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NewsC4 orders more of ‘pioneering’ Brooker’s Mirror
Channel 4 has compared Charlie Brooker to Dennis Potter and Chris Morris and recommissioned Black Mirror for a second three-part run.
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NewsS4C to unveil first kids’ playalong game
Welsh broadcaster S4C is to launch the UK’s first second-screen playalong game aimed at children.
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NewsIndies secure largest slice of WoCC to date
The independent sector has achieved its best-ever performance in the BBC’s Window of Creative Competition (WoCC), winning 83% of the available programming hours.
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C4 and PBS offer portal to WWII with October doc
More than 100,000 hours of secret recordings of German prisoners of war from World War II will be the basis of a one-off special for Channel4 and PBS Channel 13 in the US.
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NewsRaw wins order for Investigation Discovery and History Television
Raw TV will produce a dramatic documentary series examining how people are coerced into carrying out unthinkable acts by criminals or abusive family members.
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NewsYesterday unveils new logo and programming strategy
UKTV’s free-to-air factual channel Yesterday is shifting focus to offer more entertainment-led content and has unveiled a rebrand and three new series.
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NewsITV greenlights Endemol's Prize Island
ITV has ordered new tropical island-set game show Prize Island from Endemol-owned Initial.
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NewsCITV's Bookaboo set to return for third series
CITV show Bookaboo will return for a third series after producer Happy Films secured two deals in Canada.
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ITV1 orders Sweeney doc
ITV1 is rejigging North One’s Unforgettable strand with a documentary about classic TV series The Sweeney.
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NewsMcLaren launches animation unit with Hamilton/Button toon
Formula 1’s McLaren Group has launched an animation unit and secured its first commission from Sky Sports F1 featuring Lewis Hamilton and Jenson Button.
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NewsCBBC sketch show to feature Brian Butterfield
Peter Serafinowicz creation Brian Butterfield is to make his children’s TV debut in a new CBBC sketch series from the co-creators of Horrible Histories.
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NewsNoel Edmonds to front BBC1 pilot
Noel Edmonds could return to BBC1’s Saturday night line-up for the first time in 13 years with an entertainment show about celebrity bodyguards.
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NewsC4 working on 20 entertainment ideas in genre overhaul
Channel 4 is developing around 20 entertainment projects after receiving 250 pitches on the back of its wide-ranging brief to overhaul the genre earlier this year.
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NewsTaylor meets indies to prepare for CBBC
Cheryl Taylor is to begin meeting kids’ indies ahead of starting as CBBC controller later this summer, to ensure a smooth transition from comedy commissioning.
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NewsKeo orders widen talent pool
Keo Films has secured a raft of commissions for the BBC and Channel 4, and recruited Twenty Twenty’s head of factual and entertainment as head of development.
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NewsBlakeway wins series for China
Blakeway Productions has partnered a Chinese indie to make a landmark series about the West that is being lined up for state broadcaster China Central Television (CCTV).
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NewsBBC2 explores servants’ lives ‘real Downton Abbey’
BBC2 has ordered a factual series that aims to portray the real Downton Abbey, lifting the lid on the true relationship between servants and their masters over history.
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NewsNorth One lines up gadget man Fry for C4 tech series
The Gadget Show producer North One is to extend its expertise in the genre for a new Channel 4 series that will be fronted by technophile Stephen Fry.
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NewsDani’s House becomes a Castle for CBBC spin-off
CBBC talent Dani Harmer is to graduate from Dani’s House to Dani’s Castle in a spin-off comedy series for the channel.
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Green Inc wins first youth order with School Run
Fact-ent indie Green Inc has won its first commission for the youth market – a gameshow format called School Run.