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NewsKim Longinotto to receive Grierson award
The Grierson Trust has named filmmaker Kim Longinotto as the recipient of the BBC Trustees’ Award.
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NewsOfcom raps Comedy Central for trailer watershed blunder
Comedy Central has been rapped by Ofcom after broadcasting risqué trailers before the watershed over several months.
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NewsC4 eyes Richard Osman nostalgia quiz
Richard Osman is to front a Channel 4 quiz show pilot that tests star guests’ knowledge of 1980s and 90s pop culture.
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NewsClarkson & co begin filming Amazon show
Jeremy Clarkson and his former Top Gear colleagues have begun filming their new series for Amazon, kicking off with a race between three of the world’s fastest supercars in Portugal.
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NewsPeople Just Do Nothing wins double order
BBC3 has ordered another two 6x30-minute series of Roughcut Television’s pirate radio mockumentary People Just Do Nothing.
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NewsEastEnders hires first transgender actor
EastEnders has become the first UK soap to cast a transgender actor in a continuing role with the hire of 21-year-old Riley Carter Millington.
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NewsITV orders Titchmarsh antiques gameshow
Alan Titchmarsh has signed up to present his first-ever gameshow – a competitive antiques format for ITV Daytime.
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NewsFrance 5 to air More 4 Charlie Hebdo doc
Ten Alps indie Films of Record has sold its hard-hitting More 4 documentary about the Charlie Hebdo attacks in Paris to French broadcaster France 5.
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NewsC4 locks up fixed-rig prison doc
Channel 4 will give a young offenders’ institute the fixed-rig treatment in a hard-hitting documentary series earmarked for 2016.
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NewsSouth African SVoD service strikes ITV deal
ITV Studios Global Entertainment has sold over 100 hours of scripted content to South Africa as exports to the continent continue to grow.
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NewsMet police slam Panorama report
The Metropolitan police has criticised the BBC for last night’s Panorama special about child abuse, claiming it risked prejudicing ongoing investigations.
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NewsProfessor Branestawm returns to BBC
BBC in-house comedy has begun filming a second episode of Harry Hill’s Professor Branestawm to air this Christmas.
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NewsBBCW prepares to unwrap Top Gear
BBC Worldwide is preparing to launch the revamped Top Gear to the international market at Mipcom tonight, as rumours about Chris Evans’ ambition to add live elements to the show gather pace.
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NewsC4 eyes up Keo social experiment
Keo Films is developing an ambitious format for Channel 4 in which a group of people will attempt to create a Garden of Eden-style social paradise.
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NewsITVS inks format deal with Korean firm
Raw TV’s The Secret Life of Students and Come Date with Me are set to be re-made for the South Korean market following a deal between ITV’s distribution arm and local broadcaster CJ E&M.
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NewsBBC hit by Bake Off betting allegations
The Sun has claimed that staff at the BBC and Love Productions have bet up to £10,000 on the winner of The Great British Bake Off.
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NewsBBC to air doc on Kids Company collapse
BBC1 will air the inside story of the collapse of Kids Company next year after director Lynn Alleway was filming the charity as it became engulfed in scandal.
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NewsBuccaneer hires Big Brother creative director
Buccaneer Media, the indie set up by The Only Way Is Essex creator Tony Wood, has hired Big Brother creative director Denis O’Connor.
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NewsITVS plans major US scripted push
ITV chief executive Adam Crozier has revealed plans for a major US scripted push as he continues to expand the broadcaster’s production empire.
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NewsPhil Craig quits Discovery to return to indie sector
Phil Craig has left Discovery Networks International after eight months to return to the production sector.