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NewsSyfy acquires web-only drama
Syfy UK has acquired its first original web series – a US drama about five students who are buried alive.
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NewsBonham Carter to star in Toast adaptation
Helena Bonham Carter is to star in a BBC film bringing to life food writer Nigel Slater’s celebrated memoir Toast.
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NewsNeil Morrissey to make care home doc
Actor Neil Morrissey is to finally uncover the reasons why he was taken into care as a child for a new BBC documentary.
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NewsSky 1 to simulcast Lost finale
Sky 1HD is to air the finale of Lost at 5am on Monday 24 May - exactly the same time as it goes out on ABC in the US.
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NewsGovernment to give NAO access to BBC books
The BBC is to be forced to open its books to the National Audit Office under the new coalition government.
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NewsWindfall sends Giants down under
Windfall Films’ Inside Nature’s Giants and The Operation: Surgery Live have been sold to Australian network SBS.
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NewsNat Geo orders more Mystery from Parthenon
Parthenon Entertainment has won a commission to produce a new series of Mystery Files for National Geographical Channel International.
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NewsOutright deal paves way for 9/11 and Kennedy docs
A new investigation into the assassination of JFK and a film about the “art of 9/11” have taken a step closer to production following a major first-look deal between Outright Distribution and Trilby Films.
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NewsCurrent TV to tackle dangers of binge drinking
Current TV has ordered a series that reveals to a group of young professionals exactly what they got up to on a drunken night out the previous evening.
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NewsITV2 and Lime to make ‘living soap’ set in Essex
ITV2 is to take viewers inside the nail bars and nightclubs of Essex for what it hopes will be Britain’s answer to MTV’s The Hills.
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NewsC4 tackles attitudes to beauty in life-swap series from Betty
Society’s attitudes towards beauty are to be tested in Channel 4’s latest life-swap format.
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NewsConcorde doc takes off
The crash that ended supersonic air travel is to be explored in a 90-minute documentary charting the history of Concorde.
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NewsITV recalls Gazza’s Tears in pair of World Cup docs
Paul Gascoigne will talk about his tears during England’s Italia ‘90 semi-final defeat in one of two ITV1 docs to air during the World Cup.
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NewsDragonfly set to sign baby format US deal
One Born Every Minute is on the brink of a US remake that would be the first major format deal for Shine Group’s Dragonfly Film and Television Productions.
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NewsRagdoll’s Night Garden travels to US on Hasbro Hub ticket
Igglepiggle, Upsy Daisy and Makka Pakka finally look bound for America, after it emerged that Discovery’s new Hasbro-backed channel is in advanced talks to take In The Night Garden.
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NewsHenson on board as Bravo woos women
Bravo has signed up Welsh international rugby star Gavin Henson for a pop science show and is launching a rebrand to increase the lads’ channel’s appeal to women.
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NewsPrince Charles to present doc on composer Parry
Prince Charles is to front a BBC4 documentary about Hubert Parry, the little-known composer behind a slew of imperial anthems including the music for Jerusalem.
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NewsNet-connected sets boost advertising power
The arrival of internet-connected televisions could provide a timely boost to advertising revenues for commercial broadcasters, according to groundbreaking research.
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NewsSeeSaw takes on iTunes with paid-for TV offering
VoD service SeeSaw is to make the likes of Doctor Who, Lost, South Park and Top Gear available to rent from next month as it launches its premium content offering this week.
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NewsStiff competition likely in race to replace Abraham at UKTV
The race to succeed David Abraham as chief executive of UKTV is hotting up, with sources within the broadcaster indicating that a string of high-profile execs are being considered.