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NewsTarrant signs for ITV1 cash quiz
ITV director of television Peter Fincham has secured Chris Tarrant to host 12 Yard's ITV1 gameshow The Colour of Money.
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Buyers' Guide: Hot Picks
As viewers seek an entertaining escape from reality during tougher times, buyers will be targeting light-hearted content and shiny floor shows. Maria Esposito looks at what’s on offer at Mipcom.
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Zig Zag eyes orders from BBC and ITV
Zig Zag Productions has hired two “big hitters” from the BBC and ITV as part of a strategy to win more commissions from the two largest broadcasters.
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NewsImpossible founder quits to start WEE
Impossible Pictures co-founder Jasper James has left the Primeval producer to set up a media firm backed by Red Vision VFX, the company behind the Headcases CGI.
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NewsAll3M names Wrigley ent boss
All3Media has appointed Ruth Wrigley as its first group-wide entertainment executive to help its indies fast track Saturday night entertainment formats.
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NewsStudio Lambert to send bosses undercover for C4
Channel 4 is planting bosses in the workplace in a factual format from the team behind the first series of The Secret Millionaire.
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NewsUKTV bids to ‘do a Dave' with launch of Blighty
UKTV's next attempt to “do a Dave” will see it rebrand UKTV People as Blighty.
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NewsBuyers' Guide: Entertainment
Ten years on, the global appetite for Big Brother and its brand of increasingly twisted reality shows may finally be waning.
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NewsBuyers' Guide: Drama
The US writers' strike may seem like a distant memory but the full force of the dispute is only now being felt worldwide.
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ITV3 tells forensic history
Matthew Kelly is to trace the history of forensic science in the police force in an eight-part factual series for ITV3. Forensic Case Book will revisit the crimes that led to key developments in the field. The co-production by ITV London, ITV Central and ITV3 was commissioned by ITV features ...
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Five goes wild with cheetahs
Five has ordered a 60-minute film from Gecko Productions about Olivier Houalet, a modern day Tarzan with an affinity for big cats. Cheetah Man is directed by Giovanni Ulleri and executive produced for Gecko by chief executive Vivian McGrath. The co-production with Granada was commissioned by Five commissioning editor of ...
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Five follows Navy through Antarctica
The Royal Navy's hazardous patrols through the icy waters of Antarctica will provide the focus for an observational documentary series on Five.
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NewsBBC1 helps desperate homeowners
BBC1 is lining up a UK version of Canadian property show The Unsellables, which aims to offer a helping hand to homeowners desperate to sell their properties.
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NewsBBC pilots comedy for ‘little Britons'
The BBC has invested in a slew of children's comedy pilots in a bid to bring the Little Britain formula to younger audiences.
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NewsCumbria seeks funds for TV news station
Cumbrian locals are rallying to create their own ultra local news service to replace the soon to be merged ITV Border Lookaround programme, following an ambitious proposal from a local MP.
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Mum and Me for Electric Sky
Electric Sky has picked up the international distribution rights to the acclaimed BBC1 documentary Mum and Me from Wellpark Productions.