All Channel 5 articles – Page 69
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NewsC5 and Sky Living grab Australian dramas
Channel 5 and Sky Living have acquired separate Australian series from distributor DCD Rights, continuing the trend for UK broadcasters to hunt for projects from down under.
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NewsC4 suffers 2013 ratings blues
Channel 4’s all hours share of viewing has tumbled to 5.8% as it endured by far the toughest year in ratings terms of all the UK’s major channels.
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NewsBen Frow slams ob-doc trend
Channel 5 director of progammes Ben Frow has hit out at the volume of ob-docs on British TV, comparing the commissioning trend to “going back to the docusoap days”.
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NewsC5 lines up next Aussie drama
Channel 5 is hoping that Australian thriller Secrets & Lies can replicate the success of prison drama Wentworth after acquiring the series from Cineflix Rights.
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NewsC4 tracks Gok Wan panto debut
Channel 4 has green-lit a behind-the-scenes pantomime special which will follow Gok Wan as he takes part in Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.
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NewsRevealed: 2013’s best acquisitions
From superhero spin-offs to headless horsemen, Broadcast assesses the year’s biggest imports
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NewsC5 to launch free-to-air repeats channel 5 Later
Channel 5 is preparing to launch a free-to-air channel repeating shows from the main channel – similar to Channel 4’s 4Seven.
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NewsRTL locks up Wentworth deal
Prisoner Cell Block H remake Wentworth Prison is heading to Germany after broadcaster RTL commissioned a local version of the Fremantle Media-distributed Australian drama.
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NewsC5 orders baby bling doc
Babies wearing mini Louboutin shoes are to be the subject of Channel 5’s latest documentary, Blinging Up Baby.
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NewsLazytown leaves CBeebies for C5
Channel 5 has poached kids series LazyTown from CBeebies after striking a deal with Turner Broadcasting.
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NewsC5 pilots Loose Women-style show
Channel 5 is piloting a Loose Women-style format that will give five well-known women the platform to discuss topical issues.
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NewsChannel 5 renews three series
Channel 5 has recommssioned Gibraltar: Britain in the Sun, Brain Hospital: Saving Lives, and Classic Car Rescue, and will air the shows next year.
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RatingsBarks better than pub bites
I don’t know why the phrase ‘the county’s going to the dogs’ is such a pejorative one; certainly, commissioners can’t get enough of our woofy friends.
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NewsC5 backs away from US Gavin & Stacey remake
Channel 5 has stepped back from plans to acquire the US remake of Gavin & Stacey after production of the comedy was halted in the US.
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NewsC5 orders STV pothole doc
Channel 5 has commissioned a one-off potholing documentary from STV Productions.
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NewsChannel 5 News editor named
ITV News head of output and assistant editor Cristina Nicolotti Squires has been appointed editor of Channel 5 News.
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NewsC5 orders four clips shows
Channel 5 has commissioned Objective Productions to run down the 50 best stand-up comedians, children’s TV shows and Christmas movies in a swathe of clips shows.
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NewsC5 buys Canadian cop drama
Channel 5 has acquired Canadian police drama Played after striking a deal with Muse Distribution International.
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NewsToot and the Tiny Tugboat heads to C5
Channel 5 has commissioned Lupus Films’ animated series Toot and the Tiny Tugboat for its Milkshake! kids block.
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Behind The ScenesAmanda Knox Trial, C5
We subjected a lifesize model of Meredith Kercher’s flat to CSI techniques, writes Ian Russell