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NewsGareth Malone heads to Invictus Games for BBC1
Choirmaster Gareth Malone will pull together an ensemble of members and veterans of the Armed Forces ahead of Orlando’s The Invictus Games for his latest musical endeavour for BBC1.
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NewsTwofour secures access to kids talent agency for C4
Twofour is to head inside one of the UK’s largest children’s talent agencies for a Channel 4 ob-doc.
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NewsDCMS eyes radical plans to devolve BBC commissioning power
The government is exploring proposals to hand BBC funding and commissioning power to other organisations to boost public service genres such as arts and children’s.
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NewsLittle Dot expands Formula E deal
Little Dot Studios has extended its relationship with electric racing series Formula E to produce daily YouTube content updates.
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NewsEndemol Shine acquires digital firms
Endemol Shine UK has acquired digital production company Electric Robin and online talent management firm OP Talent.
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NewsChannel 5 orders benefits experiment
Channel 5 is to hand three families on benefits £26,000 in a new social experiment from Dragonfly.
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NewsJekyll & Hyde censured by Ofcom
ITV has been rapped after the “violent and graphic” nature of Sunday teatime drama Jekyll & Hyde breached Ofcom rules.
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NewsMagician Ben Hart to front BBC3 Objective series
BBC3 Killer Magic star Ben Hart is returning to the channel with a short-form series featuring a range of ‘life hacks’.
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NewsBBC2 explores East End poverty
Wall to Wall will transform a corner of London’s East End into a Victorian slum for a living history experiment to air on BBC2 towards the end of the year.
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NewsShakespeare to get Philomena Cunk treatment
Weekly Wipe’s Philomena Cunk will provide a ‘comprehensive’ guide to the life and work of William Shakespeare in a 30-minute show for BBC2.
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NewsBBC comedy hit by second exit
The BBC’s in-house comedy unit has suffered its second departure of the week – after it emerged executive producer Ben Farrell is returning to Objective Productions.
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NewsPBS lines up Victoria to replace Downton Abbey
PBS has picked up Mammoth Screen’s Queen Victoria biopic to air in the Downton Abbey slot next year.
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NewsJane Featherstone resurfaces with Sister Pictures
Former Kudos chief executive Jane Featherstone has established Sister Pictures and the company has secured a co-production credit on the third series of ITV’s Broadchurch.
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NewsBBC2 celebrates Chinese New Year
BBC2 is to celebrate Chinese New Year with a season of five shows, including Guy Hibbert’s One Child drama and a three-parter from Lion Television about the festivities.
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NewsITV chairman poised to step down
ITV chairman Archie Norman is preparing to step down after more than six years at the commercial broadcaster, according to reports.
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NewsBBC development ‘star’ joins Twofour
Ana De Moraes, the woman tasked with revitalising development at BBC Productions, is leaving the corporation after less than two years to take on a newly-created role at Twofour Group.
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NewsGold adapts Oldie Magazine cartoon
UKTV’s Gold is adapting Andrew Birch’s long-running Oldie Magazine cartoon strip as a three-part comedy series starring Simon Callow.
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NewsMerger not behind Tim Hincks exit
Tim Hincks has predicted a bright future for Endemol Shine Group and denied that the merger, which created the UK’s first mega-indie, accelerated his exit.
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NewsHincks loss is a blow for Endemol Shine
Group unlikely to seek like-for-like replacement for departing boss
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NewsCBB draws complaints over Bowie death
More than 200 people have complained about a mix-up in Celebrity Big Brother over the death of musical legend David Bowie.