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Five to air Stargate Atlantis after Sky
Five has secured a second-window deal with Sky One for its recent MGM International Television Distribution acquisition Stargate Atlantis. The series, a spin-off from sci-fi series Stargate SG-1 , will launch on Sky One this month and will arrive ...
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All3Media signs series deals at Mipcom
All3Media International secured sales at Mipcom for series including Midsomer Murders and Ultimate Force. AB Group in France has picked up the 16 x 60-minute drama Ultimate Force. Extension deals for the drama ...
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Zeal nets rights package for Flipside TV
Zeal Television has picked up the rights to channel surfing show Flipside TV. The show was first shown on the Optimistic Network-owned channel Nation 217 last November and has since been simulcast on Channel 4 and Paramount. Zeal TV will sell the format outside ...
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Avalon makes global Sketch Show sales
Avalon International has made sales of Bafta-award winning comedy The Sketch Show. Danish broadcaster Danmarks Radio has picked up the show while Pure TV in Canada and France's DMLSTV Productions and TF1 will make local-language versions. Earlier this year, US network Fox commissioned a domestic ...
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Ten Alps arm 3BM wins Five series
Michael Buerk is to front a one-off special for Five that will count down the top 10 seminal moments in modern history.
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BBC Birmingham marks 30 years since pub bombings
BBC Birmingham has commissioned Midlands independent BFM Productions to make a 30-minute documentary marking the 30th anniversary of the Birmingham pub bombings.
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C4 goes X-rated for film history
Channel 4 is to broadcast some of the most controversial sex scenes on television with a new commission from ITN-owned production arm Visual Voodoo.
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RDF asks if Jacko is wacko
RDF Media is to follow up its hit documentary Michael Jackson's Face with a look at the mental state of the dysfunctional superstar.
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Commissioner's Q&A: Andrew Mackenzie
Channel 4's editor, factual entertainment has a budget of up to£170,000 an hour and is hunting for series ideas for the 11pm slot
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So come dancing for Graham Norton
BBC1 has revealed details of star signing Graham Norton's first project for the corporation - a further spin-off from Strictly Come Dancing. Norton, who was poached from Channel 4 last December, will front the in-house produced Strictly Dance Fever ...
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S4C commissions kids series about sheep
S4C has commissioned a new long-running children's show featuring a family of sheep. Siwan Jobbins, S4C commissioning editor for children, has ordered 52 x 15-minute series The Baas from Cardiff-based indie Cynhyrchiadau Ceidiog Creations for broadcast in mid-2005. It will feature actors in costumes, created ...
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ITV to show Christmas Day kids doc
A documentary following the children and teachers of St Stephen's Church of England primary school will form part of ITV1's morning Christmas Day output this year. The 60-minute religious show, Don't Drop the Baby Jesus , is being produced by Ray Bruce with Nick Stuart ...
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Five orders eighth series of Rad
Five has commissioned an eighth series of its youth sports series Rad from indie Sunset and Vine. Ordered by Five controller of children's Nick Wilson , Rad - The Groms Tour America will feature six of the ...
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Moore to make another it's my life
ITV has commissioned Manchester-based indie Moore Television to make a fourth series of its Terry Christian-fronted ethics series, It's My Life. The 8 x 45-minute run will again look at the moral dilemmas faced by young people and air next year. Geoff Moore is ...
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BBC Reeve tribute
The BBC is to broadcast its latest documentary on Superman actor Christopher Reeve as a tribute to the star, following his sudden death this week. Christopher Reeve: Keeping Hope in Motion was commissioned from indie TWI last year to chronicle his struggle to walk ...
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GMTV to ditch Disney's Diggin' it
GMTV is to dump Disney's weekend kids block, Diggin' it , because it wants to take the production in-house to save money. The slot, which provides wrap-around links to programming, will be renamed. Disney will still provide animated content for the strand after signing a ...
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NewsC4 backs Dispatches with permanent slot
Channel 4 is to more than double the editions of its flagship current affairs strand Dispatches and finally give the show a regular peaktime berth.
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Bullen wins Jordan order for new indie
Former Carlton executive Nick Bullen has launched an indie, having sealed an ITV commission to make a long-running series about glamour model Jordan and her pop star partner Peter Andre.
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C4 doc explores cross-dressing
Grayson Perry, the transvestite winner of this year's Turner Prize, is to front a one-off documentary for Channel 4 exploring why men choose to dress up as women.
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NewsSky's The Match gets another fixture
Sky One has ordered a second series of reality hit The Match after the finale of the show got nearly two million viewers.