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NewsITV2 orders "Inbetweeners-style" Ancient Rome sitcom
Angela Jain has confirmed that an Inbetweeners-style comedy set in Ancient Rome, starring Friday Night Dinner’s Tom Rosenthal, will be her first sitcom for ITV2.
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NewsSTV production and digital revenue up 13%
STV is making solid progress towards its goal of moving away from TV advertising after seeing production and digital revenue grow by 13% – it has reported in its half year results.
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NewsBBC2 drama to combine Wolf Hall and sequel
BBC2 has ordered a six-part drama that will combine Hilary Mantel’s novels Wolf Hall and Bring Up the Bodies in a single series.
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NewsHorrible Histories film in the works
The producers of Horrible Histories are in talks to produce a full-length feature film spin-off of the CBBC show.
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NewsThompson fires parting shot over future BBC cuts
Mark Thompson is leaving the BBC with a warning to the government: forcing the corporation to make more cuts could have disastrous effects.
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NewsProf Cox and Hairy Bikers help BBC2 celebrate British inventors
Professor Brian Cox is to reveal his icons of British science as part a year-long BBC2 celebration of inventiveness and ingenuity.
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NewsBBC1 to pilot MOTD spoof with Enfield and Whitehouse
Harry Enfield and Paul Whitehouse will front a Match of the Day-style pre-watershed comedy pilot for BBC1, in which they will commentate on home video sports clips.
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NewsC4 clears schedules for live Paralympics
Channel 4 is clearing the majority of its schedule for the Paralympics as it prepares to increase coverage of the event by 400% from four years ago.
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NewsFord hails C5 evolution as brand hopefuls unveiled
Channel 5 director of programmes Jeff Ford has said the evolution of the broadcaster is well under way as he revealed a raft of original programming designed to establish a fresh crop of long-running brands.
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NewsC4 explores impact of partying teens on Kavos
Production has started on a Channel 4 documentary series that will attempt to measure the impact of young holidaymakers on Kavos, the party capital of Greek island Corfu.
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NewsAde and Rik together again for Bottom spin-off
Adrian Edmondson and Rik Mayall are poised to return to BBC2 as slobbish flatmates Richie and Eddie in a spin-off of slapstick comedy classic Bottom.
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NewsDNI chief comes to UK to bolster indies
Discovery Networks International chief content officer Luis Silberwasser has relocated to the UK to bolster output from indies and help them forge closer ties with the broadcaster’s US channels.
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NewsSue Perkins gets personal in first sitcom outing
BBC2 has commissioned Great British Bake Off host Sue Perkins to create her first sitcom – a semi-autobiographical account of a character coming out.
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NewsBig Talk makes E4 music drama
Big Talk Productions is making an E4 drama about a group of inner-city teenagers aiming to become the next big thing on the urban music scene.
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NewsEvening Standard plans £5m marketing push for TV station
The Evening Standard intends to back its proposed London television station with a £5m-a-year marketing campaign as the capital emerges as the most hotly contested area for a local TV licence.
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NewsSyfy buys record-breaking thriller for autumn schedule
Syfy has snapped up the rights to a futuristic thriller that will form the centrepiece of its autumn schedule, after the series broke ratings records in Canada.
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NewsTwofour wins orders from BBC1, ITV1 and Discovery
Twofour has won a range of orders including a hoarding follow-up series for BBC1, a James Nesbitt travelogue for ITV1 and a Discovery Networks International series about strange objects found inside people.
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ITVS investigates Britain’s Darkest Taboos for C&IN
Some of the most horrific crimes to have affected families in the UK are to be examined as part of an ITV Studios series for Crime & Investigation Network.
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NewsC4's Shane Allen named BBC comedy boss
Channel 4 head of comedy Shane Allen has won the race to replace Cheryl Taylor as the BBC’s comedy controller.
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NewsOff the Fence wins first BBC commission
A film about troubled families in modern Britain is to be the first BBC commission for indie Off the Fence.