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NewsHugh Laurie to star in BBC1 David Hare drama
Veep star to play a Conservative MP in The Forge’s four-parter
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NewsBen Frow: ‘C5 is no longer obsessed with young people’
Talent such as Jeremy Paxman and Esther Rantzen are helping to reach a ‘more upmarket’ audience, says controller
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NewsJess Phillips: today’s class stories are ‘voyeuristic and exploitative’
Labour MP also challenges more politicians to appear in mainstream shows
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NewsPatrick Holland: Channel attribution is biggest challenge
BBC hopes longer iPlayer windows will help reinforce it is behind shows such as Peaky Blinders
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NewsBBC2 secures Dolly Parton for tell-all doc
Man Alive Entertainment film heads slate that also includes Sara Pascoe comedy and David Olusoga four-parter
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NewsIan Hislop digs into Fake News for BBC4
Wingspan one-off joins art forgery docs in channel’s slate
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NewsFormer ITV format sales chief turns Fugitive
Merrily Ross to lead unscripted at Anthony Kimble’s start-up
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NewsSteve Backshall series makes global journey
Fremantle lands international sales for Dave/BBC2 co-pro Expedition
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NewsC4 savours Optomen snack show
Celebrity chefs to rustle up Kit Kats and Burger King Whoppers in Optomen format
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NewsBanijay secures Tigerlily scripted rights deal
Banijay Rights lands deal as UK unscripted indie moves to scripted with several dramas on debut slate
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NewsSky orders Billie Piper and Ant Middleton shows
Piper reunites with Secret Diary of a Call Girl creator for I Hate Suzie
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NewsMPs turn backs on TV news
Politicians increasingly using social media to spread their message rather than face grilling
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NewsSky boosts channel portfolio
Zai Bennett adds comedy and crime and tips Sky Studios to become major in-house force
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NewsC4 examines Britishness with fact-ent orders
Voltage TV, Screendog and Oxford Films secure commissions while Rogan Productions picks up second C4 factual order in a week
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NewsChannel 4 takes Lady Parts to series
Successful comedy Blap converted to six-parter while Rufus Jones’ Home is handed a recommission
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NewsRonan Hand to launch UK base for Asylum
Veteran programme finance exec taking Asylum shows international and strikes early UK deals
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NewsC4 signs Phil Harris as entertainment chief
Greatest Dancer exec and Celebs Go Dating creator joins after two years with Thames
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NewsPaxman to probe ‘Crap Politicians’ for Channel 5
Former Newsnight enforcer to demand answers prior to a Jeremy VIne political debate show
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NewsBBC1’s Capture is ‘not the drama of reassurance’
Heyday TV/NBCU International drama explores the dark side of the deepfake phenomenon