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NewsRed takes comedy push to ITV
Red Production Company’s push into comedy is accelerating with a 6 x 30-minute series for ITV about a pair of older women who are re-embracing life.
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NewsC4 orders Richard III follow-up
A follow-up film looking at how leading archaeologists from the University of Leicester uncovered Richard III’s body has been ordered for More4.
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NewsMorgana heads to BBC3 with sitcom pilot
Channel 4 talent Morgana Robinson is piloting her first project for the BBC - a celebrity culture sitcom in which the comedian plays multiple characters.
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NewsDom Joly's Fool Britannia given second run
Dom Joly comedy prank series Fool Britannia is returning to ITV for a second series.
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NewsNetflix orders first original kids series
Netflix has commissioned its first ever original kids series, ordering a reboot of Dreamworks Animation’s film Turbo: F.A.S.T (Fast Action Stunt Team).
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NewsJo Brand fronts Great Wall Of Comedy for Gold
Comedy broadcaster Gold has commissioned a Jo Brand-fronted chat show from STV Productions which will explore the nation’s comedy icons.
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NewsYahoo! orders live Jamie Laing show and film series
Yahoo! has ordered a one-off live interactive show for Valentine’s Day and a weekly ten-part film review series as it continues its push into online video.
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Sky Arts and Sky 3D order doc based on da Vinci's journals
Sky Arts and Sky 3D have ordered a one-off documentary from IWC Media that will see The Thick of It star Peter Capaldi narrate Leonardo da Vinci’s private journals.
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NewsThe CW renews Arrow, The Vampire Diaries and Supernatural
US network The CW has renewed a raft of dramas including Sky 1’s Arrow and ITV2’s The Vampire Diaries.
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NewsC4 orders London Irish sitcom
A group of Northern Irish ex-pats, living, working and drinking in London will be the basis of a C4 sitcom.
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NewsDoctor Who to be filmed in 3D for 50th birthday
Doctor Who is to be filmed in 3D for the second time to celebrate the Time Lord’s 50th anniversary later this year.
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NewsMerlin creators to make Atlantis drama for BBC1
The creators of Merlin are to make an epic BBC1 fantasy drama about the lost city of Atlantis as part of a raft of ambitious commissions.
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NewsSyfy orders Ridley Scott miniseries
US cable network Syfy is developing an adaptation of Philip K. Dick’s The Man In The High Castle, produced by Ridley Scott and written by The X-Files Frank Spotnitz - but the BBC is no longer involved in the project.
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NewsBBC greenlights Jamaica Inn
Origin Pictures has had a three-part adaptation of Daphne Du Maurier’s gothic romance, Jamaica Inn, greenlit by BBC1 - along with PD James’ Death Comes to Pemberley.
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NewsMr Selfridge returns for second series
A second series of ITV period drama Mr Selfridge has been ordered, and it will return to coincide with the WWI centenary in 2014.
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NewsThe Young Apprentice fired
BBC1 has given The Young Apprentice its marching orders after three series, Lord Sugar has confirmed.
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NewsNick Grimshaw lands BBC3 panel show
Radio 1 breakfast DJ Nick Grimshaw is to front a BBC3 comedy panel show as part of a raft of new commissions for the channel.
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NewsBBC delves into ancient Egypt
Dr Joann Fletcher is set to follow Mary Beard as the BBC’s latest female history expert, with a series on ancient Egypt.
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NewsBeing Human laid to rest by BBC3
The current series of BBC3’s Being Human will be the last as the channel’s drama budget cuts begin to bite.
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NewsBBC3's Cuckoo poised to return
BBC3 is in the throes of tying down the cast for a second series of hit comedy Cuckoo.