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NewsHow C4 cooked up its Bake Off deal
Channel 4 secured board approval for its audacious and controversial capture of The Great British Bake Off over the weekend, and pounced within hours of Love Productions’ Richard McKerrow calling Tony Hall to notify him that the show’s BBC tenure was over.
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NewsBBC Worldwide retains Bake Off remake rights until 2028
The BBC is to continue to profit from The Great British Bake Off until at least 2028 after it emerged that its international arm holds the remake rights for the next 12 years.
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NewsGBBO: the TV industry reacts
The television industry’s reaction to Channel 4’s move to snap up Bake Off.
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NewsBroad Bean's Joff Powell joins BBCW
BBC Worldwide has hired former Lion executive Joff Powell as commissioning editor for its portfolio of international channels.
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NewsC4 wins Bake Off contest
Channel 4 has poached The Great British Bake Off after negotiations between Love Productions and the BBC broke down.
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NewsBBC to lose Bake Off
The Great British Bake Off, the biggest show on UK television, is to leave the BBC after talks broke down between the corporation and Love Productions.
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NewsBBC2 gears up motoring format
Paul Hollywood is to front his own car show as BBC2 ordered a North One Television series starring The Great British Bake Off host.
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NewsMTV seeks extreme ideas and big personalities
Geordie Shore and Ex On The Beach broadcaster MTV is looking for “bigger cast members and more and more extreme situations”, but producers warned of the health and safety risks associated with reality TV.
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NewsJames May's slow TV format returns
Plum Pictures’ slow TV format The Reassembler has landed a recommission from BBC4.
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NewsWall To Wall hires factual development boss
BBC development executive Lucy Bacon has joined Wall to Wall as head of factual development.
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NewsTLC seeks wedding formats
TLC is keen to build on its slate of one-off talent-fronted documentaries and is eyeing its own Don’t Tell The Bride-style wedding format.
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NewsBlink boots up Dave gadget format
Comedian Marcus Brigstocke and Celebrity MasterChef winner Alexis Conran will put the world’s top gadgets to the test in a ten-part series for Dave.
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NewsNew shows: the best of Edinburgh TV Festival
Jed Mercurio drama and a maritime adventure series are among this year’s big orders
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NewsWhat’s on controllers’ wishlists?
Channel bosses revealed their genre priorities at the Edinburgh TV Festival
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NewsPatrick Holland: BBC2 needs fact-ent
Newly appointed BBC2 editor Patrick Holland has called for producers to bring him factual entertainment shows, saying the channel is not pitched enough.
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NewsClarkson unveils Drive Tribe talent
Racing driver Oliver James Webb, motoring journalist Jethro Bovingdon and Finnish blogger Sara Nase are among the first ‘tribe leaders’ selected to produce channels for Jeremy Clarkson’s forthcoming online car project.
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NewsITV orders Sadie Hartley murder doc
ITV has commissioned Raw Cut TV to produce a fast turnaround documentary charting the murder investigation of Sadie Hartley.
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NewsA+E unwraps Freeview channel
A+E Networks has launched general entertainment channel Blaze - the latest US cable group to launch a free-to-air channel in the UK.
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NewsCBBC hunts for Britain’s brainiest school
Comedian Susan Calman will search for Britain’s smartest school in a new competitive kids format for CBBC.
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NewsVice gears up for UK launch
Vice is to produce around 60 hours of original content for its linear channel by the end of the year after unveiling its initial slate of UK shows.