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RatingsC5's New Lives in the Wild matches ITV
TUESDAY: The fifth series of Channel 5’s Lives in the Wild launched on a par with ITV’s vehicle-towing format The New Clampers: Where’s My Car.
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NewsWellcome bursary opened up to TV
The recipient of a £30,000 Wellcome Screenwriting Fellowship bursary is to be unveiled at a 23 November event.
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NewsFraser hunts public films for Yaddo
SVoD documentaries service Yaddo is to commission 125 documentaries from members of the public over the next 12 months.
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NewsSky prepares 1,000 hours for 2017
Sky is to debut 1,000 hours of original commissions over the next twelve months across Europe with 80 series in production and another 170 in paid development.
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NewsChildren on the Frontline duo explore homelessness for C5
The filmmakers behind Syrian doc Children on the Frontline are making a 90-minute doc about homelessness for Channel 5.
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NewsJamie Vardy to front Sky Sports series
Sky Sports has ordered a six-part series featuring Leicester City and England striker Jamie Vardy’s V9 Academy from Zig Zag.
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RatingsAnne Robinson signs off with 3m
THURSDAY: Anne Robinson’s Britain bowed out with a series high as The Apprentice slipped by 500,000 viewers.
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NewsInvestigation Discovery unveils first UK originals
Investigation Discovery has revealed three real crime commissions - its first slate of UK originals.
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NewsVice News staffs up
Nightly show Vice News Tonight is to launch on Vice in the UK as the fledgling broadcaster staffs up its newsroom with eight hires.
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RatingsWho Dares Wins recruits 1.3m
MONDAY: SAS: Who Dares Wins was unable to match its debut as it returned for a second outing on Channel 4.
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NewsLightbox wins child refugee doc
Channel 4 is to follow four child refugees escaping war-torn Middle East to safety in Europe in a documentary from the producer of Man on Wire.
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NewsDoc/Fest appoints director of film
Luke W Moody, currently head of film at Britdoc, has been confirmed as the new director of film programming at Sheffield Doc/Fest.
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NewsArrow preps Pearl Harbour film
Arrow Media and Canadian indie Handel Productions will mark the 75th anniversary of the World War Two attack on Pearl Harbour by examining who was to blame for the disaster.
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NewsWag opens distribution arm
Factual indie Wag TV has launched a financing and distribution arm – Wag Worldwide.
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NewsITV orders wedding doc series
Couples facing some of life’s toughest challenges will tie the knot in an ITV documentary series.
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NewsNeil Grant to leave Films of Record
Films of Record managing director Neil Grant is to leave the Bafta-winning indie to become creative director of Welsh production company Avanti Media.
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NewsWildscreen Panda Awards: winners revealed
A Netflix documentary about the global ivory trade scooped the top prize at last night’s Panda Awards, while presenter Chris Packham was given the Outstanding Achievement award.
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NewsC4 orders Somme anniversary doc
360 Production has been commissioned to tell the secret history of the Battle of the Somme in a one-off Channel 4 documentary.
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NewsRemarkable wins C4 beauty pilot
The nation’s attitudes towards people with visible facial conditions will be put under the spotlight in a Channel 4 pilot.
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NewsC4 commissions Born Free 50th anniversary doc
Virginia McKenna will revisit Africa for a Channel 4 documentary marking the 50th anniversary of the lion cub film Born Free.





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