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NewsNew York TV Festival welcomes UK entries
The New York Television Festival is to open up its independent pilot competition to UK indies. Next month's event will showcase independently produced non-broadcast TV pilots directly to US network executives and industry leaders. After last year's festival three US pilots aired were purchased by US networks. Details are at ...
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GI sells classic ITV drama to Scandinavia
ITV-owned distributor Granada International (GI) has sold a number of its literary titles to Kanal 5 in Sweden and renewed output deals in Norway and Finland. Kanal 5 has acquired a collection of adaptations from GI's catalogue including Moll Flanders, ...
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Tinopolis lines up Welsh hall of fame
Welsh indie Tinopolis has been commissioned by ITV Wales to create a three-part series on the country's first hall of fame.The Cool Cymru Photographic Collection features portraits of celebrated Welsh men and women such as Dame Shirley Bassey, Charlotte Church, Gavin Henson, Ryan Giggs and Bryn Terfel. The as-yet-untitled series ...
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True North makes archive programmes
Leeds-based indie True North has been commissioned to make an 8 x 30-minute religious series called The Way We Worshippedfor ITV1. Greenlit by ITV controller of current affairs and documentaries Jeff Anderson, it will air from September and will explore changing religious habits in Britain.
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Deadly Knowledge Show returns to C4
Channel 4 schools commissioning editor Deborah Ward has greenlit a second series of The Deadly Knowledge Showfrom Princess Productions. The new 20 x 30-minute series will again be hosted by Dave Berry. Executive produced by Dean Nabarro, it will begin production soon and screen from ...
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McGregor to voice biography of Sheene
Actor Ewan McGregor has signed up to narrate a documentary about legendary motor-cycling champion Barry Sheene. The 75-minute programme, being made by Leeds-based Double Jab Productions North, was commissioned by EMI for commercial release in 2007 and The Biography Channel for broadcast this winter. It is the first official biography ...
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Commissioner's Q & A: Clare Hollywood
Living TV's head of commissioning is on the hunt for formatted series to go in slots from 8pm to 11pm and for weekend events - but no more paranormal please
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Tigress captures game reserve commission
Five has commissioned Tigress Productions to make Game Ranger Diaries, a series looking at day-to-day life in Kenya's busiest private game reserve, Lewa.
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Bravo to screen Life on Mars
Flextech-owned Bravo has bought the pay-TV rights to BBC hit drama Life on Mars to lead the channel's push into drama.
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Pilkington handed C4 slot
Karl Pilkington, the radio producer who gained cult status after appearing alongside Ricky Gervais in the most popular podcast ever, has landed his first TV commission for Channel 4.
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Sky Sports originator joins Setanta
Roger Moody, one of the original architects of the Sky Sports network, has been drafted in as a consultant to Setanta Sports, the Irish broadcaster which secured two packages of live Premiership rights in May this year.
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UBC and Sky offer national radio news
UBC Media Group and BSkyB have created a national news service for commercial radio stations in a bid to take on news provider Independent Radio News (IRN).
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Top Gear defended
The BBC has taken the unusual step of issuing a general defence of Top Gearafter receiving more than 500 complaints about the show. Viewers have criticised the near-the-knuckle style of the BBC2 show's presenters, particularly Jeremy Clarkson. Last month Clarkson described a 'quintessentially German' car ...
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Apace hires Carsey
Steve Carsey has joined Apace Media's new TV division, Steadfast Television, as deputy chief executive. Carsey, who joins from Endemol UK production company Initial, will also be creative director and head a new intellectual property and content creation division working across the entire group.
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Gypsy radio on BBC
The BBC has rolled out a radio show for travellers and gypsies across the east of England. Rokker Radio, hosted by Romani journalist Jake Bowers, is to broadcast every week between 7pm and 9pm, across six local radio stations in the BBC East region, including BBC Radio Cambridgeshire, BBC Radio ...
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Classic FM shake-up
Blackadder actor Tony Robinson will join Classic FM in the station's biggest schedule shake-up in its 14-year history. Robinson will host the Friendly Guide to Music, a programme that will span the history of classical music, on Sundays at 4pm.
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ITV gives Britton and Kyle two-year deals
ITV has signed daytime presenters Fern Britton and Jeremy Kyle for another two years, after recently tying down Phillip Schofield for the next couple of years.
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Webb is favourite for Five job
Jonathan Webb, director of programmes, Bravo, Trouble and Challenge, has emerged as the favourite to head Five's new multichannel offerings.
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Warwick takes ITV entertainment role
ITV has hired Granada International format consultant Paula Warwick to take on the role of editor of entertainment.
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Reporting duo to quit Panorama
BBC Panoramareporters Andy Davies and Sarah Barclay are taking voluntary redundancy as part of the corporation's three-year programme of job cuts.