Factual-entertainment – Page 81
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NewsDiscovery sets out shopping list
US cable network Discovery Channel is looking for British indies to pitch crime series and social experiments as it moves away from shows featuring “weirdos in the woods”.
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NewsOutline strikes first-look deal with DRG
Outline Productions has struck a first-look distribution and development deal with Doc Martin distributor DRG.
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NewsBBC2 to pilot amateur engineering show
RDF Television is to explore the UK’s most extraordinary amateur engineering projects after landing a pilot for BBC2.
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NewsMasterChef chief launches indie
MasterChef creative director Karen Ross is launching her own Endemol Shine Group-backed indie.
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NewsAnalysis: Don't Tell The Bride moves to Sky
The producer of Don’t Tell The Bride has claimed that the BBC walked away from the show because it skewed too young for flagship channel BBC1.
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NewsLove lands Great British Bake Off spin-off
Love Productions has landed a Great British Bake Off spin-off in which teams of professional pastry chefs will go head-to-head.
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NewsUndateables producer launches indie
The former executive producer of The Undateables, Amelia Hann, has established an indie to produce factual and factual-entertainment formats.
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NewsUS Bake Off makes ‘so-so’ start for ABC
The Great British Bake Off’s second US adaptation made a solid, if unspectacular debut for ABC on Monday night, according to reports in America.
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NewsRemy Blumenfeld adapts fashion format
Former ITV Studios exec Remy Blumenfeld is adapting French format Shopping Queens for the UK.
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NewsPlimsoll opens distribution division
Plimsoll Productions, the indie established by former Zodiak USA and RDF exec Grant Mansfield, has set up its own distribution division.
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NewsThe Only Way Is Essex heads to China
Chinese broadcaster Hunan TV has launched a local version of The Only Way Is Essex.
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NewsNorway's Born On heads to Channel 4
A Norwegian format which tracks the lives of a disparate group of people who share a birthday is to be remade for Channel 4 by Outline Productions.
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NewsSky 1 runs off with Don't Tell The Bride
Don’t Tell The Bride will to move to Sky 1 next year after the Renegade Pictures format was unsettled by BBC3’s digital switch.
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NewsThe Apprentice proves popular online
The Apprentice has dominated online viewing over the past four weeks – accounting for four of the top 10 most-watched shows on-demand.
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NewsTim Wonnacott leaves Bargain Hunt
Presenter Tim Wonnacott has left long-running BBC1 daytime series Bargain Hunt after clashing with producers earlier this year.
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NewsFremantle Media buys stake in Full Fat
Fremantle Media has acquired a stake in Full Fat TV, the indie set up by former Remarkable managing director Colette Foster.
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NewsSky & Discovery strike TCB deals
Sky and Discovery have acquired 45 hours of programming from Paul Heaney’s TCB Media Rights.
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NewsBBC2 celebrates Jeremy Clarkson’s Top Gear years
BBC2 will celebrate the best of the Jeremy Clarkson Top Gear years with a two-part “extravaganza” this Christmas.
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News50 Ways to Kill Your Mammy wins Emmy
Sky 1’s 50 Ways to Kill Your Mammy was the only British show to win an International Emmy during a ceremony at the New York Hilton last night.
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NewsElectric Ray sets sports stars global challenges
Welsh rugby captain Gareth Thomas and Olympic sprinter Iwan Thomas are among the former sports stars that will compete in a set of gruelling global challenges as part of a new BBC2 series.