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Celador wins comedy order
Celador Productions has been given a rare comedy commission, with a new half-hour show for Channel 4.
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Commissioner's Q&A : Gary Shoefield
GSB director of programming has a maximum of£10,000 an hour to spend so has little chance of realising his dream of poaching The Sopranos, but he can afford another Sold in 60 Seconds
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Spain cooks up own Takeaway
Spain is to be the first country to show its own version of hit ITV show Ant and Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway.
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Zeal music rolls Cd:Uk to swiss market
Blaze Television's ITV1 chart show CD:UK is to be remade for the Swiss market. The deal, handled by Zeal Music, will see the music show air on SF2, owned by public terrestrial network SFDRS, from September. Zeal will make the Swiss version, which will be retitled CD:Live. The format has ...
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Italian prospect of straight dates
Indie Prospect Pictures has sold the format of reality show ...
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Rights for lion shows go to screentime
Screentime Partners has picked up the rights to a brace of entertainment formats from Lion Television. The indie, r...
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C4I sells documentaries to France 5
Channel 4 International has secured a raft of documentary sales to France 5. These include High Performance, a two-hour look at what happens when non-professional athletes take performance-enhancing drugs. The French broadcaster has also snapped up Paladin Pictures' 2 x 50-minute ...
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NewsITV turns to soap spin-offs to boost teatime
ITV is turning to spin-offs of soaps such as The Bill and Coronation Street to rescue its troubled teatime slot.
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NewsFive show will offer brides plastic surgery
Five has commissioned an outrageous new reality show which will transform the lives of engaged couples with extreme makeovers, involving liposuction and plastic surgery, immediately before their wedding days.
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C4 courts controversy with film on foetus life
Channel 4 is set to reignite the abortion debate with a film showing never-before-seen video footage of what foetuses can do in the very first weeks of life.
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Still Game gets UK airing
BBC Scotland's hit comedy series Still Game has received a network commission from BBC2.
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NewsBBC viewers to quiz editors
The BBC is launching a new weekly feedback programme where viewers can question news executives and editors about their decisions.
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NewsClinton to appear on Richard & Judy
Channel 4's Richard and Judy have snared an interview with former US president Bill Clinton.
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More Heavy Metal for History Channel
INDIE Flashback Television has won a multimillion-dollar slate of orders from US broadcasters, including a revamp of its lucrative war machines series Heavy Metal for The History Channel.
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Sky and Paramount in sci-fi deal
SKY ONE has entered into a co-production deal with Paramount for new sci-fi series The 4400, writes Naomi Rovnik.
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Fremantle to invest in new Pioneer shows
INDIE Pioneer Productions is to receive fresh investment from Fremantle International Distribution (FID) for two new US commissions.
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ABC commissions wife swap spin-offs
US network ABC has green lit pilots for two Wife Swap spin-offs from RDF Media. Boss Swap, above, which aired in the UK on Channel 4 earlier this year, and Husband Swap are to go into production later in the summer. They follow ABC's recommission of Wife Swap prior to ...