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NewsLive Fleabag lined up by BBC
The live stage show of Phoebe Waller-Bridge’s dysfunctional comedy Fleabag is being lined up to air on the BBC.
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NewsThree Arrows scores first CBeebies order
Manchester-based children’s indie Three Arrows Media has won its first commission – a CBeebies show about faith and values.
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NewsIn brief: A+E Networks; Sky; Somethin' Else; Arrow Media
New hires for A+E Networks and Somethin’ Else as Sky expands its online video offering.
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NewsCactus retains Saturday Kitchen
Cactus TV has retained the £5m contract to produce BBC weekend cooking format Saturday Kitchen.
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NewsBBCW ties with Snapchat for Planet Earth push
BBC Worldwide is to launch a series of Planet Earth II ‘shows’ on Snapchat ahead of the programme’s North American premiere.
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NewsOfcom raps C5 for Can't Pay? cursing
Ofcom has rapped Channel 5 over an episode of Can’t Pay? We’ll Take It Away after receiving three complaints about frequent offensive language broadcast shortly after the watershed.
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NewsBelgium shows head to Walter Presents
Channel 4’s foreign-language drama service Walter Presents has acquired a pair of Belgian crime titles from Attraction Distribution.
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NewsBBC Studios exec joins revamped C5 production arm
BBC Studios’ Jeff Anderson has joined Channel 5’s revamped in-house production arm Elephant House Studios as director of factual.
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NewsBishop lands Nightly Show gig
John Bishop is the latest star booked by ITV to present a week of the forthcoming The Nightly Show, which was piloted with Joe Lycett and Katherine Ryan at the helm.
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NewsCDN opens diversity awards
The Creative Diversity Network has issued a call for entries for its 2017 television diversity awards.
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NewsBroadcast's Pick of the Week
Fake news and warm-bath drama are top of the agenda for Channel 4 and ITV respectively, while there will be plenty of nervous contestants ahead of the return of 4’s The Jump. Broadcast previews the week ahead.
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NewsMore details emerge of ITV's The Nightly Show
The tone and ideas for items for ITV’s upcoming chatshow format The Nightly Show have been revealed via casting calls to the public.
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NewsCITV shake-up in spotlight
The loss of a dedicated children’s commissioner in last year’s restructure is a concern for producers in the genre, but ITV insists it’s business as usual.
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NewsBBC Comedy exec moves to Netflix
Sophie Taitt, head of production at BBC Comedy, has relocated to Los Angeles to work for Netflix.
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NewsBBC completes marketing and audiences restructure
Jane Lingham has been named BBC marketing and audiences director for brand, media and planning, completing a restructure of the wider marketing and audiences department.
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NewsExodus refugee thanks the BBC
Syrian refugee Hassan Akkad, who filmed his perilous journey to the UK as part of Keo Films’ Exodus documentary series, has thanked the BBC for giving him the chance to tell his story.
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NewsThe Box snares ITVS digital chief
ITV Studios digital entertainment chief Athena Witter has joined The Box Plus Network to strengthen its original content offering.
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NewsTimeline TV Moment of the Year: Planet Earth II
Planet Earth II’s footage of newly-hatched marine iguanas escaping racer snakes was voted the Timeline TV Moment of the Year by guests at the Broadcast Awards 2017.
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NewsBBC3 acquires Irish comedy-drama
BBC3 has acquired Irish millennial comedy-drama Can’t Cope, Won’t Cope from Line of Duty distributor Content Media.
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NewsBBC underestimated licence fee evasion
The BBC has underestimated the level of licence fee evasion and will struggle to meet its targets to reduce it by 2020, according to a report by the National Audit Office (NAO).