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NewsBBC to adapt Slater’s childhood memoirs
BBC1 is to give the Billy Elliott treatment to the childhood autobiography of TV chef Nigel Slater in a drama from Ruby Film and Television.
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NewsITV tries comedy trio for primetime slots
ITV is trialling three comedy entertainment shows across the network as part of a new push to find primetimeformats.
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NewsNorman asks staff: ‘How can we rejuvenate ITV?’
ITV chairman Archie Norman is on a one-man mission to involve staff in his strategic business review as he prepares the network for transformational change.
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NewsTen Alps chief calls for online WoCC
The BBC’s Window of Creative Competition (WoCC) scheme should be extended online for the corporation’s planned strategic partnership with cultural institutions, Ten Alps chief executive Alex Connock has argued.
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NewsC4 to step up search for new doc faces
Channel 4 head of programmes Julian Bellamy has pledged to make a “nursery slope” for new factual presenters a key priority in his creative renewal of the channel.
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ITVS strikes deal for Hallmark’s TV movie portfolio
ITV Studios Global Entertainment’s Noel Hedges has kicked off his new acquisitions role by securing the distribution rights for Hallmark Hall of Fame Productions’ made-for-television movie portfolio.
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NewsBBC draws on Hollywood for wildlife action docs
The BBC Natural History Unit is to kick off a new approach to programming with a Hollywood-style look at four predators for BBC1.
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NewsBBC4 to explore Britain’s relationship with the sea
The Choir frontman Gareth Malone and actor Timothy Spall are to turn their attention to the sea in a major BBC4 season about Britain’s status as an island nation.
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NewsDavid Jason coup for Five West End doc
Sir David Jason is to mentor an amateur dramatic society in a format for Five that has been earmarked for a potential series.
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NewsUK facilities explore opportunities in the UAE
The Bridge Training is confident that UK facilities will win business in the UAE after completing a UKTI-backed film and TV trade mission to Dubai and Abu Dhabi.
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NewsArts back on ITV agenda as factual edges upmarket
ITV is brainstorming ideas for a new arts strand as it looks to revitalise its factual slate.
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NewsLiving acquires US comedy drama
Living has acquired US comedy drama Drop Dead Diva from Sony Pictures Television (SPT) to bolster its spring schedule.
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NewsEx ITV boss apointed exec chairman at EMI
Former ITV chief executive Charles Allen has been appointed executive chairman by struggling record label EMI.
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NewsITV's John Hollywood to join IMG
IMG has hired John Hollywood, the man behind ITV’s indie acquisition strategy, to be director of production for all its sports coverage.
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NewsMSN strikes raft of content deals
MSN is moving its long-form MSN Video player out of beta and ramping up the amount of content it features to 1,000 hours following a string of fresh deals with indies.
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NewsHeston to work culinary magic on NHS for C4
Heston Blumenthal will attempt to raise the standards of hospital food as part of a Channel 4 series that builds on his earlier transformation of Little Chef.
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NewsStephenson eyes BBC dramas from the North
BBC drama will forge closer links with indies in the north of England, controller of commissioning Ben Stephenson has promised.
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NewsSky hits back at Lyons
BSkyB launched a counter-offensive last night after BBC Trust chairman Sir Michael Lyons named the broadcaster in an attack on the corporation’s critics.
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NewsLyons: public will see through BBC's critics
Sir Michael Lyons has warned BSkyB and other critics of the BBC that the public will see through any attempt to undermine the corporation for self-serving reasons.
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Bravo snaps up gladiator drama Spartacus
Bravo has acquired widely-hyped gladiator drama Spartacus: Blood and Sand to headline its summer schedule following its success in the US.