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BBC America takes fifth my family series
BBC America has picked up the fifth series of sitcom My Family from indie DLT Entertainment after buying the first four seasons earlier this year. The deal includes 13 episodes, a one-off flashback episode and a Christmas special. The show, which stars Robert Lindsay as ...
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NewsUS shows draw in the desired demographic
US acquisitions might not always bring in huge audiences, but they can bring in the type of viewers that broadcasters like.
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Target represents new pre-school show
Target Entertainment is to represent the new pre-school show from Bob the Builder creator Keith Chapman. Target will look to sell the international TV rights of Fifi and the Flowertots in territories excluding the UK, US and Canada. Chapman ...
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Paramount buys Flipside TV series
Flipside TV , the multichannel show in which famous people are filmed channel hopping, has been bought by the Paramount Channel. The show, which airs on the Nation 217 channel, will be screened from the end of August for eight weeks. It has also ...
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Belgian network buys more neighbours
Australian drama Neighbours is to be screened on Belgian network VRT for a further two years following a deal brokered by Fremantle International Distribution. The sale includes 624 x 30-minute episodes of the long-running soap, which is made by Fremantle Media-owned Grundy Television and is ...
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Format focus: the one that got away
A bachelor is holed up in a mansion for 10 days with seven ex-girlfriends. The 'winner' gets another shot at romance with the guy who dumped her, writes Michael Rosser
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Orion trades its Treasures to ITV
ORION TV, the indie set up by former LNN Factuals head Bob Whittaker, has won two commissions - a rare order from Artsworld and a second series of a daytime show for ITV that originally aired on BBC1.
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Tern covers weather for Discovery
Discovery has commissioned its second series from Scottish independent producer Tern TV, with a show looking at extreme weather and its effects on war.
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Sky One spins off Road Wars
Sky One has commissioned a crime spin-off series of its successful police traffic footage show Road Wars.
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CBBC orders dog adventure
The company behind cult children's drama Press Gang has been commissioned to make a kids comedy drama for the BBC.
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Tiger Aspect makes CBBC animation
Tiger Aspect is to produce a new 26-part animated series for the BBC. Charlie and Lola is based on Lauren Child's children's books of the same name. Aimed at four to six-year-olds, the series, which is voiced by children, focuses on the adventures of seven-year-old ...
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Brian Waddell revs up top TV cars
Brian Waddell Productions is making a two-hour special for Sky One exploring the best cars that have featured on TV shows over the past 40 years, such as Knight Rider's Kitt. TV's Greatest Cars will count down the top 40 ...
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Five targets women with initial show
Initial is to film a star-studded charity concert for Five as part of a night targeting the channel's female audience. The event, titled the Asda Tickled Pink Girls' Night In: Live , will be staged at the Albert Hall next month. Produced by Clear ...
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BBC recommissions Prism's The Stables
Prism Entertainment has been commissioned by the BBC to produce a second series of children's docu-soap The Stables. CBBC controller Dorothy Prior and head of factual programmes Roy Milani have ordered a 10 x 27-minute follow-up to the first series to be shown on ...
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BBC hits quota shock!
For the first time in four years, the BBC has hit its target for independent production.
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Celebs to examine UK's culinary diversity
Chef John Torode and comedian Hardeep Singh Kohli have teamed up to explore the diverse culinary communities of multicultural Britain for a UKTV Food show.
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XFM helps out student radio networks
XFM is throwing a lifeline to student radio stations after it emerged that the company behind many university networks, Campus Media, has been declared insolvent. The XFM Student Radio Partnership Programme will offer production and marketing support and funding for licences and equipment. This would include transmitting XFM free on ...
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C4 pulls out of bidding for Joey
Channel 4 has pulled out of the race for Friends spin-off Joey. Despite having a first-look option, the channel has refused to meet Warner Brothers' asking price. Five remains the favourite to land the sitcom, ahead of ITV.
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The Block hangs on to primetime slot
ITV is to persevere with ailing DIY reality show The Block by keeping next week's episode in its 9pm slot. The 8 x 60-minute RDF-produced show fared slightly better this week, putting on an extra 100,000 viewers on Tuesday night (10 August), giving it 2.7 ...
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NewsNAB Show Focus: Storage and workflows
As IT engineering becomes the biggest challenge facing media production, Will Strauss looks at some of the storage and workflow products that will be on show at NAB