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Radio 5's Fighting talk leaps to BBC2
BBC Radio 5 Live's sports format Fighting Talk is to transfer to BBC2 following a fast turnaround commission. Indie World's End will the make the three-part series, which will be presented by Johnny Vaughan. The show - the first to transfer to TV from R5 ...
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Five lets out secrets of the Beatles
Five controller of history Alex Sutherland has commissioned 90-minute documentary The Beatles' Biggest Secrets from indie Fulcrum TV for later this year. Friends, colleagues and relatives lift the lid on incidents such as Paul McCartney's split with Jane Asher. The executive producer is Richard Belfield.
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C4 sells Sex Traffic around the globe
Channel 4 thriller Sex Traffic looks set to become an international hit after selling to six countries around the world.
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Entertainment Tonight comes to UK
Sky One has signed a deal with US producer Paramount to make a UK version of its syndicated show Entertainment Tonight.
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Fox to pilot Channel 4's Peep Show
US network Fox has commissioned a pilot of Channel 4 comedy Peep Show from LA-based indie Carsey-Werner. The comedy indie acquired the US rights to the format from indie Objective in August. The narrative comedy, told via the inner thoughts of two socially dysfunctional roommates, ...
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TWI radio wins second contract with FA
TWI Radio has been reappointed by the FA Premier League to represent its international radio rights. The new contract runs until the 2006/7 season. In addition, TWI Radio has signed a new deal with digital satellite radio company Sirius to take Premiership football coverage. Sirius has 120 channels across North ...
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Distraction hires format director
Distraction Formats has appointed its first format director, Alice de Maré, who has worked for Distraction in both London and Paris for the past three years. Distraction recently made format sales of business reality show The Apprentice and BBC's Saturday night show ...
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Connie the cow picked up by Disney
Animation house TV-Loonland has sold the German TV rights for pre-school series Connie the Cow to the Disney Channel. The show, which follows the adventures of a curious cow and her friends, attracts a share of nearly 25% on ITV. Produced by Neptuno Films, it ...
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Rose d'Or Festival adds special UN award
The Rose d'Or Festival, the annual Swiss TV festival, is to introduce an award in association with the United Nations. The Social Awareness Award will be presented to programming that successfully explores the issues surrounding Aids/HIV.
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Paramount's Lynn takes Nickelodeon job
Nickelodeon has drafted in David Lynn from its sister network Paramount Comedy UK to take over as its managing director.
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Trafford sets up Scarlet TV
Paula Trafford, the former managing director of Carlton-owned producer Planet Wild, has teamed up with the owner of Fountain Television to launch an indie.
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Five psychic talks to babies
Mentorn is to begin work on a factual series for Five in which a psychic communicates with children to help solve their problems.
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Top of the Pops loses its rhythm
TV's longest running music show, Top of the Pops , has been moved from BBC1 to BBC2 after ratings dropped to just 3 million (15%).
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Fungus grows on BBC
BBC1's new Sunday drama Fungus the Bogeyman , starring Martin Clunes, peaked with 5.3 million (23%) at 6.35pm on Sunday (28 November), beating Channel 4's The Simpsons. The adaptation of Raymond Briggs' cult book about filth-loving creatures whose future ...
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Barwick exits in Jan
ITV Sport chief Brian Barwick will leave the network at the end of January to take up his new job as chief executive of the Football Association. Among those tipped to replace him are former Sky Networks deputy managing director Mark Sharman, Granada sport chief Rick Waumsley, North One Television ...
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Portman hires Zeiger
Portman Film and Television has appointed Neil Zeiger, the producer of The Ruth Rendell Mysteries for ITV, as executive producer. He will take the role with immediate effect and be charged with getting more writers and producers to use the distributor. He is the first ...
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Little Britain wins
The team behind hit BBC comedy Little Britain picked up three Royal Television Society craft and design awards this week for costume designer Annie Hardinge, make-up artist Lisa Cavalli-Green and composer David Arnold. For a full list of winners see www.broadcastnow.co.uk.
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TCM free for month
Turner Classic Movies will be free to air on both NTL and Telewest for the month of December. The deal will give the Time Warner-owned movie channel exposure to an additional 2.5 million UK homes. The Biography Channel and UKTV Gold have already announced that they plan to air for ...
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Rapture TV return
Digital music channel Rapture TV is set to return to the screen yet again this month after striking an agreement with educational free-to-air service the Musicians Channel. Rapture TV, which went off air in July, will air dance music videos in the midnight to 12pm window on the Musicians Channel's ...
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Celebrities line up for Xmas Millionaire
Sir Paul McCartney and Sir Alex Ferguson will be sitting in the Who Wants to be a Millionaire? hot seat as part of two special episodes of the ITV1 hit quiz this Christmas. The specials form part of ITV1's festive schedule, which includes a ...