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NewsPointless co-creator exits Endemol Shine
Pointless co-creator Nick Mather is to leave Endemol Shine Group after ten years.
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NewsC5 orders Freddie Mercury and Karen Carpenter docs
The untimely deaths of Queen frontman Freddie Mercury and American singer Karen Carpenter will be explored in two feature-length Channel 5 drama documentaries.
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NewsLime exec to head C5 production
Lime Pictures’ head of non-scripted production Joe Mclusky is to become the boss of Channel 5’s in-house production arm.
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NewsCowell will take pay cut to secure X Factor's ITV future
Simon Cowell is prepared to take a pay cut to secure the future of Britain’s Got Talent and The X Factor on ITV, and both shows have been backed by the channel’s director of television Kevin Lygo.
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NewsWilloughby to front mid-week ITV dating show
Kevin Lygo has hit the ground running in his bid to establish more mid-week entertainment formats on ITV after commissioning a Holly Willoughby-fronted dating show.
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NewsLisa Clark resurfaces at Eurotrash
Short-lived Top Gear executive producer Lisa Clark is to take charge of the Channel 4 reboot of Eurotrash.
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CommentSocial media and TV is a marriage made in heaven
Social players’ push into video shouldn’t be grounds for divorce, says Kerry Taylor.
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NewsNaked hires chief operating officer
Former Fox TV Studios managing director Susie Dark is to become chief operating officer of Simon Andreae’s Naked Entertainment.
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NewsKim Shillinglaw in talks with Endemol Shine Group
Kim Shillinglaw is in talks with Endemol Shine Group (ESG) about a potential new role that could encompass leading One Born Every Minute-indie Dragonfly.
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RatingsHonours even between Mum and The Windsors
FRIDAY: BBC2’s new comedy Mum was neck and neck with third instalment of The Windsors, as The Secret triumphs at 9pm.
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NewsSky & eOne execs join Media Summit line-up
The latest speakers to join the Media Summit include Sky’s drama chief Anne Mensah and eOne chief executive John Morayniss.
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NewsThe story behind Eurotrash’s return
Rabbit show-jumping, naked Germans and singing dogs could be returning to Channel 4 after the broadcaster resurrected late-night magazine show Eurotrash as part of its Brexit referendum coverage.
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NewsBoomerang, Indus & Twofour Wales merge
Twofour Group has merged Boomerang, Indus and Twofour Wales to create a single business led by managing director Matt Pritchard.
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NewsMedia Summit 2016: programme unveiled
The programme for the Media Summit has been revealed – including sessions dedicated to the future of the BBC, the battle for high-end drama and keynotes from FremantleMedia and Endemol Shine Group chief execs.
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NewsBBC4 buys French crime drama
BBC4 has acquired French drama The Disappearance (Disparue) after striking a deal with Zodiak Rights.
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RatingsBBC2's Peaky Blinders outmuscles ITV
THURSDAY: BBC2’s gangster drama Peaky Blinders easily beat competition from ITV as Grayson Perry struggled to reach 1m viewers on Channel 4.
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NewsDragonfly doc takes C4 to trial
Dragonfly will explore the shielded process of a trial by jury in a documentary series for Channel 4.
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NewsDragonfly wins BBC2 flower market doc
Dragonfly will take audiences inside the biggest flower market in the world in a one-off documentary for BBC2.
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NewsTigress MD to retire
Tigress managing director Dick Colthurst is to retire from television in the autumn after a 35-year career.