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NewsC4 unveils trio of ambitious dramas
Channel 4 has unveiled a 2013/2014 drama series slate that includes an Abi Morgan thriller, a follow up to The Devil’s Whore and a two-hander about dating from Skins creator Bryan Elsley.
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NewsC4 to launch Hotel GB mobile game
Channel 4 is to launch a mobile game as part of its multiplatform strategy to support Optomen’s forthcoming factual entertainment series Hotel GB.
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NewsC4 recruits celebs to cheerlead Hotel GB
Channel 4 is to recruit two celebrity social media cheerleaders to build engagement with its factual entertainment series Hotel GB.
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NewsCoach Trip host to play Cupid for C4 on luxury liner
Coach Trip guide Brendan Sheerin is to trade up to a luxury cruise liner as part of a new dating show for Channel 4.
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NewsStudio Lambert names BBC exec as UK chief
The executive producer behind the 2002 revamp of Top Gear has been named head of Studio Lambert UK.
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NewsWatch to build on Dynamo with escapologist series
UKTV’s entertainment channel Watch has ordered a series featuring escapologist Jonathan Goodwin to follow up its success with magician Dynamo.
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NewsCowell whets appetite for Food Glorious Food
Simon Cowell has revealed Food Glorious Food will launch in February and offered an exclusive insight into the new ITV1 cookery format.
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NewsBBC1's White Queen heading to US
Company Pictures’ epic War of the Roses drama based on Philippa Gregory’s triology of novels has been picked up by US broadcaster Starz.
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NewsC4 hands Ramsay teatime slot
Gordon Ramsay will be taking a teatime slot on Channel 4 teaching viewers how to cook in dishes from around the world in a home cooking course.
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NewsIndia plans TOWIE remake
The Only Way is Essex could be remade in Mumbai, India as the producers continue to explore international options for the format.
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NewsInbetweeners star to front Comedy Central sitcom
Inbetweeners star Blake Harrison is to front a new sitcom on Comedy Central - the second original UK series from the MTV-owned channel.
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NewsIndie trio compete for pitching crown
British TV’s best pitcher will be revealed on the first day of the Edinburgh TV Festival later this week.
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NewsIndustry poll to reveal top pitchers at Edinburgh
The indie that is best at pitching is set to be revealed at the Edinburgh International Television Festival, following a poll of commissioners and controllers to determine who is best at selling their shows.
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NewsYouTube chooses content partners
Maverick Television, Fresh One Productions and Hat Trick Productions are understood to be among the indies selected to create the first batch of YouTube Original Channels in the UK.
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NewsMaverick tests superhumans for Discovery series
Maverick Television is to test humans with extraordinary abilities as part of a series for Discovery Networks International (DNI).
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NewsLime in talks for third series of TOWIE shorts
The online spin-off of The Only Way Is Essex achieved 750,000 video views for its first two series.
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NewsFresh Meat exec to lead Objective in drama push
Fresh Meat executive producer Judy Counihan has been appointed to the newly created role of head of drama and film at Objective Productions.
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NewsAd exec named boss of All3
All3Media has named the executive chairman of the UK’s biggest advertising agency, AMV BBDO, as successor to Steve Morrison.
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NewsCharity criticises C4's Beauty and the Beast
A facial disfigurement charity has called on Channel 4 to stop ordering programmes with ‘sensational titles which justify their existence by pretending to explore a social theme’, following the second series of Beauty and the Beast.
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NewsBetty teams up with C4 for more compulsive viewing
Betty will lift the lid on life as an obsessive compulsive cleaner for Channel 4.