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NewsBBC3 plans Serial-style online series
BBC3 is developing a Serial-style factual series as one of its first online commissions ahead of the closure of its linear channel.
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NewsBBC2 checks into Real Exotic Marigold Hotel
Twofour is to replicate the Best Exotic Marigold Hotel film with a group of celebrities in a documentary series for BBC2.
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NewsDiscovery plots Idris Elba follow-up
Discovery chief creative officer Phil Craig has revealed that the broadcaster is working with Idris Elba on a follow-up to his high-octane series No Limits.
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NewsSlow TV returns to BBC4
A sleigh ride through Lapland and the exploration of the biology of a 400-year-old oak tree form part of BBC4’s second slow TV season.
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NewsFlowers blooms in C4 line-up
Channel 4 has revealed three important parts of its 2016 schedule, with a follow-up to Walking The Nile, a full series of Kudos comedy Flowers and an adaptation of children’s book We’re Going On A Bear Hunt.
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NewsBBC1 returns to Decimate
CPL Productions’ BBC1 daytime quiz show Decimate has been recommissioned for a second 25 x 45-minute series.
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NewsIndus wins clutch of C4 docs
Indus Films is to investigate the world of luxury interior design as one of three Channel 4 documentaries.
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NewsSky investigates Irish border force
Crackit Productions has sealed two commissions – a 20-part series for Sky 1 following Ireland’s border force and a wedding series for Channel 5.
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NewsITV lining up Cold Feet reunion
ITV is in talks with the stars of Cold Feet about a potential reunion more than a decade after the drama was axed.
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NewsTwofour attempts 'time travel' transformation for ITV
Twofour has landed a six-part series with ITV in which Davina McCall will meet individuals who are attempting to change their lives.
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NewsBBC developing country house period drama
Mentorn Media’s drama division Daybreak Pictures is developing an ambitious country house period drama for the BBC.
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NewsBen Fogle to front ITV 'whale-fall' experiment
Ben Fogle will front an ambitious ‘whale-fall’ experiment for ITV which will lure large sea creatures – including sharks – to the carcass of a whale.
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NewsBBC investigating commissioning complaint over music doc
The BBC is investigating a formal complaint over the commissioning process behind BBC4 documentary Je T’Aime: The Story of French Song.
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NewsCBBC orders talent show spin-off of Canadian format
CBBC has ordered a talent show spin-off of Canadian acquisition The Next Step with the winner securing a cameo appearance in the next series of the reality drama.
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NewsBlast! uses ‘micro-rigs’ to capture Chester Zoo for C4
Blast! Films will use “micro-rig” filming techniques to capture animal behaviour at Chester Zoo for a Channel 4 documentary series.
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NewsCatherine Tate to star in Gold comedy
Catherine Tate and Car Share star Sian Gibson are to star in Gold’s latest original comedy commission.
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NewsLightbox gains access to Vogue for BBC2
Channel 4 Growth Fund indie Lightbox has gained access to fashion magazine Vogue for its debut BBC2 commission.
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NewsBritespark, Popkorn & Twofour land First Cut films
Channel 4 has unveiled its latest slate of First Cut documentaries with BriteSpark Films, Popkorn TV & Twofour winning business from the strand.
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NewsC4 prepares The Island celebrity special
Channel 4 is lining up a celebrity version of The Island with Bear Grylls as part of next year’s Stand Up 2 Cancer event.
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NewsBarcroft expands Behaving Badly franchise to US
Barcroft Productions has won two 10-part order from US network Discovery Family focusing on animals and babies.