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NewsC5 seeking girls for new Bachelor
Channel 5 has kicked off a hunt for contestants to appear in The Bachelor ahead of the anticipated commission of a second series.
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NewsTOWIE director joins Made in Chelsea
A former director on The Only Way is Essex has been named series producer on Made in Chelsea following Sharyn Mills defection to Britain’s Got Talent.
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NewsTalkback Thames rebrand unveiled
Talkback Thames will cease to exist from today following the launch of a rebrand.
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NewsX Factor beats Strictly to NTA
The X Factor outmanoeuvred Strictly Come Dancing to be crowned best entertainment show at the National Television Awards.
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NewsRihanna to hunt fashion talent for Sky Living
What’s My Name? singer Rihanna is to turn her talents to exec producing with a new Sky Living series in which she will hunt for the next wave of British fashion designers.
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NewsKeith Lemon to be nation's agony aunt for ITV1
ITV1 has found a primetime entertainment vehicle for Keith Lemon in its second attempt to create a format for the Celebrity Juice host.
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NewsShed Media launches indie to take on Objective
Shed Media Group has launched a new indie, Yalli, focused on comedy and entertainment and led by the former showrunner of The Paul O’Grady Show, Robert Gray.
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NewsFremantleMedia UK restructures digital operations
FremantleMedia UK, the company formally known as Talkback Thames, has restructured its digital division and brought in Christian Grobel to head up strategy and operations.
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NewsShamed Take Me Out contestant edited out of show
Talkback Thames has edited the Take Me Out contestant with a criminal conviction from the Saturday’s instalment of the show.
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NewsITV demands Take Me Out review
ITV has urged Talkback Thames to review its contestant selection process on Take Me Out following reports a male participant on last weekend’s show was convicted with assaulting a woman.
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NewsBBC3's Lansdown quits for Renegade
Harry Lansdown, the BBC3 factual boss behind Our War and Don’t Tell the Bride, is stepping down to join indie Renegade Pictures.
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NewsFremantleMedia UK hires factual boss from Ricochet
FremantleMedia UK, the company formally known as Talkback Thames, has recruited a Ricochet Television producer to head up its factual division.
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NewsCowell returns to revamped Britain’s Got Talent
Simon Cowell is to return to the Britain’s Got Talent judging panel and plough his own money into the cash prize as part of the show’s revamp.
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NewsSky hires Apprentice exec Kurland
Sky has snapped up Michele Kurland, executive producer on The Apprentice and head of fact ent at Talkback Thames, to replace Mark Sammon.
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NewsTime Warner back in for Endemol
Time Warner is ready to pay €1bn in cash for Endemol, which is itself focused on restructuring its €2bn of debt.
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NewsHealey seeks answers in first major BBC3 series
BBC3 has handed immersive doc specialist Cherry Healey her first major series, in which she will examine the challenges faced by women in modern Britain.
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NewsGoodies star to front BBC animal show
The Goodies star Tim Brooke-Taylor and comedian Charlie Baker are to star in a BBC1 entertainment pilot about animals.
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NewsGok Wan heads to China for C4
Gok Wan will visit China in a one-off looking at the scale and background of Chinese manufacturing for Channel 4.
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NewsWhitehall bags BBC3 sitcom
Jack Whitehall is to get his own BBC3 sitcom as part of a major comedy push that will include six 30-minute online pilots.
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NewsBBC3 reveals diverse factual slate
BBC3 is to challenge young fathers to deliver their partners’ babies, while Radio 1 DJ Reggie Yates will go inside Britain’s gangs as part of a major crime season.