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Behind The ScenesBen Fogle: The Great African Migration, C5
Capturing a year in the life of four wildebeest over just 40 days’ filming was no small undertaking, discovered Natalie Wilkinson
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PodcastTalking TV: Thames runners row & Storage Hunters
Runners’ rights are in the spotlight for the latest edition of Talking TV, while there is also an interview with the star and producer of Dave’s Storage Hunters.
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Behind The ScenesFlowers, C4
We found the perfect dilapidated old building to match the ‘otherness’ of our characters’ world - but filming upstairs carried a risk that the floors might collapse, says Will Sharpe
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NewsMTV US commissions clutch of Brits
Barcroft Media and Done + Dusted have picked up major MTV US commissions, while the broadcaster is remaking ITV2’s The Almost Impossible Gameshow.
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NewsBGT and X Factor in runners row
The treatment of as many as 40 runners on The X Factor and Britain’s Got Talent over the past two years has prompted complaints to Thames TV and the Health and Safety Executive (HSE), Broadcast can reveal.
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NewsSky's multi-million pound drama bet
Sky has made a multi-million pound bet on drama after ordering six high-profile series featuring talent including Idris Elba, Christina Hendricks, Dawn French and Oscar-winning screenwriter John Ridley.
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RatingsFierce falters for ITV
TUESDAY: Naturalist Steve Backshall’s ITV debut got off to a slow start with 2m tuning in to watch Fierce.
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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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NewsC5 returns to Extraordinary People
The Extraordinary People strand is to return to Channel 5 with three films from Dragonfly, Transparent Television and Markthree Media.
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NewsGold doubles up Marley's Ghosts order
UKTV’s Gold has renewed supernatural comedy Marley’s Ghosts for a supersized second series.
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NewsHigh-profile execs to appear at Media Summit
Sony Pictures exec Wayne Garvie, The Foundry’s Alex Mahon and Neal Street’s Pippa Harris are among the top-level speakers at this year’s Media Summit.
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Ratings200k pass through The Tunnel
TUESDAY: The Tunnel returned to Sky Atlantic with around half its debut audience but remained the channel’s biggest series launch of the year.
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NewsPlimsoll & Kudos launch student schemes
The Story of Cats producer Plimsoll Productions has partnered with The Stephen Lawrence Charitable Trust to offer kids from disadvantaged backgrounds the chance to get into natural history production.
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NewsITVSGE strikes first-look deal with WMR
ITV Studios Global Entertainment has struck a first-look deal with Animal Black Ops indie World Media Rights.
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NewsOfcom probes Countdown and Good Morning Britain
Ofcom has launched investigations into perennials Countdown and Good Morning Britain after complaints were received about the daytime shows.
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RatingsBelow-par BGT thrashes The Voice UK
SATURDAY: Britain’s Got Talent’s second lowest-rated launch on record still had enough to thrash the final episode of The Voice UK on BBC1.
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RatingsBear Grylls bows out with 2.3m
THURSDAY: ITV’s Bear Grylls: Mission Survive closed 1m behind the final episode of its debut series, while BBC1’s How To Stay Young won the 9pm slot with its launch episode.
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NewsFull Fat pioneers ‘full human body rig’ for C4
Colette Foster’s Full Fat TV has landed its second Channel 4 commission – a fixed-rig format which will monitor the human body using forensic filming techniques.
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NewsMike Darnell lifts lid on Little Big Shots
US television chief Mike Darnell has lifted the lid on Little Big Shots, the hit Warner Bros format that has been acquired by ITV, and argued that producers are finally beginning to harness the power of viral internet talent.