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NewsPact demands clarity over BBC Studios
Pact chief executive John McVay has called for clarity over the independence of the proposed BBC Studios from the corporation’s commissioning teams.
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NewsBarcroft accesses the KKK for C4
Barcroft Productions has secured access to notorious US race hate group Ku Klux Klan for its first Channel 4 commission.
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NewsC4 orders celebrity lookalike comedy
Channel 4 is to transform its online non-scripted comedy Lookalikes into a 30-minute special for linear television.
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NewsBBC1 plans live Monterey Bay wildlife series
BBC1 will explore the gathering of marine life at Monterey Bay in California as part of a live natural history series in August.
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NewsJohn Sergeant to go barging again for ITV
John Sergeant will be back barging around Britain after ITV ordered a second series of the Alaska-produced show.
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NewsBBC2 teams up with Animal Planet on lion film
BBC2 has teamed up with US cable network Animal Planet for an Icon Films-produced doc set in the Savute Game Reserve in Botswana.
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NewsDave orders two series of Red Dwarf
Sci-fi comedy Red Dwarf is returning for two series on UKTV’s Dave.
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NewsWingspan explores bohemia for BBC4
Wingspan Productions is to explore what it means to be bohemian in a three-part series for BBC4.
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NewsAdam Richman to front ITV BBQ series
Man v. Food presenter Adam Richman has been lined up to present a five-part BBQ series for ITV, produced by Stand Up To Cancer producer Whizz Kid Entertainment.
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NewsBritespark unearths engineering blunders for Discovery
Sinking skyscrapers and back-to-front bridges are to feature in a BriteSpark Films documentary series for Discovery Networks International.
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NewsJamie Oliver serves up healthy-eating docs for C4
Jamie Oliver is back on the campaign trail with two Channel 4 healthy-eating documentary projects.
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NewsDragonfly installs fixed-rig in children's hospital
One Born Every Minute indie Dragonfly is returning to the wards with a fixed-rig series set in a children’s hospital for Channel 4.
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NewsITV pilots Stephen Mulhern daytime show
ITV is shooting a pilot for a daytime format fronted by Catchphrase host Stephen Mulhern.
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NewsC4 prepares party-planner pilot
Remarkable Television will follow one of Manchester’s foremost party planners in a TX pilot for Channel 4.
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NewsNutopia to co-pro Civilisation revival
Jane Root’s Nutopia is to co-produce landmark BBC series Civilisation, with former BBC1 controller Michael Jackson acting as executive producer.
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NewsDavid Hasselhoff returns to UKTV
David Hasselhoff is to return to Dave sooner than expected after the channel ordered a second series of his comedy show before the debut run has aired.
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NewsC5 supersizes 20 Moments That Rocked Britain
Channel 5 has ordered a full series of Crackit’s list show 20 Moments That Rocked Britain before the one-off special it originally commissioned has aired.
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NewsSimon Cowell cues up DJ format with Yahoo
Simon Cowell has teamed up with Done + Dusted to produce a DJ competition format for online portal Yahoo.
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NewsITV piloting Jonathan Ross cookery show
ITV is piloting a cookery panel show fronted by talk show host Jonathan Ross.
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NewsITV sends Davina McCall on extreme expedition
Davina McCall will explore how animals live in some of the Earth’s harshest conditions in a four-part series for ITV.