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NewsPett Television founder to produce Top Gear
Pett Television founder Lisa Clark is to replace Andy Wilman as the executive producer of Top Gear.
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NewsItaly opens up to UK formats
Bigger commissioning appetites among Italian pay-TV broadcasters, including Sky and Discovery, are offering an increased opportunity for UK formats in the country, particularly shiny-floor shows and factual entertainment formats.
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NewsJim Pullin: a league of his own
Jim Pullin, the Bafta award-winning executive producer of A League Of Their Own, has died at the age of 57.
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NewsDeal Or No Deal banker’s indie wins first order
Possessed, the ITV Studios label set up by Deal Or No Deal banker Glenn Hugill, has won its first series commission and has assembled an executive team to create risk-taking formats.
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NewsZodiak and Banijay to merge
Formats from Zodiak Media’s British indies could travel around the world more quickly after the firm agreed to merge with French production group Banijay.
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NewsSeries producers to face brunt of 40 BBC job cuts
Series producers will be hardest hit by the BBC’s plans to cut 40 roles in its London-based daytime and factual production unit.
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NewsIndie duo bolster BBC docs team
The BBC has raided two indies to bolster its documentary commissioning team, completing its factual restructure after seven months.
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NewsShine secures bumper police doc for Sky
Sky 1 has ordered a bumper 20-part documentary about the Greater Manchester Police force from Shine TV.
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NewsBBC4 reveals Storyville slate
A Wildgaze film exposing the actions of two high-ranking Nazis through the eyes of their sons and Sean McAllister’s Sheffield Doc/Fest winner A Syrian Love Story are among BBC4’s forthcoming Storyville films.
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NewsLiz Kilgarriff named BBC indie drama boss
BBC in-house drama executive producer Liz Kilgarriff has been promoted to become the corporation’s indie commissioning boss after Polly Hill replaced Ben Stephenson in May.
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NewsObjective wins retro C4 commission
Objective Productions has revealed its first commission following the departure of chief executive Andrew Newman – a full series building on two-part documentary It Was Alright in the 70s.
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NewsINFOGRAPHIC: Penny Dreadful
The second series of Sky Atlantic’s Penny Dreadful concluded with close to 600,000 viewers after almost 450,000 recorded or viewed the final on catch-up TV.
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NewsBanijay and Zodiak agree mega-merger
Banijay Group and Zodiak Media are to merge create a production group with revenues of around $1billion (£640m).
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NewsITV to boost drama to halt ratings slump
ITV is to boost its spend on drama to tackle its worst ratings performance in 15 years.
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NewsAdam Crozier: BBC entertainment must be distinctive
ITV chief executive Adam Crozier has revealed he is comfortable with the BBC producing and airing entertainment formats such as Strictly Come Dancing so long as they are “distinctive”.
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News7 Wonder wins first C4 commission
Davina McCall is to front 7 Wonder’s first Channel 4 commission – a health-based format combining features and factual elements.
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NewsNigel Pickard joins Nevision board
Nigel Pickard has joined the board of drama financiers and producer Nevision after stepping down as chief executive of Zodiak UK Kids and chair of The Foundation last year.
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NewsJane Tranter and Julie Gardner launch Bad Wolf in Wales
BBC Worldwide’s US production chiefs Jane Tranter and Julie Gardner will launch their drama indie Bad Wolf next month with backing from the Welsh government.
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NewsSky Arts orders first Amplify projects
Sky Arts has commissioned the first projects from its £1m-per year Amplify initiative.
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NewsAudible funds third series of Crackanory
UKTV has agreed a deal with Amazon-owned digital audio service Audible to fund the third series of Crackanory.