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NewsTwenty Twenty dances off with BBC2 format
Twenty Twenty is to apply The Choir format to dance after securing a five-part documentary from BBC2.
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NewsAaqil Ahmed to leave BBC Studios
BBC Studios head of religion and ethics Aaqil Ahmed is to leave the corporation after a 20-year career as his department becomes part of the newly-formed Factual Scotland division.
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NewsITN closes archive division and plans to cut 50 jobs
ITN has struck a licencing deal with Getty Images to represent its entire archive of news clips and will also cut 50 jobs as its bids to hit its ambitious 2020 targets.
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NewsITV orders This Time Next Year spin-offs
Twofour is to apply the “entertainment grammar” of its transformation format This Time Next Year to a pair of ITV factual spin-offs.
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NewsCelia Taylor to leave Sky
Sky head of non-scripted Celia Taylor is leaving the broadcaster after seven years.
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NewsC4 doubles Naked Attraction order
Channel 4 has supersized its risqué dating show Naked Attraction for a second series.
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NewsOptomen formats boss joins BBC Studios
BBC Studios has appointed Optomen TV development director Jon Swain to lead its newly-formed popular factual unit.
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NewsWalter Presents picks up Nordic noir
Channel 4’s foreign-language on-demand service Walter Presents has acquired Nordic noir drama Valkyrien from distributor About Premium Content.
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NewsFremantle eyes ‘mixed reality’
Fremantle Media has partnered with one of the creatives responsible for the special effects in The Matrix trilogy to create an ‘interactive mixed-reality’ gameshow.
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NewsComedy heads eye co-productions
Comedy can shrug off its reputation as drama’s poor relation by blurring genre lines and tapping into an increased global appetite for co-production, commissioners have declared.
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NewsRoss Kemp reflects on Extreme World journey
Ross Kemp has outlined the dangers and dilemmas he has faced producing and fronting 36 episodes of Sky 1’s Extreme World, as well as explaining plans to diversify and nurture new onscreen talent.
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NewsC5 pledges to take more risks
Channel 5 is looking to broaden its programming repertoire and up its “mainstream populist” ambitions on the back of increased programming spend.
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NewsITV eyes story of the week
ITV’s Polly Hill wants to reinvent the ‘story-of-the-week’ drama format as she bids to win over big, mainstream audiences.
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NewsFormat fight on the horizon
A fierce battle is brewing to uncover the next generation of fact ent formats, after the BBC, ITV, Channel 4 and Channel 5 all identified new returners as a top priority.
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NewsC4 orders fast-turnaround Trump doc
Channel 4 has ordered a fast turnaround Dispatches special from ITN Productions to examine the aftermath of the US presidential election.
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NewsBrexageddon duo return to BBC2
BBC2 has ordered a hybrid satirical sketch and prank series starring The Revolution Will Be Televised and Brexageddon duo Heydon Prowse and Jolyon Rubinstein.
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NewsReef TV managing director departs
Reef Television managing director Paul Hanrahan is leaving the business after more than a decade, sparking a senior management restructure.
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NewsBoy Meets Girl actor questions BBC trans commitment
Boy Meets Girl star Rebecca Root has queried the BBC’s commitment to transgender representation after the broadcaster axed her sitcom and EastEnders character Kyle Slater this year.
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NewsDCI Banks axed by ITV
ITV has cancelled its long-running crime drama DCI Banks after five series.
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NewsKate Maddigan leaves ITV
ITV entertainment commissioning editor Kate Maddigan has left the broadcaster after her role was made redundant as part of Brexit-related cost savings.