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NewsScripps ups original content
Scripps Network International is ramping up the amount it spends on original commissions for the Travel Channel as it looks to double the number of hours it orders.
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NewsPioneer extends US prowess with triple order
UK factual indie Pioneer Productions has secured 40 hours of commissions in the US with a raft of broadcasters.
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NewsBacon to front Warner’s first ITV daytime quiz
One of Helen Warner’s first ITV daytime commissions is a Richard Bacon-fronted TV quiz show that will be produced from MediaCityUK.
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NewsMansfield raids BBC for Plimsoll launch
Former Zodiak USA and RDF Television executive Grant Mansfield has launched factual indie Plimsoll Productions.
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NewsOutline nurtures ‘Revival’ with gardening series
Outline Productions is to continue to grow its ‘Revival’ brands with a BBC2 series about gardening.
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NewsLondon Live makes McKenzies its first signing
Local broadcaster London Live has ordered its first series, sitcom All About The McKenzies.
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CriticsTV Critics: Homeland; Downton Abbey; Inside the National Trust; The Graham Norton Show; The Jonathan Ross Show; The Ottomans; Celebrity Wedding Planners; Atlantis
“To turn something so electrifying, so tense, so psychologically rich into something so workaday is unforgivable.” Read on for the verdict on last night’s TV.
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CriticsTV Critics: The Culture Show; Science Britannica; Who Do You Think You Are?; The Two Ronnies Spectacle; The Three-Day Nanny
“The dourest, most northerly of our financial commentators pirouetted with more finesse than a chancellor spinning unemployment figures.” Read on for the verdict on last night’s TV.
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NewsBreaking Bad creator sells Battle Creek to CBS
US network CBS has ordered the first original post-Breaking Bad project from creator Vince Gilligan, Battle Creek.
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NewsLovelive secures £1.7m funding
UK multiplatform indie Lovelive has secured £1.7m of funding from investors including former Endemol boss Ynon Kreiz to help it expand globally.
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NewsNBC orders Red Arrow thriller
US network NBC has ordered a pilot of Odyssey, a global conspiracy thriller produced by the UK-arm of Red Arrow Entertainment.
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NewsLeopardrama wins first childrens show for CBBC
CBBC has ordered a children’s sci-fi drama about a robot’s attempts to be a regular teenager from Leopardrama.
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RatingsGogglebox audience doubles for C4
Gogglebox returned for a second run for Channel 4 on Wednesday with an audience almost twice the size of the series one opener.
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NewsBBC4 docs to debut on iPlayer
BBC4 is to debut a raft of Storyville docs including Pussy Riot: A Punk Prayer on iPlayer as the corporation’s online-first strategy gathers pace.
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NewsAtlantic ships Attenborough doc abroad
David Attenborough’s Rise of Animals; Triumph of the Vertebrates is heading around the world after Atlantic Productions struck a raft of international deals.
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NewsESPN preps tablet app
ESPN is set to launch a tablet app as it repositions itself as a ‘digital first’ business.
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CriticsTV Critics: Women Behind Bars; Super Giant Animals; My Tattoo Addiction
“McDonald was far too reserved to ask the really cheeky questions.” Read on for the verdict on last night’s TV.
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RatingsTrevor McDonald prison doc locks up 4m
Trevor McDonald’s trip to the Rockville Correctional Facility for ITV locked up an audience of almost 4m on Thursday – around 1m less than his previous Death Row doc.
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NewsBlast! unveils Supervet for C4
Channel 4 will show pets being fitted with bionic limbs as part of its forthcoming animal doc The Supervet.