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NewsPioneer hits C4 with meteor doc
Channel 4 has ordered a fast turnaround documentary about the recent meteor strike in Russia from Pioneer Productions.
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NewsGeordie Shore heads to Oz for sixth season
MTV UK has renewed Geordie Shore for a sixth season, which will see the reality stars head to Australia.
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NewsSnog, Marry, Avoid? back for sixth run
BBC3 has order a sixth series of Remarkable Television’s Snog, Marry, Avoid? to air this spring.
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NewsHistory goes banger racing and treasure-hunting
History has commissioned two factual entertainment series following a banger racing team and band of treasure hunters.
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NewsNickelodeon and Sky join forces to order dance format
Nickelodeon and Sky have partnered for the first time to jointly commission an entertainment format from Princess Productions.
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NewsBBC3 orders fast turnaround Oscar Pistorious doc
BBC3 has ordered a fast turnaround doc about Oscar Pistorious from Mentorn Media after he allegedly murdered his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp.
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NewsOutline wins global BBCW order
Outline Productions has won its most important international commission to date with a 10 x 48-minute series for BBC Worldwide that will play across the globe.
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NewsJessica Hynes creates BBC4 suffragette comedy
Twenty Twelve star Jessica Hynes is to write and star in a BBC4 studio comedy about a 1910 suffragette movement in Banbury.
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NewsITV orders primetime celeb format from Endemol
ITV has ordered a Stars in their Eyes-style format from Endemol UK called Your Face Sounds Familiar.
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NewsFrow turns to dole queue for first C5 commission
Channel 5’s new director of programmes Ben Frow, has green-lit his first show since joining the broadcaster - a three part series dubbed Super Scroungers.
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NewsSky Arts eyes more A Young Doctor’s Notebook
Sky Arts is in talks to commission a second series of John Hamm and Daniel Radcliffe’s record-breaking drama A Young Doctor’s Notebook.
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NewsGold orders first original sitcom
UKTV is moving into original scripted comedy for the first time after Gold ordered Us and Them from Hat Trick Productions.
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NewsWatch poaches Roux Scholarship from Good Food
UKTV’s food competition format The Roux Scholarship is moving up the EPG after Watch ordered a ten-part series from Cactus TV.
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NewsBBC1 to adapt War and Peace
Andrew Davies is to adapt Leo Tolstoy’s iconic novel War and Peace into a six-part drama for BBC1.
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NewsSuperscrimpers handed fourth run
Channel 4 money saving tips series SuperScrimpers is returning for a fourth series.
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NewsE4 reopens My Mad Fat Diary for second series
E4 teen comedy drama My Mad Fat Diary, based on the real-life diaries of Rae Earl, is returning for a second six-part run.
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NewsFunny Fortnight pilot set to secure C4 series
Objective Productions’ sitcom Toast of London, first piloted as part of Channel 4’s Funny Fortnight season, is on the brink of being commissioned.
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NewsCelebrity Catchphrase special ordered
A one hour celebrity special of Catchphrase has been ordered by ITV to bolster the return of the classic gameshow.
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NewsC5 orders Darlow volcano doc
Channel 5 has commissioned Darlow Smithson Productions to make a one-off doc about the volcanic eruption of Eyjafjallajökull.
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NewsBBC2 heads underground for fixed-rig animal doc
BBC2 is to shine a light on the way some of the UK’s most iconic wildlife behaves underground in a Dragonfly-produced fixed-rig series.