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NewsFry to explore passion for language
Stephen Fry will explore his “passion” for language in a new BBC series titled Planet Word.
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NewsITV to pilot Loose Women-style chat show
ITV1 is to pilot a daytime talk show that will see former GMTV presenters Fiona Phillips and Penny Smith return to channel.
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NewsBragg takes South Bank brand to Sky
Arts broadcaster and former South Bank Show presenter Melvyn Bragg is rebranding the South Bank Show Awards for Sky Arts.
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NewsRiver Cafe web series is first for The Times
The Times newspaper has ordered its first major video web commission, with a series set in restaurant The River Café from Zad Rogers’ indie Atomized.
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NewsITV unveils wishlist to indie producers
Talent-led factual formats, non-crime drama and a Friday night entertainment show are top of ITV’s programming wishlist, as revealed at the broadcaster’s Producers’ Forum in London last week.
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NewsLakes chef presents first AFP show in C4 3pm slot
Chef Peter Sidwell is to cook his way around the Lake District in Channel 4’s first advertiser-funded show to air in the pre-Countdown slot.
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NewsC4 to put model agency under the spotlight
Channel 4 is to extend the fixed, multi-camera set-up of The Family and One Born Every Minute to a model agency’s office - with Maverick lined up to produce.
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NewsNBCU eyes UK market with fact ent boost
NBC Universal is ramping up production activity in the UK, with one show already under way and four others in the pipeline.
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NewsPrincess triumphs in pitch for next 11 O’Clock Show
Princess Productions has won a competitive pitch from Channel 4 to find the successor to The 11 O’Clock Show and is working on a pilot.
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NewsElectric Sofa seeks content for new entertainment channel
The backers of a new entertainment channel are looking to commission up to 10 hours a week from UK indies, including a weekly gossip show.
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NewsDawson supersizes regional dishes for Good Food
UKTV’s Good Food has ordered a series that will see rugby player-turned Celebrity MasterChef winner Matt Dawson create giant versions of local speciality dishes from around the UK.
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NewsTake Me Out gets second date
ITV1’s Saturday night speed-dating gameshow Take Me Out is set to return “bigger and better than ever”, according to host Paddy McGuinness.
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Good Food cooks up Malaysia AFP
UKTV’s Good Food channel has commissioned an ad-funded Malaysian cookery show from indie Denham Productions.
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NewsBBC2 bucks trend as PSBs cut spend on new shows
BBC2 was the only PSB channel to increase its spend on new shows last year, when more than £150m was stripped from the total pot for first-run programmes.
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NewsTV writers say "avoid commissioning briefs"
Two of the UK’s top TV drama producers have suggested that the process of responding to commissioning briefs is almost entirely flawed.
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NewsC4 to air British basketball
Channel 4 has picked up the rights to broadcast highlights from British basketball championship Standard Life Game on 2010 Eurobasket.
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NewsBBC2 orders Live Aid drama
BBC2 controller Janice Hadlow has commissioned a new feature-length drama charting the back story behind the legendary 1985 Live Aid Concert.
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NewsCriminal Justice creator pens new legal drama
Criminal Justice creator Peter Moffat and star Maxine Peake are to reunite for a six-part legal drama series on BBC1.
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NewsBritvic backs second Skillicious series for CITV
CITV has re-commissioned a second series of The Foundation’s ad-funded programme Skillicious With Fruit Shoot H20.
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Coogan signs for Sky Arts' Chekhov plays
Sky Arts has ordered four Anton Chekhov plays from indie Baby Cow starring a range of talent including Steve Coogan, Johnny Vegas and Julian Barratt.