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NewsRize checks in at The Billion Pound Hotel
Liberty of London indie Rize USA will again immerse itself in luxury as it visits the world’s most exclusive hotel for a Channel 4 documentary.
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NewsProtest over C4 famine comedy
Protests will take place outside Channel 4’s Horseferry Road office next week to pressure the broadcaster against commissioning a comedy set amidst the Irish Famine.
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NewsSky 1 imagines Apocalypse Slough
Sky 1 has continued its investment in drama with comedy thriller Apocalypse Slough from Yonderland producer Working Title Television.
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NewsBad Education movie in the pipeline
Tiger Aspect’s BBC3 classroom comedy Bad Education is being developed for the big screen according to Jack Whitehall’s father.
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NewsComedy Central confirms Impractical Jokers pilot
Comedy Central has confirmed that it is piloting a remake of Impractical Jokers, the prank show cancelled by BBC3 last year.
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NewsCockroaches released online by ITV
ITV has made the entire series of Big Talk Productions’ comedy Cockroaches available via ITV Player ahead of its linear broadcast.
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NewsSci-fi comedy pilot beamed aboard C4
Channel 4 is to blast off into space with a non-TX comedy pilot penned by the writers of Pete Versus Life and Star Stories.
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NewsDeadpan's famine comedy condemned
A petition calling for a Channel 4 comedy development about the Irish famine to be scrapped has been signed by 30,000 people.
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NewsDon't Tell The Bride leaps to BBC1
Don’t Tell the Bride is set to leap to BBC1 after BBC3 revealed plans to scrap its factual entertainment formats.
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NewsBBC2 eyes Love-produced pottery competition
The Great British Bake Off producer Love Productions is looking to recreate its success in the kitchen with a pottery themed competition for BBC2.
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NewsThe Apprentice producer hired by Wall To Wall
Long Lost Family indie Wall To Wall has appointed The Apprentice’s showrunner Cate Hall as an executive producer.
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NewsFormats due ‘next big wave’
Come Dine With Me creator Nell Butler has called on broadcasters to replicate UKTV’s Formats Lab scheme to inspire the next generation of formatted programmes.
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NewsRicochet chases next Supernanny after Thorogood hire
Ricochet is hoping to create another Supernanny-style hit following the hire of ITV factual commissioner Katy Thorogood.
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NewsMiranda Hart commits to BBC1 entertainment format
Miranda Hart has committed to hosting a BBC1 entertainment show – but there are doubts over whether it will be a direct revival of The Generation Game.
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NewsBBC1 entertainment show’s unusual back story prompts special deal
The BBC has secured a greater slice of the rights to Electric Ray’s forthcoming Saturday night gameshow Prized Apart to reflect the unusual way the show came about, Broadcast has learned.
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NewsJoanna Lumley boards Trans-Siberian railway
Burning Bright is sending Joanna Lumley on a 5,000 mile adventure aboard the Trans-Siberian railway for ITV.
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NewsC4 plans sex education doc and transports women to The Island
Channel 4 has ordered a one-off documentary series about sex education in schools and is to bring back The Island for two series featuring both male and female contestants as it refreshes its factual entertainment slate.
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NewsEntertainment shows fail diversity test
The vast majority of primetime entertainment shows are failing to refl ect the diversity of the British population, according to the first findings of a major Broadcast-backed study.