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NewsCBBC extends Science Fiction shorts
Kite Entertainment has landed a CBBC commission for a science-based comedy series featuring a mixture of puppetry and animation.
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NewsIreland's TG4 orders raft of docs and formats
Irish-language broadcaster TG4 has commissioned a raft of documentaries and entertainment formats from local indies to bolster its autumn schedule.
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NewsMidsomer Murders meets The Killing for Scandi special
Bentley Productions has teamed up with DR, the Danish broadcaster behind The Killing, to make a Scandinavian Midsomer Murders special.
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NewsMonty Don tests craftmanship for More4
Monty Don is to investigate the world of traditional craftsmanship in a Ricochet series for More4.
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NewsDoghouse wins BBC4 & Yahoo! orders
Doghouse Media has won commissions from BBC4 and Channel 5, as well as an online fitness series for Yahoo!.
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NewsDiscovery orders Spain rail crash doc
Discovery has commissioned ITN Productions to produce a one-off doc about Spain’s Santiago de Compostella train crash.
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NewsPies & Puds get Hollywood treatment from Spun Gold
Spun Gold TV is to help The Great British Bake Off judge Paul Hollywood explore his passion for pies and puddings in a BBC1 daytime series.
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NewsYentob hints at 2016 changes to BBC in-house quota
Alan Yentob has become the first BBC exec to hint at a major rethink of the in-house commissioning quota at the 2016 charter renewal.
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NewsITV2 orders a Job Lot of comedy
ITV2 is piloting a post-apocalyptic sitcom from the co-writer of BBC3’s Bad Education as the channel’s comedy strategy gathers pace.
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NewsBBC2 to showcase Wonder of Dogs
BBC2 is looking to build on the success of The Secret Life of the Cat with a series examining the behaviour and intelligence of different breeds of dogs.
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NewsWhizz Kid wins first Challenge gameshow
Sky has ordered a Whizz Kid Entertainment quiz as its first original gameshow for Challenge since it acquired the channel.
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NewsBBC1 heads back to Animal Frontline
True North has secured a second series of BBC1’s daytime RSPCA inspector doc Animal Frontline.
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NewsThe Wombles picked up by C5
Channel 5 has snapped up the remake of The Wombles for its kids strand, Milkshake.
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NewsAmazon orders Electus kids series
Amazon Studios has ordered a kids pilot from Ben Silverman’s Electus, marking one of the fledgling VoD provider’s highest-profile children’s series to date.
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NewsMan Down up for Christmas special
Channel 4 has ordered a Christmas special of Greg Davies sitcom Man Down before the first episode has aired.
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NewsBBC3 secures drama boost
BBC3 has been handed extra cash to commission a second drama in 2014 as controller Zai Bennett aims to build a “meaningful” strategy for the genre.
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NewsMan Down lands Christmas special
Channel 4 has ordered a Christmas special of Greg Davies sitcom Man Down before the first episode has aired.
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NewsInbetweeners indie lands BBC3 comedy
The indie behind The Inbetweeners is to make a comedy for BBC3 about the world’s worst brother and sister, as the youth channel prepares to explore the justice system in a new season of programmes.
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NewsVicious and The Job Lot to return
ITV comedies Vicious and The Job Lot will both return for a second series with the latter being moved to ITV2.
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NewsDiscovery heads to Killer Islands
Discovery has ordered Killer Islands, a six-part series from UK wildlife indie Silverback Films.