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NewsBBC1 helps desperate homeowners
BBC1 is lining up a UK version of Canadian property show The Unsellables, which aims to offer a helping hand to homeowners desperate to sell their properties.
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Five follows Navy through Antarctica
The Royal Navy's hazardous patrols through the icy waters of Antarctica will provide the focus for an observational documentary series on Five.
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Five goes wild with cheetahs
Five has ordered a 60-minute film from Gecko Productions about Olivier Houalet, a modern day Tarzan with an affinity for big cats. Cheetah Man is directed by Giovanni Ulleri and executive produced for Gecko by chief executive Vivian McGrath. The co-production with Granada was commissioned by Five commissioning editor of ...
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ITV3 tells forensic history
Matthew Kelly is to trace the history of forensic science in the police force in an eight-part factual series for ITV3. Forensic Case Book will revisit the crimes that led to key developments in the field. The co-production by ITV London, ITV Central and ITV3 was commissioned by ITV features ...
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NewsBuyers' Guide: Drama
The US writers' strike may seem like a distant memory but the full force of the dispute is only now being felt worldwide.
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NewsBuyers' Guide: Entertainment
Ten years on, the global appetite for Big Brother and its brand of increasingly twisted reality shows may finally be waning.
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NewsUKTV bids to ‘do a Dave' with launch of Blighty
UKTV's next attempt to “do a Dave” will see it rebrand UKTV People as Blighty.
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NewsStudio Lambert to send bosses undercover for C4
Channel 4 is planting bosses in the workplace in a factual format from the team behind the first series of The Secret Millionaire.
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NewsAll3M names Wrigley ent boss
All3Media has appointed Ruth Wrigley as its first group-wide entertainment executive to help its indies fast track Saturday night entertainment formats.
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NewsImpossible founder quits to start WEE
Impossible Pictures co-founder Jasper James has left the Primeval producer to set up a media firm backed by Red Vision VFX, the company behind the Headcases CGI.
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Zig Zag eyes orders from BBC and ITV
Zig Zag Productions has hired two “big hitters” from the BBC and ITV as part of a strategy to win more commissions from the two largest broadcasters.
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Buyers' Guide: Hot Picks
As viewers seek an entertaining escape from reality during tougher times, buyers will be targeting light-hearted content and shiny floor shows. Maria Esposito looks at what’s on offer at Mipcom.
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NewsTarrant signs for ITV1 cash quiz
ITV director of television Peter Fincham has secured Chris Tarrant to host 12 Yard's ITV1 gameshow The Colour of Money.
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New joint MDs at Kudos
Kudos Film and Television director of drama Simon Crawford Collins and commercial director Daniel Isaacs have taken over from Jane Featherstone and Stephen Garrett as the Shine-owned indie's joint managing directors. Featherstone becomes creative director, and Garrett becomes executive chairman, leading strategic and international development. He also runs Shine Pictures, ...
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NewsRTS Speech: Grade throws down PSB guantlet
ITV has thrown down the gauntlet to Ofcom - either ease its regulatory burden or risk losing it as a public service broadcaster.
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NewsGrade demands end to ITV indie quota
ITV executive chairman Michael Grade has branded its 25% indie quota an “utter nonsense” and demanded it be scrapped.
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NewsKids iPlayer to tackle web watershed problem
The BBC is to solve the online watershed conundrum by launching a children's version of the iPlayer.