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NewsPeep Show & Inbetweeners creators land iPlayer comedy
Bain, Morris & Beesley prep Ill Behaviour
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NewsMellor looks to nurture young writers
Fat Friends and The Syndicate creator Kay Mellor is looking to grow indie Rollem Productions by working with a raft of new writers.
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NewsBenedict Cumberbatch lands BBC1 drama
Drama chief Piers Wenger has made his first major commission since joining the BBC – ordering an Ian McEwan adaptation from Benedict Cumberbatch’s Sunnymarch TV.
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NewsBBC2 hands Hospital bumper recommission
BBC2 channel editor Patrick Holland has recommissioned Label 1’s NHS documentary Hospital for a further two series.
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NewsAmazon boards C4's Electric Dreams
Amazon has boarded Channel 4 and Sony Pictures TV’s adaptation of Philip K. Dick’s Electric Dreams, according to reports.
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NewsDiscovery plots second free channel
Discovery is to launch a second free-to-air channel in the UK, following its acrimonious carriage deal negotiations with Sky.
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NewsBBC2 closes in on SNL-style show
BBC2 is preparing the last of its late-night variety pilots in the next few weeks – paving the way to launch a show this summer.
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NewsManic Street Preachers doc heads to Sky
Manic Street Preachers’ album Everything Must Go is to be the subject of a feature-length documentary for Sky Arts.
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NewsPrue Leith set to join Bake Off
Former Great British Menu judge Prue Leith is to step into Mary Berry’s shoes on Channel 4’s Great British Bake Off, according to reports.
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NewsBBC docu-drama explores gay laws
BBC2 is to dramatise the real-life testimony of gay men who suffered under the draconian legal system of the 1950s.
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NewsC4 explores Saddleworth Moor mystery
True North is to explore the mysterious death of a man on Saddleworth Moor in a Channel 4 documentary.