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NewsCBBC hunts for Britain’s brainiest school
Comedian Susan Calman will search for Britain’s smartest school in a new competitive kids format for CBBC.
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NewsITV orders legal drama from Homeland writer
Homeland writer and executive producer Patrick Harbinson has created a six-part legal drama for ITV.
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NewsBBC1 orders Peter Pan comedy for Christmas
BBC1 has ordered a live TV adaptation of Mischief Theatre’s comic west end show Peter Pan Goes Wrong to air this Christmas.
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NewsC4 makes offer to The Dog Father
Liberty Bell is on the hunt for troublesome dogs for its upcoming Channel 4 pilot The Dog Father (w/t).
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NewsITV plots Warwick Davis quiz
Life’s Too Short star Warwick Davis is to host a new daytime quiz show for ITV.
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NewsBBC3 unveils latest comedy feeds
Hat Trick and Happy Tramp Productions are among four indies that have been commissioned to produce six new BBC3 pilots for its Comedy Feed strand.
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NewsBlankety Blank to return to ITV
ITV is continuing its revival of vintage gameshows by recommissioning retro format Blankety Blank, according to reports.
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NewsFulwell lands battle rap format
James Corden and Fulwell 73’s march across the US has gathered pace after cable network TBS ordered a format based on The Late Late Show segment Drop The Mic.
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NewsH2 climbs aboard Combat Ships
The Bismarks, Dreadnoughts and the first armoured warships are set to feature in Combat Ships, a Woodcut Media-produced documentary series for H2.
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NewsCaitlin Moran slams lack of working class comedies
Caitlin Moran has branded the lack of female working class British comedies “shameful” after Channel 4 cancelled her Raised By Wolves sitcom.
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NewsBBC expands New on Two strand
BBC2 has added three sitcoms to its New On Two strand as part of the channel’s forthcoming comedy season.
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NewsBBC2 to revisit Versailles
BBC2 has acquired the second series of French period drama Versailles to air on the channel next year.
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NewsIndie chiefs welcome ITV comedy plans
ITV’s plans to bolster scripted comedy across its schedules have been lauded by leading comedy producers, but the broadcaster must adapt to ensure it doesn’t fall into another “cycle of failure”, they warned.
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NewsVice gears up for UK launch
Vice is to produce around 60 hours of original content for its linear channel by the end of the year after unveiling its initial slate of UK shows.
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NewsUS on track to air 500 scripted shows in 2016
The boom in scripted television in the US is to continue, with more than 500 original dramas and comedies expected to air this year, according to the executive who coined the phrase ‘peak TV’.
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NewsBBC and C4 seek fresh directors
The BBC and Channel 4 have stepped up their efforts to find a broader range of voices among the next generation of TV directors through two new schemes.
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NewsBBC Worldwide expands indie empire
BBC Worldwide’s indie investment push has gathered pace with the acquisition of a stake in 72 Films, the indie established by Gogglebox commissioner David Glover and ex-Dragonfly managing director Mark Raphael.
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NewsTalkback prepares Roald Dahl centenary film
Channel 4 will celebrate the work of Roald Dahl in a 90-minute film marking the centenary of the writer’s birth.
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NewsPlum abandons C4 property commission
Plum Pictures’ Channel 4 property commission Britain’s Best Beach Huts has collapsed following local opposition to the project.
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NewsFulwell 73 strikes US development deal
Fulwell 73 Productions, the UK-based producer of The Late Late Show with James Corden, is to further expand in the US after striking a development deal with CBS Television Studios.