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C4 goes backstage with motorhead
Ideal World is to chart the exploits of 1980s rock band Motorhead in a 50-minute documentary for Channel 4. Motorhead: Live Fast Die Old follows the behind-the-scenes action on the band's latest UK tour and chronicles the adventures of frontman Lemmy who, at 57, is ...
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Central to air house-building challenge
ITV1 Central has ordered a new series from Carlton and indie Newman Productions, which follows a race to build two brand new houses from scratch. The 7 x 30-minute series, which is also being made into a longer 10 x 30-minute series for Discovery Home and Leisure, is called ...
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Celebrities to be made to learn Welsh
Janet Street-Porter and former Hi De Hi star Ruth Madoc are two of the stars set to take part in a Welsh language Big Brother-style show commissioned by S4C. Cariad@iaith , produced by Cardiff-based indie Fflic, will follow a selection of celebrities as they study ...
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Pozzitive wins returns for R4 comedies
Pozzitive Productions has won a raft of comedy recommissions from BBC Radio 4 for later this year. A third series of scripted comedy Giles Wemmbley Hogg Goes Off will feature six further outings for Marcus Brigstocke's intrepid but idiotic middle-class traveller. Pozzitive will also produce ...
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Trouble in Paradise for Endemol
Endemol UK Productions is to produce a primetime reality show for ITV in which seven couples compete for the right to start a new life and a new business abroad.
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ITV demotes sea drama to midweek slot
A multimillion-pound ocean-based follow-up to ITV's classic drama Soldier Soldier has been pulled from its primetime slot in ITV's winter schedule amid fears that it would be a ratings failure.
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Millionaire offers $10m prize in US
Celador Productions' hit quiz show Who Wants to be a Millionaire ? is to be relaunched in the US with a jackpot of $10m, writes Leigh Holmwood.
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Dutch Net 5 buys Granada's Stoners
Granada's controversial obese makeover show 18-30 Stoners is among a trio of formats from the ITV giant set to be adapted for the Dutch and Belgian markets, writes Michael Rosser.
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Flashback to D-day landings
Indie Flashback Television has been commissioned by US network A&E to retell the story of the second world war D-Day landings from the air. The Lost Evidence will feature reconstructions of
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Zeal TV to distribute gladiator format
Indie Zig Zag has handed the worldwide distribution rights of its Celebrity Gladiator format to Zeal Television. The British version of the show - Gladiator: Benn v Eubank - was screened on Five last August, pitting the former boxing rivals against each other as Roman gladiators. The 90-minute special featured ...
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Fremantle hires clark for global role
Rob Clark, former head of entertainment for SMG TV, has been hired by Fremantle Media in the new role of senior vice-president of production for the company's worldwide entertainment department. Based in London and reporting to Fremantle president of worldwide entertainment Alan Boyd, he will be tasked with rolling out ...
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Wark clements sleepover club rolls out
Scottish indie Wark Clements' comedy series The Sleepover Club is to be screened across France and Asia. The Asian divisions of Disney and Turner Entertainment Network have acquired television rights to the 26 x 30-minute series, which features a secret society operated by a group ...
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BBC worldwide sends wildlife to Croatia
BBC Worldwide has re-signed a deal with Croatia's national broadcaster to provide a weekly block of wildlife programming. The 12-month agreement with HRT will see programmes such as Born to be Wild, Big Cat Diary and Wild Down Under broadcast in a one-hour, weekly slot branded BBC Wild. The channel ...
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Extreme wins rights to celebrity race
Extreme Entertainment has picked up the exclusive television rights to celebrity-led motor-racing marathon, The Gumball 3000 Rally. The indie will produce both a 6 x 30-minute series and a 90-minute special, following six racers throughout the six-day event from Paris to the Sahara and back. It will also provide an ...
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NewsBBC clears schedules for Hutton
The BBC is to rip up its regular daytime schedule tomorrow (Wednesday) in order to bring gavel to gavel coverage of the Hutton report.
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Kudos plans US Psychos
Kudos, the indie behind hit BBC drama Spooks, is set to make its first foray into original programming in the US with a version of its award-winning Channel 4 hospital drama Psychos.
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ITV commissions Harold Shipman documentary
ITV has ordered a 90-minute documentary that aims to shed light on the motivations of serial killer Dr Harold Shipman. The programme, commissioned by ITV controller of factual Bridget Boseley, will be produced by indie Brook Lapping. It will feature analysis from criminal psychologists and FBI profilers as well as ...
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Joly poised for BBC1 debut
Comedian Dom Joly is to appear in a BBC1 hidden camera show described as a 'grown-up Trigger Happy ' - the last project of his exclusive two-year deal with the corporation.
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Mosaic to make Chinese co-pros
Indie Mosaic Films has linked up with Shanghai-based Jiateng Knowledge International to jointly develop projects in China for the international market, writes Michael Rosser.
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Nickelodeon buys Tiger's Mr Bean
Children's network Nickelodeon is to air the animated version of ITV sitcom Mr Bean after signing a three-year deal with the programme's creator, Tiger Aspect.