All articles by Peter White – Page 151
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NewsHarry Enfield & Jack Dee head to Dave
UKTV’s Dave has ordered a new comedy starring Harry Enfield, Jack Dee, Sally Phillips and Richard Hammond.
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NewsKevin Spacey: 'TV must support new talent'
Oscar winner Kevin Spacey, star of Netflix political drama House of Cards, used the MacTaggart lecture to encourage broadcasters, both in the UK and US to do more to support and nurture new talent such as Girls creator Lena Dunham.
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NewsSky hunts natural history and comedies
Sky is hunting for pre-watershed comedies and one natural history series per year, in addition to boosting the number of its international coproductions.
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NewsSky confirms return of The Kumars
Sky1 has confirmed it is to bring back Hat Trick Production’s chatshow The Kumars seven years after it was dropped from BBC1 - and has signed Martin Freeman to appear in a forthcoming Little Crackers episode.
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NewsNat Geo eyes UK drama
Nat Geo is considering ordering drama series out of its London-based production hub to sit alongside scripted US shows such as Killing Kennedy.
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NewsHistory stages Battle of Bannockburn
History UK has ordered a graphic novel-style docu-drama about the Battle of Bannockburn from Sky Vision.
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NewsSony backs Simon Andreae indie
Former Channel 4 exec and Optomen co-founder Simon Andreae is launching a new indie backed by Sony Pictures Television.
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NewsCBeebies plans co-pro push
Studio AKA has been commissioned to make animated series Chop Chop! for CBeebies in the UK and across the globe, as the BBC children’s channel ramps up its international projects.
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NewsUKTV buys King & Maxwell to fill gap on Alibi
UKTV has acquired edgy US crime drama King & Maxwell to replace procedural Body Of Proof, which was cancelled earlier this year.
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NewsSky poised to strike first deal with GroupM
Sky is set to work with GroupM Entertainment for the first time and has lined up a 20-part factual format from Leopard Films.
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NewsTV3 invites UK pitches for soap
Republic of Ireland broadcaster TV3 is looking to commission its first-ever soap opera and wants UK indies to pitch ideas.
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NewsFrow brings drama back to C5
Channel 5 has ordered its first original British drama in eight years – a 10-part crime procedural called Evidence.
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NewsC4 sees off rivals to land Agents Of S.H.I.E.L.D.
Channel 4 has acquired high profile US superhero series Agents Of S.H.I.E.L.D. after a fierce bidding war.
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The Broadcast InterviewVince Gilligan, Breaking Bad
The creator of the US crime drama on how it turned from near-flop to phenomenon
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NewsiTunes Festival returns to C4
The iTunes music festival will return to Channel 4 this year after the broadcaster renewed its deal with Apple.
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NewsMore4 orders True North property series
More4 has commissioned a ten-part series from True North that will see first time property owners attempt to build their own houses.
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NewsRambo heads to TV after eOne deal
Rambo is being remade for television after Entertainment One struck a deal with producer Avi Lerner.
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NewsC4 sends Fearnley-Whittingstall to Scandinavia
Channel 4 is sending Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall to Scandinavia in the first of two new Keo Films commissions.
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News4Music takes care of summer with new order
Digital broadcaster 4Music has commissioned a four part series in association with a youth charity that will see members of Made in Chelsea managing recycling and pop group Lovable Rogues cleaning dog poo at Battersea Dogs Home.
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NewsBBCW closes China deal
BBC Worldwide has sold a package of natural history programming including Attenborough’s Ark to Chinese public broadcaster CCTV.