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NewsITV Studios America options Bull Mountain
ITV Studios America is developing a drama about a small-town sheriff after optioning novel Bull Mountain.
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RatingsThe Apprentice recruits 6.4m
WEDNESDAY: The Apprentice recruited 6.4m viewers as it returned to BBC1 as Alexander Armstrong set off to the Arctic Circle for ITV with fewer than 3m in tow.
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Behind The ScenesKitchen Impossible with Michel Roux Jnr, C4
With the help of Michelin-starred chef Michel Roux Jr, we wanted to show that people with disabilities have the talent, ambition and will to succeed in the workplace, says series producer Sam Grace
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NewsChannel 5 to get tough with NQIs
Channel 5 intends to become stricter when striking deals with non-qualifying indies and will write to its biggest suppliers imminently to outline its new position.
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NewsEndemol Shine Group’s battle for independence
Endemol Shine Group chief executive Sophie Turner Laing has encouraged the company’s 120 global production companies to compete against one other in a bid to foster creativity within the newly merged mega-indie’s “loose federal” system.
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NewsLeftfield staff vote to join WGAE union
Writers and producers working at ITV Studios’s Leftfield Entertainment have voted to unionise as tension grows between the UK broadcaster and the Writers Guild of America (WGAE).
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NewsChannel 5 cooks up weekend format to rival Saturday Kitchen
Channel 5 is to go head-to-head with BBC1’s Saturday Kitchen with a two-hour live magazine show for Saturday mornings.
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NewsBBC on brink of The Voice recommission
The Voice UK is on the brink of being recommissioned for BBC1.
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RatingsFirst Dates hooks up 2m
MONDAY: Stand Up To Cancer’s First Dates special performed solidly but was unable to beat Friday’s charity-themed Gogglebox.
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RatingsGogglebox helps C4 beat BBC1 at 9pm
FRIDAY: C4’s Stand Up To Cancer-inspired Gogglebox trumped BBC1, but just lost out to ITV’s England Euro 2016 qualifier.
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NewsC4 eyes Richard Osman nostalgia quiz
Richard Osman is to front a Channel 4 quiz show pilot that tests star guests’ knowledge of 1980s and 90s pop culture.
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NewsC5 orders UK-focused New Lives In The Wild
Ben Fogle is swapping the wilds of Asia and Alaska for adventures in Exmoor and the Welsh countryside in a revamped version of Channel 5’s New Lives In The Wild.
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NewsC4 locks up fixed-rig prison doc
Channel 4 will give a young offenders’ institute the fixed-rig treatment in a hard-hitting documentary series earmarked for 2016.
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RatingsChewing Gum freshens E4
TUESDAY: E4 sitcom Chewing Gum proved to be the stickiest show in a crowded evening on multi-channel with rival programme launches on BBC3, BBC4, and ITV2.
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Behind The ScenesGlitchy, ITV2
With spoof programmes like Sun, Sea And Sex With My Parents, we wanted to gently send up the contemporary TV landscape, says executive producer James Longman
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NewsRepurposed RAF site to host Mammoth Screen production
Mammoth Screen’s ITV drama series Victoria will be the first production to shoot at new film and TV facility Yorkshire Studios.
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FeaturesSophie de Bodisco, senior trade advisor, France
UKTI’s consumer, creative and digital services team lead in Paris talks scripted formats, the Canal+ regime change and the quest to find a French Borgen
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RatingsITV2’s Almost Impossible Gameshow struggles
THURSDAY: ITV2’s Almost Impossible Gameshow started slowly, while Chris Tarrant went back on his travels for Channel 5.
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NewsTiger Aspect promotes drama duo
Tiger Aspect executives Will Gould and Frith Tiplady have been promoted to joint managing directors of the producer’s drama division.
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NewsC5 orders Alex Polizzi spin-off
Alex Polizzi is sticking with Channel 5 after the Viacom-owned broadcaster ordered a further two series from its Hotel Inspector.