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  • Inglefield
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    ITV orders sex transition doc series

    2016-08-17T12:27:00Z

    ITV will delve into the world of gender surgery in a Renegade Pictures and Storyvault Films co-production.

  • Celebrity First Dates
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    C4 orders second First Dates spin-off

    2016-07-20T09:31:00Z

    Channel 4 has commissioned a second First Dates spin-off from Twenty Twenty Productions.

  • Kate Teckman / Nicola Lloyd
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    Sue Murphy staffs up ITV fact ent team

    2016-07-11T12:45:00Z

    ITV factual entertainment chief Sue Murphy has made her first hires – recruiting the commissioner of Channel 4’s Grand Designs and Embarrassing Bodies and the First Dates executive producer.

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    Lethal Weapon heads to ITV

    2016-07-04T12:20:00Z

    ITV has acquired the TV remake of Mel Gibson and Danny Glover’s classic cop flick Lethal Weapon.

  • Julia Harrington
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    Renegade hires ex-C4 commissioner

    2016-06-30T11:07:00Z

    The Tribe indie Renegade Pictures has appointed former Channel 4 commissioning editor Julia Harrington to the newly created role of director of factual and factual drama.

  • Canicross
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    BBC2 commissions canine competition format

    2016-06-17T16:05:00Z

    Wall to Wall is to produce an ambitious canine competition format inspired by Canicross – a man and dog cross country sport - for BBC2 after being brought an idea by Hastings-based indie Ten66.

  • Alex Graham
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    Alex Graham and Michael Jackson in production talks

    2016-06-06T09:58:00Z

    Wall to Wall founder Alex Graham is in discussions with former Channel 4 executive Michael Jackson over the creation of a new production company, as well as eyeing investment opportunities with the founders of All3Media.

  • Lisa Clark
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    Lisa Clark resurfaces at Eurotrash

    2016-05-18T12:46:00Z

    Short-lived Top Gear executive producer Lisa Clark is to take charge of the Channel 4 reboot of Eurotrash.

  • Eurotrash
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    The story behind Eurotrash’s return

    2016-05-12T07:10:00Z

    Rabbit show-jumping, naked Germans and singing dogs could be returning to Channel 4 after the broadcaster resurrected late-night magazine show Eurotrash as part of its Brexit referendum coverage.

  • Tracey Metro
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    C5 resurrects House Doctor for daytime push

    2016-05-05T07:05:00Z

    Channel 5 is resurrecting makeover format House Doctor as part of a multi-million pound move back into original daytime commissioning.

  • Little Big Shots
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    Mike Darnell lifts lid on Little Big Shots

    2016-04-07T07:05:00Z

    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.

  • Little Big Shots
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    ITV swoops for Little Big Shots

    2016-04-04T09:40:00Z

    ITV has swooped for the rights to Warner Bros’ hit US kids talent format Little Big Shots.

  • Little Big Shots
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    Wall to Wall preps UK version of smash US talent show

    2016-03-22T12:58:00Z

    Wall to Wall has begun pitching a UK version of NBC’s kids talent format Little Big Shots after it became the biggest non-scripted show in the US in over four years.

  • Indian Summers
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    Drama indie revenues rocket

    2016-03-17T07:02:00Z

    The revenues of the UK’s top five drama indies rocketed by a third last year, boosted by global appetite for English-language drama and the flow of inter national money into production.

  • Puppy
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    Wall to Wall, Icon and Blast! score Nat Geo series

    2016-03-16T09:45:00Z

    Wall to Wall, Icon Films and Blast! Films are among the British indies to have scored major commissions with US network Nat Geo.

  • Henry VIII
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    BBC1 & C5 prepare rival Henry VIII docs

    2016-03-08T10:37:00Z

    Channel 5 is to go head-to-head with BBC1 after the broadcasters ordered rival documentaries about King Henry VIII.

  • The Voice
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    ITVS to make The Voice from 2017

    2016-03-04T10:27:00Z

    ITV Studios will take on the production contract for The Voice UK when the Talpa Media singing format moves to ITV next year, Broadcast can reveal.

  • Andy Rowe
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    Wall to Wall names new head of entertainment

    2016-03-03T12:34:00Z

    Wall to Wall Television has appointed The Getaway Car executive producer Andy Rowe to replace Moira Ross as head of entertainment.

  • Supernanny
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    Warner takes control of YouTube channels

    2016-02-18T07:10:00Z

    Supernanny super-indie Warner Bros Television Production UK has taken back control of its YouTube channels because of the booming popularity of the Channel 4 format.

  • New Lives In The Wild
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    C5 returns to original comedy

    2016-02-10T10:43:00Z

    Channel 5 has ordered a raft of new commissions, including its first improvised comedy and a major new wildlife series, as part of an overall channel rebrand.