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NewsBT Sport greenlights WRC
Live TV coverage of the FIA World Rally Championship (WRC) is to return after rights holders struck a deal with BT Sport.
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NewsSky acquires 24: Live Another Day
Jack Bauer is to return to the UK after Sky 1 picked up action thriller series 24: Live Another Day.
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NewsBBC1 orders The Great North Passion
BBC1 has commissioned a third ambitious re-telling of the Passion story - the centrepiece of which will be a giant cross made up of shipping containers in South Shields.
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NewsBBC hires new Horizon editor
Steve Crabtree will become the editor of Horizon in January, replacing Aidan Laverty.
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NewsBBC America boards The Game
US cable network BBC America has backed Toby Whithouse-penned period spy drama The Game.
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NewsWhite Queen sequel gathers pace
US cable network Starz is moving forward with The White Princess, the sequel to its BBC co-production The White Queen, and has begun working with writer Emma Frost on new scripts.
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NewsExtreme weather explored by C4
Channel 4 has ordered a four-part documentary about the UK’s extreme weather conditions from Pioneer Productions.
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NewsShine TV hires BBC's Tanya Shaw
Shine TV has hired BBC commissioner Tanya Shaw as creative director.
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NewsFord and Frow strike Tallafornia deal
Channel 5 has acquired Irish reality series Tallafornia, Ireland’s answer to Geordie Shore, after striking a deal with TV3.
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NewsITV slams BBC shows and strategy
ITV has launched a stinging attack on the BBC, criticising the distinctiveness of the corporation’s programming output, its “aggressive” pursuit of ratings and its plans to launch a BBC1+1 service.
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NewsC4 buys Norwegian foreign language thriller
Channel 4 has acquired edgy Norwegian thriller Mammon, a noir All The President’s Men-style drama.
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NewsITV production manager Polly Coupland passes away
Polly Coupland, who worked for ITV as a production manager for almost forty years, has died shortly after being diagnosed with cancer.
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NewsC4 rejects Benefits Street's ‘poverty porn’ tag
Channel 4 head of factual Ralph Lee has hit back strongly at claims that Benefits Street is “poverty porn” amid increasing criticism of the show.
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NewsBBC developing Steve McQueen drama
The BBC has confirmed it is working on a “major drama” with 12 Years a Slave director Steve McQueen, which is likely to chart the black experience in Britain.
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NewsMPs oppose commercialisation of BBC World Service
A group of MPs have opposed BBC plans to further commercialise the World Service, believing it could jeopardise the independence of the unit’s output.
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NewsC4 to split third series of Black Mirror
Channel 4’s darkly comic series Black Mirror is returning for a third outing - but the dramas will be split rather than run consecutively creator Charlie Brooker has revealed.
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NewsArrow Media to broadcast live from space for C4
Arrow Media is producing a two-hour special for Channel 4 in the UK and Nat Geo around the world that will include live footage from the International Space Station as it completes an orbit of the earth.
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NewsC4's Living Dolls travels around the world
Controversial Channel 4 doc Secrets of the Living Dolls has been snapped up by international broadcasters after Passion Distribution struck a slew of deals.
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NewsBBC preps Winter Olympics coverage
The BBC is preparing its most comprehensive digital coverage of the Winter Olympics to date, as it gears up to offer 650 hours of content online.
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NewsITV scraps Exposure block in favour of single films
ITV plans to schedule investigative journalism strand Exposure throughout the year instead of in a single block of episodes – sparking fears the brand may be scaled back.