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NewsSky Living acquires procedural Conviction
Sky Living has picked up investigative procedural Conviction from Entertainment One ahead of Mipcom.
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NewsBBC4 acquires remake of slave drama Roots
BBC4 has bought A+E Studios’ high profile remake of Roots, the classic 1977 American slavery drama.
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NewsPlimsoll lands major Nat Geo co-pro
Plimsoll Productions has promoted Andrew Jackson and will co-produce a major wildlife series for Nat Geo as part of its international expansion plans.
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NewsBuccaneer Media to adapt Rose Tremain novels
Marcella indie Buccaneer Media have acquired the rights to adapt two Rose Tremain novels for TV.
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NewsMatthew Read to exit the BBC
BBC drama commissioner Matthew Read is to leave the BBC at the end of the year to ‘focus on other projects’.
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NewsRTE2 orders prank show
UK formats firm Sharp Jack Media has scored a prank show with Irish public broadcaster RTE2.
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NewsC4 returns to US election debates
Channel 4 is heading back to the US presidential race and airing the next two debates between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump.
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NewsSmithsonian seeks fresh ideas
US cable network Smithsonian Channel has urged British indies to help it find new ways to approach history and wildlife documentaries.Executive vice-president of programming and production David Royle told Broadcast he is looking for producers to update black-and-white archive documentaries and use video-game techniques to help ...
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NewsBBC adds singing to Comic Relief’s Let’s Dance
The BBC is bringing back Let’s Dance For Comic Relief and has challenged twinkled-toed celebrities to warm up their vocal chords as well.
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NewsYaddo taps into thirst for docs
Yaddo, the SVoD documentary venture co-founded by Nick Fraser, plans to finance or coproduce up to 20 films a year and expects to work with the BBC.
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NewsC4 to supersize ‘channel defining’ The Last Leg
Channel 4 is bringing back The Last Leg with a supersized order of 40 hours, more than doubling the output of its “channel-defining” entertainment show.
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NewsTorode visits Korea for Good Food
Celebrity chef John Torode is heading back to UKTV for a Korean culinary adventure.
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NewsComedy writers win Big Talk-backed award
Four women have been selected as the recipients of the inaugural Betty Box and Peter Rogers comedy writing programme – with their winning scripts set to be developed with Big Talk Productions.
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NewsBig Talk preps SAS drama
Rev creator James Wood and Spooks writer Rupert Walters are to take on the SAS after Big Talk Productions optioned a book about the regiment’s clandestine operations.
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NewsAndy Murray draws 1m to Facebook
A charity tennis match played by Andy Murray generated more than 1m streams on Facebook Live.
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NewsAlaska TV hires head of development
Fishing Impossible indie Alaska TV has hired former Blakeway North and Blast Films exec Georgina Madley as head of development.
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NewsLion goes all-inclusive for C4
Lion TV is to document the great all-inclusive British summer holiday for Channel 4.
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NewsBBC1 explores 'generation rent'
Boundless will turn the tables on landlords in a three-part commission for BBC1 in which they will be forced to live in the properties they rent out
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NewsW to strip Halloween format
UKTV’s entertainment channel W is to strip a live horror format in the run-up to Halloween.
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NewsITV lines up 5 Gold Rings
ITV Studios indie Possessed has partnered with John De Mol’s Talpa on a physical gameshow for ITV – the Big Brother creator’s first original show for the network.