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NewsHoney, we've got a second series!
Honey We're Killing The Kids- the BBC3 series that shows how unhealthy lifestyles will affect youngsters later in life - has been recommissioned for a second series.
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NewsComment: Hard times in toon town
Over 700 movers and shakers from Europe's animation industry descended on the Danish city of Kolding last week on the hunt for the next Bob the Builder.
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NewsMinotaur still going strong at ten
Flextech-owned Minotaur International will celebrate its tenth anniversary at next month's Mipcom with the launch of over 150 hours of new programming, including six new 90-minute films in SMG's ITV crime franchise Rebus.
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NewsOff the Fence launches UK docs
Amsterdam and Bristol-based factual producer and distributor Off the Fence is headlining its documentary Mipcom slate with The Day that James Dean Died.
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Granada Starting Over In France
Granada International has licensed the US reality format Starting Overto French commercial broadcaster TF1.
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Animal Planet commissions OSF special
US network Animal Planet has commissioned Sydney and London-based Southern Star to produce an hour-long special, Lyndal's $70K Lifeline Challenge.
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BVITV launches Roger Bannister TV movie
London-based Buena Vista International TV (BVITV) has picked up the ESPN produced TV movie Four Minutes, which tells the true story of how British medical student Roger Bannister broke the four-minute mile barrier in 1954.
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Electric Sky expands sales team
Independent factual distributor Electric Sky has appointed Claudia Weber as sales manager, covering the US, Canada, German speaking Europe, DVD/Home Video and non-theatric sales.
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Motion Gallery names new sales director
BBC Motion Gallery, the footage sales business of BBC Worldwide, has poached ITN Archive sales director Linda Reeve.
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NewsTotally Frank to make Mipcom debut
New girl group Frank are set to make their international debut at Mipcom, where Channel 4 International will launch the new 26-part teen drama Totally Frank.
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NewsTarget secures Bounty
Target Entertainment has picked up animation studio Silver Fox Films' 26 x 11-minute series Bounty Hamsterfor international distribution.
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NewsUS DVD deal for Contender's Peppa Pig
Following its launch on Cartoon Network's new Tickle U pre-school block in the US, Contender Group's animated series Peppa Pighas been picked up by Lions Gate Family Entertainment for a home video launch in autumn 2006.
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NewsNick UK picks up Decode's Sadie
Nickelodeon UK has picked up a further 26 episodes of Decode Entertainment's live action series, Naturally Sadie.
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BKN outsources production to India
Aim-listed children's entertainment company BKN has struck a $10m deal with Indian animation studio UTV Toonz, to handle production of its 26-episode 3D series Kong The Next Generationand another yet to be titled series.
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Welsh indie wins inaugural network order
Welsh indie Telesgop has won its first network commission, a 6 x 30-minute observational series for BBC4 showing the behind the scenes drama of an amateur rural orchestra.
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Commissioner's Q & A: Debbie MacDonald
Debbie MacDonald, vice-president, programming director, Nickelodeon UK, on promoting healthy lifestyles and the success of an open submission scheme.
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Green Green Grass wins Xmas special
The Green Green Grass, BBC1's spin-off sitcom from Only Fools and Horseshas already been given its own Christmas special. Sophie Clarke-Jervoise, the BBC's head of comedy, has ordered Shazam Productions to make the one-off which will start filming next month. John Sullivan is currently working on ...
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Morrissey format will grill celebs
Neil Morrissey has devised a format in which celebrities face a grilling from the public - and has volunteered to be the first guinea pig for the show. Strippedwill see stars take the stage alone to face a 'warts-and-all' question and answer session from the audience. ...
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Yates to front Initial show for CBBC
Initial, part of Endemol UK, is working on a 10 x 56-minute series for CBBC, hosted by former Top of the Popspresenter Reggie Yates. Mighty Truck of Stuff, executive produced by Christopher Pilkington and David Hallam, will air live on Saturday afternoons ...
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HBO buys The Sex Inspectors from Talkback Thames
Fremantle International Distribution has sold Talkback Thames' controversial sex therapy series The Sex Inspectorsto US broadcaster HBO.