All International articles – Page 296
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FeaturesHot Picks: The Halycon
Class divide, glamour and a carpe diem attitude created by the overhanging spectre of war forge the foundations of ITV’s upcoming eight-part drama The Halcyon.
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FeaturesHot Picks: Riviera
Riviera is a 10-part thriller starring Julia Stiles as the resourceful wife of a billionaire who has to navigate the opulent and morally ambiguous world of the ultra-rich after her husband’s death.
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FeaturesHot Picks: The Witness For The Prosecution
The Witness For The Prosecution is a gripping adaptation of Agatha Christie’s short story about a wife’s attempt to rescue her husband from a murder charge by becoming an unreliable witness.
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FeaturesHot Picks: Switch
While Deal Or No Deal is a gameshow without questions, Belgian format Switch is a gameshow without keeping score.
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FeaturesHot Picks: Look Me In The Eye
The trend for social experiment formats shows no sign of slowing down with a raft of new titles in the genre launching at Mipcom.
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FeaturesHot Picks: That Awkward Game Show
Parents and their adult children will end up learning shocking secrets about each other in this gameshow from US cable network Spike TV.
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FeaturesHot Picks: Kicking & Screaming
US network Fox welcomes reluctant outdoorsmen to the jungle in this reality competition series from Lionsgate and Wipeout and Fear Factor producer Matt Kunitz of Pulse Creative.
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FeaturesHot Picks: Big Music Quiz
The musical gameshow genre is booming as global broadcasters search for a hit on the scale of Don’t Forget The Lyrics.
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FeaturesHot Picks: 5 Golden Rings
Possessed, the ITV-backed indie set up by Pointless co-creator Glenn Hugill, has teamed up with John de Mol’s production group Talpa Media to develop his next quiz show format: 5 Golden Rings.
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FeaturesHot Picks: All Against 1
If its performance in Denmark is any indication, audiences are going to love this Zodiak-distributed interactive entertainment format.
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FeaturesHot Picks: Boxed
Keshet may be known for its innovative formats, but its latest relationship offering is strictly ‘inside-the-box’ thinking.
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FeaturesHot Picks: Sugar Free Farm
The excessive amount of sugar in our diets is a major concern the world over, giving immersive celebrity health format Sugar Free Farm a unique selling point with seasonal appeal for the new year schedules.
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FeaturesHot Picks: The Accident
From Engregages (Spiral) and Braquo to Les Revenants (The Returned) and Disparue (The Disappearance), French-language drama is an increasingly popular global export.
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FeaturesHot Picks: Striking Out
DCD Rights has found a lot of success with scripted series from Down Under, including political thriller The Code and Bondi murder mystery Deep Water – both of which were picked up by BBC4. But the distributor is now looking for hits much closer to home.
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FeaturesHot Picks: Get The F*ck Out Of My House
Mipcom can sometimes feel like a human zoo: thousands of TV executives crammed into the bars and restaurants of Cannes or trying to find a seat in the Grand Auditorium of the Palais for a keynote session.
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NewsPippa Lambert to move to the US
TV agent Pippa Lambert is to relocate from London to Los Angeles after joining WME.
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NewsSky Italia plans dramas to follow Young Pope
Sky Italia is developing high-end dramas based on the country’s football corruption scandal, the impact of the Arab Spring and Europe’s financial crisis, to follow The Young Pope.
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NewsJapan back in the spotlight
A raft of new Japanese physical gameshows and entertainment formats in the vein of Ninja Warrior and Dragons’ Den could be heading to the UK after producers and distributors renewed their focus on the market.
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NewsDNI revamp and Kaplan exit puzzles suppliers
UK factual producers are working through the implications of a Discovery Networks International restructure in which the media giant will merge its International Content Group with its UK/ Ireland business and prioritise local investment.
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NewsHit format transforms Twofour
Transformation series This Time Next Year has become Twofour’s most successful international format to date, despite not yet having aired in the UK.