on a tight ...
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Lion wins factual orders from BBC
The BBC has ordered a raft of factual series from Lion Television including an inside look at a boot camp for unruly youngsters, writes Michael Rosser.
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Noddy goes to Poland, Asia and Slovenia
Brand management company Chorion has made several international sales of its£10m CGI children's series Make Way for Noddy. The 100 x 10-minute series, which is currently shown on Five in the UK, has been sold to Polish broadcaster TVP, IVM in Indonesia, RTV in Slovenia and MediaCorp TV12's Singaporean free-to-air ...
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Initial to produce Mandela's aids awareness concert
Initial, the music entertainment and live event arm of Endemol, is to produce a major Aids and HIV awareness pop concert, supported by Nelson Mandela, to be broadcast globally by MTV. The concert, featuring artists such as Beyonce, Ms Dynamite, Bono and the Eurythmics, is being recorded by Initial in ...
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ITN to give universities free access to archive
ITN is to give colleges and universities across the UK free access to its huge news archive - one of the world's largest film and image libraries, writes Michael Rosser.
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BBC2 to get own consumer show
BBC2 controller Jane Root is set to commission her channel's first major consumer strand as part of a raft of new orders for the BBC's in-house consumer affairs unit, writes Leigh Holmwood.
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ITV2 orders expose of celebrities' lives
ITV2 has commissioned a regular programming strand about celebrities' lives. Celebrities Exposedwill encompass a series of 60-minute standalone episodes with the first two - Love on the Rocks and Lies, Lies, Lies - produced by Scream Films. Isis Films will produce the third instalment, working ...
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NewsDating show to take over from Blind Date
ITV has commissioned a Saturday night dating show, loosely based on the format of Ant and Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway, to replace the axed Blind Date, writes Paul Revoir.