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NewsVicious and The Job Lot to return
ITV comedies Vicious and The Job Lot will both return for a second series with the latter being moved to ITV2.
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NewsC4 exec slams 'poverty porn' tag
Channel 4’s docs commissioner has branded the term “poverty porn” as an “offensive” label for programmes that attempt to contribute to the debate about benefits.
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NewsDiscovery heads to Killer Islands
Discovery has ordered Killer Islands, a six-part series from UK wildlife indie Silverback Films.
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NewsITV2 buys Big Bang creator comedy
ITV2 has acquired a new US comedy from Chuck Lorre, the creator of The Big Bang Theory.
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NewsSpacey moots 13-hour drama - without episode breaks
Kevin Spacey has suggested that Netflix’s all-you-can-eat content model could be pushed even further, with the potential to create drama without episode breaks.
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NewsLocal stations will “rewrite rules” of TV production
The creation of 19 local TV stations will “rewrite the rules” of TV production, according to a panel at the Edinburgh TV Festival.
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NewsCharlotte Moore: storytelling is key
New BBC1 controller Charlotte Moore has claimed that “storytelling” will be critical to overcoming her inexperience in non-factual genres and has pledged to increase the number of female faces on air.
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NewsDiscovery launches $500k development fund
Discovery Channel US and Discovery Networks International are launching a $500,000 (£321k) ‘global landmark development fund’ to find the next generation of epic series and landmark event programming.
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NewsMacTaggart: Spacey on creativity, Netflix & Breaking Bad
Highlights from Kevin Spacey’s MacTaggart lecture - plus click to download the speech in full.
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NewsHarry Enfield & Jack Dee head to Dave
UKTV’s Dave has ordered a new comedy starring Harry Enfield, Jack Dee, Sally Phillips and Richard Hammond.
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NewsKevin Spacey: 'TV must support new talent'
Oscar winner Kevin Spacey, star of Netflix political drama House of Cards, used the MacTaggart lecture to encourage broadcasters, both in the UK and US to do more to support and nurture new talent such as Girls creator Lena Dunham.
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NewsTony Hall admits to BBC 'officer class'
Director general Tony Hall has acknowledged an “appalling divide” between the people running the BBC and programme-makers on the ground and responded to criticism about a perceived “cosiness” with the likes of consultants KPMG.
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NewsSky hunts natural history and comedies
Sky is hunting for pre-watershed comedies and one natural history series per year, in addition to boosting the number of its international coproductions.
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NewsJay Hunt backs C4 commissioner team
Channel 4 chief creative officer Jay Hunt has leapt to the defence of her commissioning team following leading indies’ criticisms of their experience and autonomy.
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NewsSky confirms return of The Kumars
Sky1 has confirmed it is to bring back Hat Trick Production’s chatshow The Kumars seven years after it was dropped from BBC1 - and has signed Martin Freeman to appear in a forthcoming Little Crackers episode.
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NewsDanny Boyle to direct C4 drama
Channel 4 has ordered a Danny Boyle-directed police drama and period piece about the birth of modern India.
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NewsLiberty opens its doors to C4
Channel 4 has secured access to upmarket retail store Liberty for a three-part series from Rize USA.
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NewsNat Geo eyes UK drama
Nat Geo is considering ordering drama series out of its London-based production hub to sit alongside scripted US shows such as Killing Kennedy.
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NewsLondon Live boss Boseley urges indies to think outside the box
“Efficient tariffs” will be a key driver in encouraging indies to produce new and distinctive content for London Live, according to its new programming director Jonathan Boseley.
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NewsHadlow reveals first BBC2 / BBC4 tie-ups
The music of the 18th century and the science of clouds will be the subject of the first major collaborations between BBC2 and BBC4 since Janice Hadlow became joint controller.