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More4 hires Mentorn for Paris Doc
More4 has commissioned Mentorn Oxford to produce a fast turnaround documentary examining the recent French riots. In Paris In Flames, which will air in primetime on Saturday 10 December, reporter Sandra Jordan presents the first detailed analysis of why France exploded into violence. The 60-minute programme, executive produced by Eamonn ...
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BBC4 to screen life of US photographer
BBC4 has ordered an 80-minute feature documentary from Berwick Universal Pictures about US photographer O Winston Link and his wife, Conchita. The Photographer, His Wife, Her Lover charts the story of the Link's marriage and tells how Conchita was jailed twice for stealing her husband's photos after their separation. The ...
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Bravo takes on football thugs
Bravo has greenlit a factual documentary series on football hooliganism, billed as a real-life version of Nick Love's hit film The Football Factory.
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BBC1 searches for Weds night entertainment
BBC1 is hunting for a midweek entertainment programme in a bid to revive what has been branded 'Black Wednesday'.
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NewsQueen's Sister serves C4 well
Channel 4's one-off drama about the life of Princess Margaret managed a comfortable reign over its nearest rivals.
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BBC finance job cuts
The BBC is proposing to cut around 60% of jobs from its finance division in the next three years. The number of posts in BBC finance will fall from around 650 in 2005/6 to 310 in 2006/7 and will reach around 260 by 2007/8. The reduction, which is being consulted ...
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5 live Xmas special
BBC Radio 5 Live has commissioned indie the Comedy Unit to make a 60-minute comedy sketch show reviewing the sporting year. Called Freddie Flintoff Ate My Ashes, the programme will air on Christmas Day and star Dead Ringers' Kevin Connelly and impressionists Kayvan Novak and Gabriel Quigley. Gus Beattie will ...
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Imago hires Gooch
Norwich-based independent Imago Productions has appointed former Topical Television head of development Nicola Gooch to be its new creative director. The former BBC commissioner has previously executive produced the BBC's independent daytime output and also worked at Planet 24.
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Regan goes to Living
Living TV has poached Steve Regan, executive producer, factual entertainment from Sky One. Regan, whose credits at Sky One included Football Icon, Death by Excess, Coked-Up Britain and Janet Street-Porter Saves the Monarchy, joined Living as commissioning editor on 14 November. Initially on a four-month contract he reports to Richard ...
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ITV keeps McDonald
ITV has signed veteran newsman Trevor McDonald for a further two years. McDonald, whose tenure as ITV's late news anchor finishes at the end of the year, signed a new deal this week to continue pre-senting Tonight and the National TV Awards and also new shows. Details of the new ...
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Fremantle Media in mobile TV launch
Fremantle Media is set to enter the burgeoning UK mobile TV market with plans to launch a local version of its upcoming US service Thumbdance.
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Reef's Uncharted Territory travels to US
Reef Television's BBC2 series Uncharted Territory is set to air in the US.
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Format focus: How Normal Are You?
The world's first 'socio-tainment' format attempts to make statistics sexy to the average viewer.
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GI does brisk business in Scandinavia
Granada International has sold three shows to broadcasters in Scandinavia. The Claire Sweeney-hosted design show 60 Minute Makeover has been picked up by TV Norge in Norway, while the documentary My Skin Could Kill Me has been acquired by TV Danmark, TV Norge and Kanal 5 in Sweden. Swedish state ...
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T4 heads down under for Christmas
Channel 4 youth strand T4 is heading Down Under for Christmas. Steve Jones and Miquita Oliver will present a festive season of shows from Sydney Harbour as well as new year editions from the Great Barrier Reef. At It Productions executive producer Richard Cook will head a crew of 14 ...
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Brookman frontrunner for Five job
Contenders are lining up to become the new acquisitions chief at Five after Jay Kandola's departure to ITV last week. Current acquisitions deputy Vanessa Brookman, who moved with Kandola from Channel 4, is the frontrunner if she doesn't follow her boss to ITV. Three executives from digital channels - Sky ...
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Eastern Europe buys Records clip show
Guinness World Records TV (GWR TV) has sold 40 x 30-minute episodes of clip show Ultimate Guinness World Records to broadcasters Viasat3 in Hungary and DTV Viasat in Russia. The series has now been sold to more than 60 countries. Viasat has also bought 17 x 60-minute shows of Australia's ...
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Cilla to host new reality talent show
Cilla Black is returning to ITV1 as a judge on new reality talent show Soapstar Superstar, three years after quitting Blind Date. In the series airing next year, Black will comment on the voices, styling and confidence of famous soap names such as EastEnders' Michael Greco and Nicholas Bailey, as ...
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Cineflex gives Tibballs factual remit
Canadian production company Cineflix has signed up BBC executive producer David Tibballs to oversee the company's factual entertainment across the UK, Canada and the US. He will join the company as head of factual entertainment and will be charged with building the business and developing a strong creative team of ...
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Fuller settles X Factor dispute
Pop Idol's Simon Fuller and The X Factor creator Simon Cowell have settled their long-running copyright dispute out of court. Fuller dropped his£100m lawsuit against Cowell after becoming a partner in ITV hit The X Factor. At the same time, Cowell has signed a lucrative five-year agreement with Fox in ...