All articles by Peter White – Page 153
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NewsC4 serves up sex season
Docs about a psychosexual therapist and a Loaded editor’s decision to leave the soft porn industry will form part of a five-part real sex season due to air next month on Channel 4.
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NewsBBC4 buys Martin Luther King doc
BBC4 has acquired a Martin Luther King Jr documentary ahead of the 50th anniversary of the historic civil rights march in Washington DC.
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NewsC5 bulks up with fat season
Channel 5 has ordered three docs from IWC and a single film from Zig Zag, Too Fat To Fly, as part of an obesity season.
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NewsRTL & CBS launch Asian channels
RTL and CBS have formed a joint venture to roll out two English-language channels across Asia featuring a raft of US and UK shows.
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NewsWeather That Changed The World heads to Yesterday
UKTV has acquired Passion Distribution’s Weather That Changed The World for Yesterday.
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NewsNetflix effect helps Breaking Bad double viewers
Breaking Bad more than doubled its US audience to 6m viewers for Sunday’s final series launch - with show creator Vince Gilligan chalking up the show’s success to the explosion of VoD services.
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RatingsC4 signs on 2m for Benefits Britain
Twenty Twenty’s Benefits Britain 1949 scored over 2m viewers for Channel 4 on Monday, while Long Lost Family recorded its best series performance.
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NewsITV to air Ricky Hatton doc
ITV is to air a documentary about boxer Ricky Hatton from the indie behind Queens Park Rangers football doc The Four Year Plan.
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NewsChris Terrill returns for C5 exploration series
Channel 5 has commissioned a four-part series from Chris Terrill’s Uppercut Films which will follow the adventurer as he travels to dangerous environments from the Arctic to the Sahara.
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NewsThe Wombles set for TV return
The Wombles are set for a return to TV after creator Mike Batt unveiled plans to produce two new 26-part television series.
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NewsFuture uncertain for IMG
Sports production giant IMG may not be sold, according to private equity owner Forstmann Little.
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NewsNutopia hires Love development boss
Jane Root’s Nutopia has hired Love Productions’ Simon McKeown as its new head of development.
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RatingsThat Puppet Show fails to string along viewers
BBC1’s That Puppet Show and I Love My Country both failed to magic up a decent audience against an ITV repeat of Harry Potter on Saturday night.
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NewsBBCW poaches ITV's Wild Things with Dominic Monaghan
BBC Worldwide has taken over the international rights to the Wild Things with Dominic Monaghan from ITV Studios Global Entertainment after C5 confirmed it will not air the second series.
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NewsC5 gives birth to IWC's Animal Maternity
Channel 5 has commissioned a six-part series about the world of animal births from IWC Media.
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NewsCome Dine With Me creator exits ITVS
Nell Butler, the woman who created Come Dine With Me, is leaving ITV Studios at the end of the year.
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RatingsField of Blood runs to over 3m
The return of BBC1 drama The Field of Blood produced over 1m more viewers than the first series debut on Thursday, while BBC2’s The Men Who Made Us Thin shrank from Jacques Peretti’s previous series performance.
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RatingsSharknado sees 200k storm to Syfy
Sharknado was the highest-rated film of the year for pay-TV channel Syfy on Wednesday night, as the man-eating shark disaster movie hooked 200,000 viewers.
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NewsCBS greenlights Steven Spielberg space series
US network CBS has ordered sci-fi series Extant from Steven Spielberg’s Amblin Television to air next summer.
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NewsNetflix cues up Dutch dance doc
Netflix has acquired a feature-length documentary about Dutch dance music from UK factual distributor Journeyman Pictures.