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NewsChocolate to make Blanc cookery show for BBC2
Chocolate Media, the new NBCI indie led by Alan Brown, is to send Michelin-starred chef Raymond Blanc on a tour to celebrate French cooking for BBC2.
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NewsTiger to tackle law and removals for C4 and C5
Tiger Aspect has won a trio of factual commissions including a series about the trials and tribulations of moving home and a legal series to help people resolve “bitter, petty or outrageous disputes”.
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NewsC4 set to show alleged Sri Lankan war crimes
Jon Snow is to front a post-watershed Channel 4 documentary featuring harrowing new footage that appears to document alleged war crimes that took place in the closing weeks of the Sri Lankan civil war in 2009.
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NewsYoung Question Time recommissioned
Mentorn has been commissioned to produce a special edition of Young Voters’ Question Time, which will run on BBC3 two days ahead of the 5 May electoral reform referendum.
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NewsCBBC orders four in house dramas
CBBC has commissioned four drama series, including one brand new show, all of which will be made in house.
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NewsBBC poised for Ab Fab comeback
The BBC is poised to bring ‘90s sitcom Absolutely Fabulous back to our screens, it has confirmed.
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NewsBBC looks to take R4’s Act Your Age to TV after pilot
The BBC is hoping to transfer Radio 4 comedy panel show Act Your Age to television and is producing a non-broadcast pilot.
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NewsEmerson joins Betty to oversee launch of Dirty Pretty Things
Betty has appointed Dave Emerson as executive producer, and his first project will be to look after E4 factual entertainment series Pout (working title).
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NewsThe Cube returns to ITV1
The Cube has been recommissioned for a fourth series on ITV1, with Objective Productions set to start filming later this year.
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NewsAllsopp to take on craft fair pros in series for C4
Channel 4 has ordered a Kirstie Allsopp-fronted series in which the presenter is pitted against country fair craft experts.
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NewsC4 orders three more runs of Million Pound Drop
Channel 4 is to air 29 further episodes of The Million Pound Drop Live this year after awarding producer Remarkable Pictures a three-series deal.
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NewsIannucci's US satire picked up by HBO
HBO has ordered a US “cousin” of The Thick of It that is written, directed and executive produced by Armando Iannucci.
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NewsDon’t Tell The Bride goes live for royal wedding
BBC3 has ordered a live version of Renegade Pictures’ Don’t Tell The Bride, for the night of the Royal Wedding.
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NewsGreenlight round-up: Going underground
The plight of 33 Chilean miners trapped underground for nearly 70 days last year is the subject of a new BBC documentary, topping this week’s round-up of commissions.
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NewsC4 orders longest ever Drop
Channel 4 gameshow The Million Pound Drop Live is to return for its longest ever run.
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NewsC4 orders Mumsnet show
Studio Lambert has been given the greenlight to create a programme inspired by online forum Mumsnet for Channel 4.
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NewsTwenty Twelve to return for second series
Twenty Twelve, the BBC4 sitcom that goes behind the scenes of the Olympics Deliverance team, has been recommissioned for a second series.
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NewsBenidorm writer changes mind over fifth series
ITV1 has commissioned a fifth series of popular comedy drama Benidorm, with creator Derren Litten staying on with the show as one of a team of writers.
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NewsIndies call for a rethink in BBC nations strategy
Scottish, Welsh and Northern Irish indies have called for a shake-up of the BBC’s nations commissioning process, claiming the system has added another tier of management and takes them further from those who hold the purse strings.
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NewsWindfall recreates Dam Busters mission for C4
Channel 4 has recreated the WWII mission to destroy two German dams that was immortalised in classic film The Dam Busters.