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NewsDisney hunts out Wildlife Jack
UK preschool broadcaster Disney Junior has acquired Wildlife Jack, an animated series created by Bafta-nominated director Ed Kellie funded through crowd-funding site Kickstarter.
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NewsRory Bremner calls for political risk taking
Rory Bremner has accused the BBC and other broadcasters of being scared to take risks on new political satire shows for fear of offending politicians.
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NewsFirecracker hires first factual boss
Big Fat Gypsy Weddings producer Firecracker Films has hired David DeHaney as its first director of factual.
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NewsTen Alps cuts losses to £1.1m
Ten Alps has significantly cut its losses, despite revenues falling 12.7% to £12.4m in the first half of its financial year.
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NewsVictoria Derbyshire, Shelagh Fogarty & Richard Bacon to leave 5Live
Victoria Derbyshire, Shelagh Fogarty and Richard Bacon are to leave Radio 5 Live as the BBC radio station shakes up its entire daytime roster.
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CriticsTV Critics: The World's Best Diets; Girls Will Be Girls; The Leftovers
“What would infotainment be without a Ethiopian farmer challenged to a sweetcorn-pooing contest”?
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RatingsC4 diet works against World Cup
MONDAY: Channel 4’s weight-loss documentary The World’s Best Diets found a solid, mainly female audience against Germany’s World Cup defeat of Algeria.
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NewsITV goes jambusters with WW2 drama
ITV Studios scripted division is adapting World War II novel Jambusters into an ITV drama.
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NewsBBC appoints new chief technology officer
The BBC has appointed R&D controller Matthew Postgate to the role of chief technology officer.
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NewsITV Encore eyes 10 hours of drama commissions
ITV director of television Peter Fincham has revealed that the broadcaster’s new pay-TV drama channel Encore will commission “around 10 hours” in its first year.
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NewsCharlotte Moore denies BBC1 is ‘predictable’
Charlotte Moore has launched a spirited defence of BBC1, arguing that she “does not recognise” the criticisms levelled at the channel by the BBC Trust.
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NewsGold gives You, Me & Them a second outing
Gold’s first original scripted sitcom You, Me & Them is to return for a second series.
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CriticsTV Critics: Rebels Of Oz; Commonwealth On Film; Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares USA
“This fine film made me nostalgic for a time that I’m too young to remember”.
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NewsDiscovery hunts classic cars for Turbo Pickers
Discovery is kicking off a hunt for rare cars with its latest Wag TV commission, Turbo Pickers.
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NewsClare Balding embarks on Operation Wild for BBC1
Clare Balding is to join a group of pioneering vets from around the world as they save the lives of animals in a three-part series for BBC1.
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NewsSwanston promoted to BBC Brit & Earth exec
Julie Swanston is to start commissioning for BBC Brit and BBC Earth after securing a promotion from BBC Worldwide.
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RatingsAuction House draws 1.7m average
TUESDAY: The final episode of Channel 4’s The Auction beat BBC2’s Shop Girls – as the World Cup coverage peaked with 8.6m.
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NewsAbraham: Growth Fund profits pumped back into programming
David Abraham has underlined Channel 4’s plans to plough revenue generated from its indie Growth Fund plan back into programming.
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NewsITV’s battle for the sexes
ITV is assessing the gender balance across its portfolio of channels, unveiling more details of ITVBe and preparing for life without European football.
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NewsSherlock returns to BBC1
Hartswood Films detective drama Sherlock is to return for a special one-off episode, followed by a fourth series.