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NewsMusketeers to be axed after third series
The Musketeers will hang up their swords after a third series on BBC1 later this year.
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NewsITVSGE strikes first-look deal with WMR
ITV Studios Global Entertainment has struck a first-look deal with Animal Black Ops indie World Media Rights.
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NewsBad Wolf bolsters top team
Jane Tranter and Julie Gardner’s drama indie Bad Wolf has appointed Wiggin LLP partner Miles Ketley as chief operating officer and poached three senior BBC Worldwide Productions staff.
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NewsPlayground options psychological thriller
Colin Callender’s indie Playground is developing a psychological drama based on Fiona Barton’s bestselling novel The Widow.
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NewsITV unveils Kevin Lygo’s top team
BBC drama controller Polly Hill, Optomen managing director Sue Murphy and ITV Studios’ Siobhan Greene have been confirmed as the star signings in ITV director of television Kevin Lygo’s new commissioning team.
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NewsFull Fat pioneers ‘full human body rig’ for C4
Colette Foster’s Full Fat TV has landed its second Channel 4 commission – a fixed-rig format which will monitor the human body using forensic filming techniques.
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NewsStacey Dooley and Reggie Yates sign up for latest BBC3 docs
Stacey Dooley and Reggie Yates will continue their successful partnership with BBC3 after signing up to present two new immersive documentary series.
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NewsBBC kicks off World Service campaign
The BBC has launched its first domestic campaign promoting the World Service in seven years to raise awareness of the station’s programming.
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NewsHenry Normal to leave Baby Cow
Henry Normal is to leave Baby Cow Productions nearly two decades after launching the Alan Partridge indie with Steve Coogan.
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NewsBBC3's Life and Death Row gets digital twist
BBC3 is to give one of its highest-profile factual formats, Life and Death Row, a digital twist – after producing a serialised version of the documentary.
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NewsLord Puttnam lined up for Doc/Fest panel
Director Tilda Swinton, sportsman Ronnie O’Sullivan and Lord David Puttnam are to feature as part of the Sheffield Doc/Fest line-up.
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NewsSky cancels Bring The Noise
Sky 1 has cancelled music quiz Bring The Noise after a single series.
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NewsOTT players take Mip by storm
Online video services including Netflix and Amazon ramped up the amount of content they acquire at Mip TV with a number of high-profile deals.
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NewsMike Darnell lifts lid on Little Big Shots
US television chief Mike Darnell has lifted the lid on Little Big Shots, the hit Warner Bros format that has been acquired by ITV, and argued that producers are finally beginning to harness the power of viral internet talent.
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NewsComedy Central hires development chief
Comedy Central has hired the head of Detectorists-producer Channel X North as its development chief.
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NewsSky News launches weekly debate show
Sky News is preparing to launch an unmoderated weekly debate show focusing on freedom of speech and lively debate.
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NewsContent sells World's Secret Agent to US
US subscription VoD service Acorn TV has picked up the rights to World Productions’ forthcoming BBC1 drama The Secret Agent.
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NewsCuckoo to return for another two series
BBC3 comedy Cuckoo is to return for another two series.
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NewsJack Thorne pens BBC's His Dark Materials adaptation
Triple Bafta-nominated screenwriter Jack Thorne has been unveiled as the writer behind the BBC1 adaptation of Philip Pullman’s fantasy trilogy His Dark Materials.
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NewsAll3 sells Irish series to Amazon & BBC
The BBC and Amazon have acquired Irish soap Red Rock after striking a deal with All3Media International.