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NewsRetort appoints head of production
Fremantle Media UK comedy label Retort has hired Vera Productions’ Rebecca Parkinson as its head of production.
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NewsRoux Jr to front C4 series on disability
Michel Roux Jr will mentor a group of people with disabilities who want to break into the hospitality business in his first series for Channel 4.
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NewsITV2 returns to Release The Hounds
Horror gameshow Release The Hounds is to return to ITV2 for an extended second series.
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NewsGareth Malone prepares acapella for BBC2
Gareth Malone is to return to BBC2 for an acapella spin-off of The Choir from Twenty Twenty.
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NewsKeith Lemon goes Back to the Future
Keith Lemon will step back in time to celebrate the 30th anniversary of iconic 1980s film franchise Back to the Future.
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NewsINFOGRAPHIC: Banished
The See-Saw Films / RSJ Films epic launched with the third biggest audience for any BBC2 drama opener since 2012 after it added 1m consolidated viewers.
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NewsGreat British Bake Off heads to Israel
Israeli broadcaster Keshet is to remake The Great British Bake-Off after striking a deal with BBC Worldwide.
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NewsAsh Atalla: my career journey
The Roughcut founder spoke at the launch of Hiive, the Creative Skillset-backed network for the creative industries. Atalla gave an insight into how he broke into TV and revealed The Office may never have been made if his maths ability was better.
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NewsCBBC to launch TOTP-style live chart show
CBBC has joined forces with Radio 1 to launch a Top Of The Pops-style programme which will reveal each week’s number one at the same time as the Official Chart Show.
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NewsJeremy Clarkson decision expected today
Radio 1 controller Ben Cooper has indicated that the outcome of Ken MacQuarrie’s investigation into the Jeremy Clarkson ‘fracas’ is thought to be “about 24 hours away”.
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NewsWeekly iPlayer show to highlight BBC exclusives
BBC iPlayer is planning a weekly show to direct viewers to its exclusive programming as part of a raft of commissions for the VoD service featuring Matt Berry, Frankie Boyle and Jo Brand.
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NewsITV snatches Family Guy rights
ITV has snatched the exclusive rights to new episodes of Family Guy from the BBC.
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NewsITV orders Houdini and Conan Doyle drama
The friendship between illusionist Harry Houdini and Sherlock Holmes author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle will form the basis of a supernatural crime drama for ITV from Big Talk Productions.
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NewsBBC1 pilots motoring format
BBC1 is to pilot a motoring format in which members of the public travel abroad to take part in a series of driving challenges.
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NewsBBC2 charts Melvyn Bragg’s life
BBC2 is to celebrate the life and career of The South Bank Show presenter Melvyn Bragg with a 75-minute documentary from Storyvault Films.
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NewsBBC Earth and BBC Brit set for Nordics launch
BBC Worldwide international pay-TV channels BBC Brit and BBC Earth are to launch across the Nordics next month as part of a phased roll-out into 12 territories.
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NewsBBC4 goes inside big six energy firm
BBC4 is to reveal the inner workings of SSE, one of the UK’s big six energy companies, in an access documentary from The Tube indie Blast! Films.
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NewsLime wins 20-part Evermoor order
Disney Channel has ordered a 20-part run of live-action series The Evermoor Chronicles after launching the show as a four-episode mini-series last year.
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NewsBBC Earth unveils commissioning wishlist
BBC Earth commissioning executive Kirsty Hanson has outlined her shopping list for the factual channel ahead of its launch across the Nordics.
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NewsC4 to turn fixed-rig on divorce
Channel 4 has secured a front-row seat to divorce mediation sessions as one of two Minnow Films commissions about relationships in 21st-century Britain.