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NewsEvan Davis series explores Britain’s economy for BBC2
Today presenter Evan Davis is to examine the realities of the British economic landscape in a heavyweight series for BBC2.
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NewsPower inks co-production deal with TMG for nine mini-series
Power has signed a €15m (£13m) co-production deal with German producer Tele München Gruppe for nine major mini-series over the next three years - including a follow up to ITV1’s Flood, called Fire.
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NewsBeing Human moves to Boston for US remake
Vampires and werewolves will swap Bristol for Boston in the $25m (£17.5m) US version of Being Human, which will also reveal more about the main characters’ family relationships.
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NewsDaisybeck gains US entry with Style obesity series
Regional indie Daisybeck Productions is to turn a recent BBC documentary about teen obesity into an ob-doc series for Style Network - and has already secured a pre-sale in the UK.
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NewsSupersize spin-off tackles children’s food issues
Channel 4 features series Supersize vs Superskinny is to follow Embarrassing Bodies in putting children centre-stage of a spin-off series.
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NewsCutting Edge doc to give glimpse into life of Brucie
Bruce Forsyth is to open up for an intimate documentary portrait for Channel 4’s Cutting Edge strand.
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NewsVirgin Media enters negotiations for V Player summer launch
Virgin Media is ramping up plans for its V Player online video-on-demand service ahead of a planned summer launch.
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NewsComedy trio line up to take Count Arthur to BBC2
Father Ted’s Graham Linehan and The League Of Gentlemen’s Jeremy Dyson are collaborating on a BBC2 pilot of BBC Radio 4’s Count Arthur Strong’s Radio Show.
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NewsRDF Rights takes on Shine’s Mills for US position
RDF Rights has recruited Shine International’s JC Mills to join its LA office - while former RDF USA chief executive Chris Coelen has hired ex-colleague Karrie Wolfe for his start-up, Kinetic Content.
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NewsBBCW makes Indian reality show
BBC Worldwide Productions in India is making a new reality series based on its Celebrity Sleepover format for Hindi general entertainment channel Imagine TV.
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NewsDRG secures Get Up and Dance rights
Distributor DRG has secured the rights to Get Up and Dance (working title), the new format from US entertainment producer Phil Gurin.
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New Coronation Street titles unveiled
The Rovers Return looms large and that restless cat remains in ITV’s high definition revamp of Coronation Street’s opening titles.
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NewsNew-look iPlayer links with Facebook
Viewers will be able to share iPlayer content with friends via Facebook and Twitter, under a new version of the video on demand service launched in beta today.
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NewsJason Manford confirmed as One Show host
Jason Manford is to replace Adrian Chiles as host of The One Show, the BBC has confirmed.
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NewsBBC to redevelop Television Centre
The BBC is expected to announce plans to create a multimillion pound “creative quarter” in west London, to update its current Television Centre.
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BBC3 dramas to debut online
BBC3 is to premier a trio of upcoming drama pilots online a week before they air, as part of a bid to beef up the channel’s web presence.
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NewsBBC hires Talkback's Hancock
The BBC has hired its second TalkbackThames entertainment exec in a week – recruiting producer/director Sean Hancock as executive producer.
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NewsThe IT Crowd gets fifth series and new writers
The IT Crowd creator Graham Linehan plans to pull together a team of writers for a planned fifth series of the Channel 4 comedy.
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NewsMillion Pound Drop attracts 500,000 online plays
Channel 4 attracted 76,000 unique players to the online game which supports its latest live gameshow Million Pound Drop, hosted by Davina McCall.
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NewsHaitian children report for ITV News
ITV News has helped children in earthquake-ravaged Haiti to film reports about their lives a year after the disaster.