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NewsCelebrity Big Brother takes over Twitter
Channel 5’s Celebrity Big Brother steamrolled the competition on Twitter in January – accounting for eight of the top ten most tweeted about shows.
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NewsBoundless hires The Undateables exec
The Undateables producer Sarah Spencer has become Boundless’ second hire in less than a month.
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NewsITV options physical game show
ITV has picked up the UK rights to Belgian physical gameshow format Eternal Glory and is piloting a car-focused panel show as it continues its attempts to appeal to male viewers.
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NewsMad Fat Diary draws to a close
E4 has ordered a third and final series of comedy-drama My Mad Fat Diary.
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NewsLion Scotland appoints MD
Lisa Hazlehurst has been promoted to the newly created role of managing director of Lion Scotland.
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NewsTern hires Lion Scotland creative director
Tern TV has hired Andrew Snowball, the creative director of Lion Scotland, to the newly created role of director of features and popular factual.
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NewsStephen Lambert targets drama after committing to All3Media
Stephen Lambert has committed his future to All3Media until at least 2020 and plans to launch a drama division at Studio Lambert.
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NewsNBC orders The Island with Bear Grylls remake
NBC is to remake Channel 4’s The Island with Bear Grylls later this year.
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NewsRetort hires head of development
FremantleMedia UK indie Retort has hired former Channel 4 deputy commissioner Nana Hughes as its head of development.
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NewsBear Grylls to front I’m A Celebrity-style format
Bear Grylls will lead a band of eight celebrities through an unforgiving rainforest in a new I’m A Celebrity-style entertainment format for ITV.
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NewsTiger Aspect hires new animation exec
Baby Cow Animation founder Tim Searle has been appointed by Tiger Aspect as its creative director of animation and children’s.
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NewsITV pulls Julia Bradbury series
Lion Television’s Julia Bradbury-fronted series The Wonder of Britain has been temporarily shelved by ITV due to a poor ratings.
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NewsMr Bean makes Comic Relief comeback
Tiger Aspect has resurrected legendary comedy character Mr Bean for the BBC’s Red Nose Day coverage this March.
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NewsCompany options ‘next Wolf Hall’
Wolf Hall producer Company Pictures has snapped up the rights to Jessie Burton’s bestselling book The Miniaturist.
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NewsDave doubles up on Storage Hunters
Auctioneer Sean Kelly is to remain in the UK after Dave ordered two more series of Storage Hunters UK.
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NewsBoundless hires The Apprentice exec
Undercover Boss executive producer Cal Turner has joined FremantleMedia UK indie Boundless to oversee the new series of The Apprentice.
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NewsLatimer hires Dragonfly exec to lead growth
Latimer Films, the fledgling indie responsible for Channel 4’s Penny Woolcock documentary Going To The Dogs, is ramping up its TV ambitions after hiring former Dragonfly executive Tamara Abood.
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NewsEndemol Shine unveils UK senior management
Endemol Shine Group has assembled its senior management team in the UK – the first change to directly impact the company’s 17 UK indies since its mega-merger last year.
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NewsJane Featherstone: end of an era
Kudos chief executive Jane Featherstone will seek a fresh drama challenge when she returns to work in 2016 following her departure from the Endemol Shine Group-owned indie.
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NewsFortitude to simulcast across Sky Europe
Sky’s big-budget Arctic drama Fortitude is to air simultaneously across five territories – the first time the broadcaster has released a show in this way since the creation of Sky Europe.