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NewsPoll: the future of Bake Off
Was Love Productions right to take The Great British Bake Off from the BBC to Channel 4?
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NewsGBBO: the TV industry reacts
The television industry’s reaction to Channel 4’s move to snap up Bake Off.
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NewsBroad Bean's Joff Powell joins BBCW
BBC Worldwide has hired former Lion executive Joff Powell as commissioning editor for its portfolio of international channels.
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NewsC4 wins Bake Off contest
Channel 4 has poached The Great British Bake Off after negotiations between Love Productions and the BBC broke down.
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NewsBBC to lose Bake Off
The Great British Bake Off, the biggest show on UK television, is to leave the BBC after talks broke down between the corporation and Love Productions.
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NewsConsolidated data: Victoria tops Poldark
ITV’s Victoria has outmuscled BBC1 rival Poldark in the consolidated ratings stakes – after the royal drama’s opening episode piled on 2m viewers.
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NewsBBC2 gears up motoring format
Paul Hollywood is to front his own car show as BBC2 ordered a North One Television series starring The Great British Bake Off host.
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NewsThe Island exec producer joins Blast
The Island exec Alf Lawrie is leaving Shine to join Blast! Films.
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NewsKirkham confirmed as BBC factual boss
Back In Time For Dinner commissioner Alison Kirkham has been confirmed as the BBC’s head of factual commissioning, more than a year after being installed in the role on a temporary basis.
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NewsRoy Ackerman exits Pulse Films
Pulse Films unscripted boss Roy Ackerman has left the indie after just over a year and will be replaced by creative director Emma Cooper.
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NewsIcelandic noir Case heads to Walter Presents
Channel 4’s foreign language streaming service Walter Presents has acquired Red Arrow International’s Icelandic crime drama Case.
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NewsMagic Light lands BBC1 Christmas animation
Magic Light Pictures is adapting Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler’s children’s book The Highway Rat for BBC1.
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NewsMTV seeks extreme ideas and big personalities
Geordie Shore and Ex On The Beach broadcaster MTV is looking for “bigger cast members and more and more extreme situations”, but producers warned of the health and safety risks associated with reality TV.
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NewsChannel 4 refreshes Crystal Maze
RDF-backed entertainment indie Fizz is to make its reboot of cult Channel 4 gameshow The Crystal Maze “relevant and refreshed” for a younger generation.
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NewsNHU set for transformation
The BBC’s Natural History Unit is to become more “entrepreneurial” under the leadership of Julian Hector as it prepares to make programmes for third-party broadcasters for the first time.
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NewsNetflix sparks kids’ resurgence
Netflix’s push into live-action kids’ programming has triggered a “complete resurgence” in the genre, according to Lime Pictures boss Kate Little.
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NewsAnt and Dec 'on brink' of signing ITV deal
Ant and Dec are on the brink of renewing their three-year contract with ITV, according to reports.
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NewsJames May's slow TV format returns
Plum Pictures’ slow TV format The Reassembler has landed a recommission from BBC4.
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NewsWall To Wall hires factual development boss
BBC development executive Lucy Bacon has joined Wall to Wall as head of factual development.
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NewsTLC seeks wedding formats
TLC is keen to build on its slate of one-off talent-fronted documentaries and is eyeing its own Don’t Tell The Bride-style wedding format.