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Another TV burp for Harry Hill
Comedian Harry Hill is to present a second series of his comedy TV review show Harry Hill's TV Burp. ITV controller of comedy Sioned Wiliam has asked Avalon Television to make the 8 x 30-minute show, two more episodes than the
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Fremantle buys Aussie company
Fremantle media has bought Australian TV production company Crackerjack to develop Antipodean versions of Talkback formats such as How Clean is Your House?, writes Michael Rosser
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RDF bags risque order from Five
Five is bulking up its late night risque entertainment slate with a chat show from RDF Media in which a group of women discuss sex and rate sex toys, writes Leigh Holmwood.
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LNN clinches distribution deal with BBC
LNN Factuals has signed an exclusive deal with BBC Worldwide for the format and distribution rights to Trading Treasures. The antiques challenge show has teams of contestants clearing their homes of unwanted collectables and selling them at boot fairs and flea markets. The winning team ...
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BBC buys rights to King's spooky hospital drama
The BBC has picked up the rights to horror writer Stephen King's supernatural series as well as a major new drama two-parter based on the life of Julius Caesar.
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Granada sells drama to BBC
Granada International has sealed a clutch of high-profile deals including a 70-hour drama package to BBC America, writes Michael Rosser.
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BBC teams with NHK
BBC Worldwide has signed a co-production deal with Japanese broadcaster NHK to work on its major forthcoming series Planet Earth. The new 11-part series, also being co-produced by the Discovery Channel, is the first natural history series to be shot in HD by the BBC ...
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Five film tells story of 'Chelski'
Zig-Zag has been commissioned by Five to make a fast-turnaround half-hour documentary giving the inside story on the takeover of Chelsea by Russian oil magnate Roman Abramovich, writes Paul Revoir.
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Founder leaves Chrysalis' IDTV
Another senior executive from the Chrysalis TV Group has quit, a month after former Granada chief executive Steve Morrison and his management team took over the company, writes Colin Robertson.
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Five commissions funnymen docs
Outgoing Five controller of entertainment Andrew Newman has ordered a hat-trick of documentaries on British comedy legends from indie Objective. Comedy Gold, a 3 x 60-minute series, will focus on renowned funnymen Ken Dodd, Bob Monkhouse and Ronnie Barker. Series producer is Sam Dwyer alongside ...
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September Sky deal
September Films has sold its extreme makeover reality series Snip & Tuckto Sky One. The 10 x 60-minute series, which focuses on a New York plastic surgery clinic, is executive produced by Sam Brick and Sally Miles and produced by Andy Harrison. Sky One plans ...
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Wife Swap in further deals
RDF media has completed further deals on its break-out hit Wife Swap following its commission last week from US network ABC for a full series.
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Nick Jr pins down three new shows
Nickelodeon UK has made three acquisitions for its pre-school channel Nick Jr. Angelina Ballerina, a 39 x 30-minute series from Hit Entertainment featuring the voices of Judi Dench and her daughter Finty Williams, I Spy, a 26 x 30-minute show ...
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Paramount orders first original shows
Paramount Comedy has ordered its first original commissions. Director of programming Heather Jones has ordered a home-grown chatshow, which is being shot at this month's Paramount Comedy Festival in Brighton and fronted by Jo Brand. The plan is to pilot it this year and develop it as a series for ...
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French resistance
Zeal Television and R&G productions in France have secured a deal with French broadcaster Comedie to make a local version of surreal BBC3 gameshow format Resistance. The French version of the Chatterbox format will be made by R&G as a 60 x 5-minute series to ...
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Global Midsomer
Chrysalis Distribution has announced further deals for its hit drama Midsomer Murders, made by Bentley Productions. The 13 x 100-minute series seven and eight have been pre-sold to France 3, while South Africa's SABC3 has acquired a total of seven episodes from series five and ...
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Japan to be tested
Indie Talent Television has brokered a deal for a Japanese version of Test the Nation. The Eyeworks live event format, which has been screened in the UK on BBC1, is set to air later this year on TV Asahi and is co-produced with TV Man ...
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Pye resurfaces at Sony
Former Granada senior executive Chris Pye has resurfaced with a new role as vice-president of worldwide formats at Sony Pictures Television International (SPTI), writes Michael Rosser.
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NewsC4 to counter Blaine flak with famine doc
Channel 4 plans to counter criticism that its coverage of David Blaine's latest stunt trivialises third-world hunger, with an important film in which award-winning African journalist Sorious Samura spends a month living with undernourished Ethiopians, writes Colin Robertson.
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Ant & Dec to make US show in the UK
Geordie presenting duo Ant and Dec are finally 'off' to the US after signing a deal for a pilot of their ITV show Saturday Night Takeawaywith Fox - but in an unprecedented twist they will stay in the UK to make it, ...