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NewsCBBC to visit Paignton Zoo
BBC’s Natural History Unit and kids’ indie DHX Media have teamed up to create an observational documentary about Paignton Zoo for CBBC.
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NewsAvalon to make political comedy series for Dave
Avalon is to produce a political comedy series for Dave fronted by Matt Forde.
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NewsUK indies plot The Night Manager follow-up
The Night Manager producers Character 7 and The Ink Factory are developing John le Carré’s The Spy Who Came In From The Cold as the follow-up to The Night Manager
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NewsC4 and Nat Geo partner on Kosminsky ISIS drama
Channel 4 and National Geographic have partnered for the first time on Wolf Hall director Peter Kosminsky’s upcoming ISIS-inspired drama.
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NewsBBC4 explores ethnic diversity in classical music
BBC4 has ordered a documentary looking at the issues of diversity in classical music featuring BBC Young Musician winner Sheku Kanneh-Mason.
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NewsMaking a Murderer to return
Netflix’s global hit documentary series Making a Murderer is to return with new episodes of the series now in production.
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NewsRed Planet secures first factual commission
Tony Jordan’s Red Planet Pictures has won its first factual commission a year after launching a division dedicated to the genre.
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NewsBaby Cow set to hire Christine Langan as new boss
The Queen and Philomena producer Christine Langan is on the brink of replacing Henry Normal as the boss of Baby Cow Productions, Broadcast can reveal.
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NewsJames Harding outlines 10% news savings
BBC’s news and current affairs divisions must cut 10% of costs, while also increasing investment in mobile.
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NewsMore 4 orders more Vet on the Hill
More 4 has commissioned a second series of vet-themed docu-series Vet on the Hill after acquiring the first series from Australian distributor Fred Media.
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NewsSky orders The Five follow-up
Sky 1 is following its Harlan Coben-created crime drama The Five with a new standalone drama, The Four.
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NewsAmazon and Netflix ramp up non-scripted plans
Amazon and Netflix have redoubled efforts to commission a slew of non-scripted series from British producers.
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NewsSue Murphy hires spell 'big sense of adventure' for ITV
Sue Murphy’s first hires spell “a big sense of adventure” for ITV’s factual entertainment department, according to senior figures of the TV industry.
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NewsKudos lands BBC1 gay drama
BBC1 has ordered a two-part drama set in both the 1940s and the present day from novelist and screenwriter Patrick Gale.
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NewsCrime & Investigation orders real-life Cracker
Crime & Investigation has ordered a true crime series fronted by Cracker star Robbie Coltrane.
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NewsC4 refocuses Secret History strand
The focus of Channel 4’s Secret History strand is set to shift onto recent history with four new documentaries.
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NewsWainwright & Shindler demand female voices
Last Tango In Halifax creator Sally Wainwright and Red Production Company boss Nicola Shindler have called for British broadcasters to address a lack of female drama writers.
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NewsAvalon set for US formats push
Avalon Television Factual (ATF) is planning a formats push in the US, building on the success of HBO hit Last Week Tonight With John Oliver, which is made by its parent company.
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NewsBBC factual boom reaches BAME viewers
The BBC aired 300 more hours of factual programming over the year to 31 March than in the same period in 2014/15, taking the total to almost 8,000 hours.
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NewsShillinglaw lands Endemol Shine empire
Endemol Shine UK has made Kim Shillinglaw its first director of factual and handed her responsibility for its three UK indies that specialise in the genre.