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NewsMurphy: Sky is taking risks that free-to-air cannot
Sky 1 has revealed a huge raft of programming including new dramas and entertainment formats and a wide ranging raft of recommissions.
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NewsSky 1 orders fire station and pirate dramas
Sky 1 has commissioned a brace of new dramas that includes the broadcaster’s first order from Kudos and a fresh adaptation of a classic pirate adventure from Company.
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NewsITV confirms Cowell cookery show
ITV1 has confirmed it has ordered a new formatted food show from Simon Cowell’s Syco TV and cookery specialist Optomen Television.
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NewsChildren take on Olympic event challenge from CBBC
CBBC is to follow a group of children from Middlesborough as they create an event for their town on the afternoon of the Olympic Games’ opening ceremony.
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NewsLumley and Quentin to front ITV1 shows
Clive Tulloh’s new indie Burning Bright has secured two new celebrity-fronted commissions for ITV1.
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NewsSky 1 unveils trio of entertainment pilots
Sky 1 has revealed a trio of entertainment pilots as new genre head Phil Edgar-Jones begins to make his mark.
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NewsITV2 eyes sitcom with an Inbetweeners feel
Angela Jain’s vision for ITV2 is falling into place as she closes in on a “channel-defining” sitcom that will seek to emulate the success of The Inbetweeners.
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NewsBennett commissions ‘real Shameless’ for BBC3
BBC3 controller Zai Bennett has made two high-profile factual commissions, including a series examining life on a Manchester estate that he has dubbed “the real Shameless”.
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NewsSurvey reveals flaws in e-commissioning
Weaknesses in the BBC and Channel 4 e-commissioning systems have come to light in a survey unveiled at Sheffield Doc/Fest, with 70% of commissioners admitting they had rarely developed an idea via the system.
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NewsGrayson Perry set to be C4’s Louis Theroux
Channel 4 executives believe Grayson Perry can become the channel’s equivalent of the BBC’s Louis Theroux and are on the brink of handing him a second series.
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NewsSky 1 orders Brize Norton series
A Dai4 Films production crew will be granted round-the-clock access to the UK’s largest Royal Air Force base for a Sky 1 ob doc.
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NewsGypsy Blood’s Maguire to explore dogging for C4
Gypsy Blood director Leo Maguire has won a second commission from Channel 4 documentary strand True Stories, with a film looking at dogging.
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NewsBBC's Cassian Harrison to work with Scottish indies
BBC specialist factual commissioner Cassian Harrison is to have his role expanded, taking on Sam Anthony’s duties on an interim basis.
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NewsBBC3 to explore football racism after Terry trial
BBC3 is lining up a documentary exploring racism in football expected to be brodcast on the night John Terry’s trial for alleged racism concludes.
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News10 O'Clock Live set for third run
Channel 4 topical satire show 10 O’Clock Live is being lined up to return for a third series at the start of 2013.
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NewsUK's Ugliest Dog takes on world in C5 doc
Britain’s Ugliest Dog is the focus of a Channel 5 doc that follows the canine champion to an international competition in the US.
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NewsITV1 gives 71 Degrees North the cold shoulder
ITV1 has frozen out Arctic adventure show 71 Degrees North after having difficulties with celebrity bookings.
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NewsC4 orders festival series from Made in Chelsea indie
Channel 4 has greenlit a new series from the producers of Made in Chelsea, following a group of music fans throughout a summer of festivals.
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NewsMedieval machine gun to be rebuilt for C5 series
A new Channel 5 series will see engineers attempt to rebuild historical inventions including a medieval machine gun and a gothic megacrane.
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NewsCelebrities to compete in Muppet-style show for BBC1
Celebrity guests will go head to head in a series of games run by a cast of Muppet-style characters for a new BBC1 pilot No Strings Attached.