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NewsKeith Lemon to be nation's agony aunt for ITV1
ITV1 has found a primetime entertainment vehicle for Keith Lemon in its second attempt to create a format for the Celebrity Juice host.
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NewsShed Media launches indie to take on Objective
Shed Media Group has launched a new indie, Yalli, focused on comedy and entertainment and led by the former showrunner of The Paul O’Grady Show, Robert Gray.
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NewsFremantleMedia UK restructures digital operations
FremantleMedia UK, the company formally known as Talkback Thames, has restructured its digital division and brought in Christian Grobel to head up strategy and operations.
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NewsShamed Take Me Out contestant edited out of show
Talkback Thames has edited the Take Me Out contestant with a criminal conviction from the Saturday’s instalment of the show.
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NewsITV demands Take Me Out review
ITV has urged Talkback Thames to review its contestant selection process on Take Me Out following reports a male participant on last weekend’s show was convicted with assaulting a woman.
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NewsBBC3's Lansdown quits for Renegade
Harry Lansdown, the BBC3 factual boss behind Our War and Don’t Tell the Bride, is stepping down to join indie Renegade Pictures.
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NewsFremantleMedia UK hires factual boss from Ricochet
FremantleMedia UK, the company formally known as Talkback Thames, has recruited a Ricochet Television producer to head up its factual division.
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NewsCowell returns to revamped Britain’s Got Talent
Simon Cowell is to return to the Britain’s Got Talent judging panel and plough his own money into the cash prize as part of the show’s revamp.
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NewsSky hires Apprentice exec Kurland
Sky has snapped up Michele Kurland, executive producer on The Apprentice and head of fact ent at Talkback Thames, to replace Mark Sammon.
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NewsTime Warner back in for Endemol
Time Warner is ready to pay €1bn in cash for Endemol, which is itself focused on restructuring its €2bn of debt.
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NewsHealey seeks answers in first major BBC3 series
BBC3 has handed immersive doc specialist Cherry Healey her first major series, in which she will examine the challenges faced by women in modern Britain.
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NewsGoodies star to front BBC animal show
The Goodies star Tim Brooke-Taylor and comedian Charlie Baker are to star in a BBC1 entertainment pilot about animals.
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NewsGok Wan heads to China for C4
Gok Wan will visit China in a one-off looking at the scale and background of Chinese manufacturing for Channel 4.
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NewsWhitehall bags BBC3 sitcom
Jack Whitehall is to get his own BBC3 sitcom as part of a major comedy push that will include six 30-minute online pilots.
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NewsBBC3 reveals diverse factual slate
BBC3 is to challenge young fathers to deliver their partners’ babies, while Radio 1 DJ Reggie Yates will go inside Britain’s gangs as part of a major crime season.
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NewsTalkback kicks off new era
Talkback Thames chief executive Sara Geater has unveiled a rejuvenation plan designed to make the super-indie fit for purpose for the next 10 years.
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NewsTalkback Thames brand to disappear
The Talkback Thames brand will cease to exist from 1 January as chief executive Sara Geater restructures the company to create four label brands under the new umbrella of FremantleMedia UK.
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NewsUK wins five International Emmys
BBC1 drama Accused and Channel 4 biopic Mo won International Emmy’s last night as reality producer Nigel Lythgoe received a special prize from Lady Gaga.
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NewsSyco resolves Rhythmix dispute
Syco TV has “positively resolved” its public spat with music charity Rhythmix over the name of one of this year’s X Factor acts.
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NewsFremantle’s Marsh joins Zodiak
Zodiak Media Group has poached Robert Marsh from Talkback Thames to head the UK arm of its digital and branded content division, Zodiak Active.