All Factual-entertainment articles – Page 93
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NewsC5 resurrects House Doctor for daytime push
Channel 5 is resurrecting makeover format House Doctor as part of a multi-million pound move back into original daytime commissioning.
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NewsPulse Films strikes A+E Networks deal
Pulse Films and its East Entertainment label have struck an international distribution deal with A+E Networks.
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NewsSteven D Wright joins Blumenfeld network
Steven D Wright has become the first producer to join Remy Blumenfeld and Justin Bodle’s fledgling production network.
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NewsMinnow seeks spies for C4 series
Minnow Films is following up SAS: Who Dares Wins by putting 20 ordinary men and women through the rigorous recruitment processes of Britain’s intelligence services for a new Channel 4 series.
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NewsFremantleMedia backs Release The Hounds co-creators
The co-creators of horror gameshow Release the Hounds have joined forces to launch a genre-bending indie, backed by FremantleMedia.
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News60 Days In set for UK remake
Hit US prison experiment 60 Days In is set for a British remake after Pulse Films optioned the format rights.
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NewsSpun Gold eyes growth rush
Spun Gold is weighing up either a sale or an acquisition spree after reaching a “fork in the road” in its plans to build on shows including Great Canal Journeys.
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NewsTwofour lands ITV property format
Twofour is bidding to reinvigorate the home renovation format with an ITV daytime makeover show that cuts out ‘the boring building stuff’.
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NewsGreenbird backs Kalel Productions
Kalel Productions has become the eleventh indie to join the Greenbird Media network.
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NewsBBC3 revs up Top Gear spin-off
BBC3 will launch a weekly Top Gear spin-off hosted by the main show’s presenter Rory Reid and filmed at the motoring format’s iconic airfield studio.
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NewsFlintoff and Hornby to lead new era at Optomen
Former Channel 4 colleagues Tina Flintoff and Nick Hornby are to take over at Optomen, as Pat Llewellyn steps down from the All3Media indie after 22 years.
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NewsCelebrity Storage Hunters to return to Dave
UKTV is bringing back Celebrity Storage Hunters after the one-off Christmas special became its highest-rated show of 2015.
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NewsBake Off winner lands BBC1 series
The Great British Bake Off winner Nadiya Hussain is to present a two-part travel cookery show for BBC1 tracing her culinary roots.
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NewsTravel Channel greenlights Paddy McGuinness format
Paddy McGuinness is to front a celebrity car format for The Travel Channel.
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NewsSarah Beeny enters Four Rooms
Sarah Beeny is to replace Anita Rani as host of the fifth series of Channel 4’s factual format Four Rooms.
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NewsClarkson, May and Hammond plan digital venture
Jeremy Clarkson, James May and Richard Hammond have teamed up with a co-founder of Zeebox to launch a “bold digital venture” to sit alongside their new series for Amazon Prime Video.
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RatingsAnimal Orphans beaten by Line Of Duty
THURSDAY: Animal Orphans was beaten by Line Of Duty on its return to ITV, as Bargain Shop Wars rang up an audience of 2.5m.
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NewsE4 doc follows party planner for the rich
The lives of the world’s richest partiers will be put under the spotlight in an E4 documentary.
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The Broadcast InterviewCelia Taylor, Sky
Sky’s non-scripted boss talks to Peter White about flying dogs, why ‘funny factual’ is harder than it looks - and why she couldn’t turn down Renegade’s Don’t Tell The Bride
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NewsStorage Hunters star fronts Discovery format
Storage Hunters star Jesse McClure is to front a Zig Zag-produced antiques series for Discovery’s free-to-air channel.