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News60 Days In set for UK remake
Hit US prison experiment 60 Days In is set for a British remake after Pulse Films optioned the format rights.
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NewsMuslim docs take centre stage
The BBC, Channel 4 and Channel 5 will go head to head with programming about British Muslim communities amid concerns that broadcasters focus too heavily on extremism.
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NewsBBC prepares Hillsborough special
BBC2 has ordered an in-depth documentary about the 1989 Hillsborough disaster following this week’s inquest verdict, to air early next month.
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NewsTwofour lands ITV property format
Twofour is bidding to reinvigorate the home renovation format with an ITV daytime makeover show that cuts out ‘the boring building stuff’.
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NewsDiscovery marks Battle of Somme centenary
Sir Tony Robinson is to mark the centenary of the Battle of the Somme with a one-off documentary for Discovery.
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NewsWork begins on Catastrophe series three
Rob Delaney and Sharon Horgan have started work on a third series of their hit Channel 4 comedy Catastrophe.
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NewsCelebrity Storage Hunters to return to Dave
UKTV is bringing back Celebrity Storage Hunters after the one-off Christmas special became its highest-rated show of 2015.
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NewsBake Off winner lands BBC1 series
The Great British Bake Off winner Nadiya Hussain is to present a two-part travel cookery show for BBC1 tracing her culinary roots.
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NewsC4 drops Indian Summers
New Pictures’ colonial drama Indian Summers will not return to Channel 4 for a third series.
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NewsMinnow reopens Chillenden murder files
BBC2 has ordered a documentary from Minnow Films investigating the conviction of Michael Stone for the brutal murders of Lin and Megan Russell in Kent in 1996.
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NewsBBC3 orders ‘anarchic’ music format
BBC3 has commissioned a short-form music show from Greenbird-network indie Rumpus Media and Phil McIntyre Television.
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NewsSky plots ambitious family doc series
Sky is developing an ambitious documentary series that will follow British families over a five-year period.
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NewsMTV US commissions clutch of Brits
Barcroft Media and Done + Dusted have picked up major MTV US commissions, while the broadcaster is remaking ITV2’s The Almost Impossible Gameshow.
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NewsSky's multi-million pound drama bet
Sky has made a multi-million pound bet on drama after ordering six high-profile series featuring talent including Idris Elba, Christina Hendricks, Dawn French and Oscar-winning screenwriter John Ridley.
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NewsTravel Channel greenlights Paddy McGuinness format
Paddy McGuinness is to front a celebrity car format for The Travel Channel.
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NewsNoddy Holder fronts mega Sky rock doc series
Slade frontman Noddy Holder is to front a mega 19-part rock doc series for Sky Arts.
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NewsC4 indie wins major Netflix order
Channel 4-backed indie Lightbox Media has won a landmark factual series from Netflix, Broadcast has learned.
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NewsBBC's Money for Nothing heads to US
Scottish indie Friel Kean Films is developing its BBC daytime format Money For Nothing for America.
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NewsSarah Beeny enters Four Rooms
Sarah Beeny is to replace Anita Rani as host of the fifth series of Channel 4’s factual format Four Rooms.
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NewsC5 returns to Extraordinary People
The Extraordinary People strand is to return to Channel 5 with three films from Dragonfly, Transparent Television and Markthree Media.