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NewsBBC3 orders spooky drama
BBC3 has commissioned a one-off comedy drama about a flatshare between a vampire, a werewolf and a ghost.
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NewsCarbon’s Jump series to go global
The indie behind Channel 4 documentaries Jump London and Jump Britain is to take the format to the global stage after signing a co-production deal with Lonely Planet.
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NewsGatiss and Davies lead Red Planet into comedy
Tony Jordan’s indie, Red Planet Pictures, is set to make its first foray into comedy and has teamed up with writer-performers Mark Gatiss and Julia Davies on its first project.
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NewsGreen renews RTE contract
Green Inc Film and Television has been ordered to make a further 220 hours of magazine programme The Afternoon Show by RTE.
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NewsBrailsford is new Shine features chief
Shine has promoted features editor Sara Brailsford to take over as head of features from John Silver, who is leaving at the end of the year to set up his own indie.
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NewsNHU sets off on new Expeditions
BBC1 is to examine the landscapes and wildlife of Guyana and Papua New Guinea in two major new series for its Expedition strand.
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NewsDoc to follow lives of teens in Baghdad
BBC2 is to follow four ordinary Iraqi boys as they come of age in Baghdad for a feature-length documentary from Renegade Pictures and StorylabTV.
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NewsC4 develops comedy pilots
Channel 4 comedy pilots Plus One and The Kevin Bishop Show are to be turned into full series next year after debuting last month in the Comedy Showcase strand.
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NewsMore swap shows on cards
Channel 4 has ordered 10 new episodes of Wife Swap and two of Celebrity Wife Swap from RDF Television.
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NewsFountain invests
Fountain Television has purchased a ProBel Sirius 256 x 256 high-definition router
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NewsHadlow leads the field to be new BBC1 controller
BBC4 controller Janice Hadlow has emerged as a strong contender for the BBC1 controller job after Jay Hunt and Richard Deverell ruled themselves out of the running.
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NewsIndies face tough regime over trust
The trust in TV crisis has prompted the BBC and Channel 4 to try to rewrite their contracts with indies, in a bid to make producers more responsible for their output - including financially.
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NewsFive pulls plug on scripted comedy
Five will not develop or commission any more scripted comedy shows for at least the next 12 months and will instead concentrate on light entertainment and comedy panel shows.
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NewsFive’s Hidden Lives to end?
The future of Five’s successful shock doc strand Hidden Lives is uncertain, with indies believing the next series could be its last.
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NewsUK plans for US strike issues
UK broadcasters are preparing contingency plans in the light of the US writers’ strikes.
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NewsBBC asks kids to help smokers quit
Children will be tasked with getting their parents to stop smoking in a groundbreaking new show for CBBC and BBC1.
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NewsBBC1 updates Cinderella
BBC1’s next search-for-a-star format will uncover a Cinderella for a part in a made-for-TV musical film as part of Comic Relief 2009.
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NewsBBC redundancy hunt begins
The BBC has kicked off its search for 1,000 volunteers for redundancy within news and Vision Studios, with interested staff asked to come forward by 19 November.
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NewsLove Trap snares just 911,000 for C4
New Channel 4 dating series Love Trap only managed to attract 911,000 viewers (5.4%) at 10pm last night, losing out to all the other terrestrial channels and BBC3.