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NewsBroadcasters cast wider for factual presenters
Broadcasters are continuing to look for celebrity-led documentary formats in the mould of Ross Kemp on Gangs and Stephen Fry in America but are determined to broaden the talent pool beyond predominantly white middle-aged men.
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NewsBBC boosts in-house entertainment
BBC Vision Productions has bolstered its entertainment team with a new tier of managers focused on different sub-genres.
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NewsSchama lines up major history of the Jews for BBC2
Simon Schama is in discussion with the BBC to chart the history of the Jews in his next series.
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NewsBuzzcocks creator slams ‘bear pit' of male-dominated shows
The co-creator of Never Mind the Buzzcocks and They Think It's All Over has slammed “testosterone-heavy” panel shows, branding them a “bear pit”.
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ITV4 picks up tennis tournament from BBC
ITV4 has picked up the exclusive rights to broadcast coverage of the BlackRock Tennis Masters from IMG, taking over from the BBC.
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BBC1 lines up Hitler murder plot drama
BBC1 is planning a major one-off drama about a German resistance fighter hanged in 1945 for his part in a failed attempt to kill Hitler.
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Monday night is more of a drama as ITV1 picks up
ITV1 claimed a rare victory this week in its regular Monday night 9pm drama skirmish with BBC1.
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NewsITV lines up shows for multiplatform release
Coronation Street, Loose Women, Emmerdale and GMTV are the priority ITV in-house brands set to receive a Britannia High-style 360-degree multi-platform makeover in the next year.
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NewsUKTV History becomes Yesterday
UKTV History will be named Yesterday in the next phase of UKTV's global rebranding strategy.
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NewsC4 ramps up First Cut doc strand
Squirrels and female soldiers will feature in the next run of Channel 4's documentary strand First Cut, which will expand to 30 episodes next year in order to strengthen its springboard for factual film-makers.
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Armed forces awards show to air on Sky 1
Sky1 is to televise “The Millies” - the awards for military bravery launched this year by Prince Charles and the Sun newspaper.
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NewsITV Studios set to snap up US indies
ITV managing director of global content Lee Bartlett is eyeing more US indies to bring under the new ITV Studios umbrella.
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BBC4 to adapt Cloud Spotter's Guide
BBC4 is to take a “lyrical” look at clouds in a feature-length documentary based on the bestselling book The Cloud Spotter's Guide.
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NewsNBC's Biggest Loser in ITV1 makeover
ITV1 is reworking hit NBC format The Biggest Loser - in which severely obese people are whipped into shape by personal trainers - for the UK.
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CBeebies rejigs pitching
CBeebies has abandoned its annual commissioning round in favour of rolling commissioning.
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NewsFive brings on Woolfe to add ‘razzle dazzle'
Dawn Airey is looking to draw a line under Five's revolving door of executives after luring Sky 1 controller Richard Woolfe to join her big-hitting senior team, a move many believe will bring the “razzle dazzle” back to the channel.
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NewsTop indie producers decline Tranter's job
The BBC is struggling to find a successor to controller of fiction Jane Tranter who departs for BBC Worldwide in LA next month.
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NewsDigital Focus: Timeshifting
Channel 4's Matt Baker raises the issue of reporting the E4+1 audience figures in addition to the first-run figures which appear in our multichannel programmes table.
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NewsGreen guidelines for producers
TV producers unsure about how to green their businesses will from next year be able to refer to new guidelines aimed at programme-makers. David Wood reports