All Features articles – Page 166

  • The Powerpuff Girls
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    Hot Picks: The Powerpuff Girls

    2016-03-30T17:57:00Z

    The trend for girl or ‘gender neutral’ positioning among traditionally boy-skewed broadcasters looks set to continue as superheroes Blossom, Buttercup and Bubbles take over the Croisette in Cannes this month.

  • Things on Strings
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    Hot Picks: Things on Strings

    2016-03-30T17:38:00Z

    Ruff-Ruff, Tweet And Dave producer Collingwood & Co is taking a taster to Mip TV that could end up being the UK’s first pre-school show using marionettes in more than 50 years.

  • The Bagel & Becky Show
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    Hot Picks: The Bagel & Becky Show

    2016-03-30T17:35:00Z

    The Bagel & Becky Show comes out of Canadian pre-school production outfit Radical Sheep and, like its predecessor Stella And Sam, it follows the exploits of a brother and sister duo.

  • spacepop
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    Hot Picks: SpacePOP

    2016-03-30T17:33:00Z

    Children’s content group Genius Brands has eschewed the broadcast- based model for this girl-skewed animated adventure for seven to 12 year-olds, as it delivers its latest offering digitally to the tweens’ mobile-driven world this autumn.

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    MasterChef

    2016-03-30T17:32:00Z

    House the offline edit and complete picture and audio post-production on the latest 25 x 60-minute series of MasterChef, the first to be finished at Splice.

  • Chuck's Choice
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    Hot Picks: Chuck's Choice

    2016-03-30T17:32:00Z

    Market wisdom dictates that if you can make a six-year-old laugh with an animated comedy featuring great characters, you’ll be able to sell it.

  • Magiki
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    Hot Picks: Magiki

    2016-03-30T17:25:00Z

    Turning a lucky-dip-bag toy product into a compelling story for upper pre-school girls was the main challenge in creating Magiki, according to Eryk Casemiro, chief creative officer of Zodiak Kids Studios.

  • Little Astro Boy
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    Hot Picks: Little Astro Boy

    2016-03-30T17:24:00Z

    Hot on the heels of a number of British heritage kids’ TV properties bought back for a modern audience comes this French/Japanese co-production, Little Astro Boy.

  • Spartan Race
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    Hot Picks: Spartan Race

    2016-03-30T17:08:00Z

    NBC has ordered a series based on Spartan Race, a series of obstacle courses that vary from three miles and 20 obstacles to 26 miles and 60 obstacles.

  • Radio Gaga
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    Hot Picks: Radio Gaga

    2016-03-30T17:05:00Z

    If Alan Partridge hosted Catfish, it might look something like Radio Gaga. In this Belgian format, two radio hosts travel the country with their mobile radio station, stopping in various small communities and setting up camp for 48 hours.

  • Splash and Bubbles
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    Hot Picks: Splash and Bubbles

    2016-03-30T17:03:00Z

    This marine biology show for four to seven year-olds is the result of a partnership between ImaginOcean creator John Tartaglia, The Jim Henson Company and US theme park operator Herschend Enterprises.

  • Talia In the Kitchen
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    Hot Picks: Talia In the Kitchen

    2016-03-30T17:02:00Z

    Nickelodeon US has become proficient at churning out tween live-action hits, many of which have originated from its Latin American division.

  • Truth and Power
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    Hot Picks: Truth and Power

    2016-03-30T16:47:00Z

    Truth And Power is an ambitious investigative documentary series in which members of the public go to extraordinary lengths to expose abuses of power.

  • Section Zéro
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    Hot Picks: Section Zéro

    2016-03-30T16:35:00Z

    Politics and science fiction don’t always mix, but French pay-TV broadcaster Canal+ is bringing the two genres together with eight-part drama Section Zéro.

  • Robot Wars
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    Hot Picks: Formats

    2016-03-30T16:30:00Z

    Gianluca Vialli fronts a football format - while Robot Wars returns with a bang.

  • Wolfcreek
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    Hot Picks: Foreign drama

    2016-03-30T08:00:00Z

    The best of foreign drama from Germany to Turkey.

  • Victoria
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    Hot Picks: British drama

    2016-03-30T08:00:00Z

    From Marcella to Victoria - all the hottest dramas to be showcased at Mip TV.

  • The Story of God with Morgan Freeman
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    Hot Picks: The Story of God with Morgan Freeman

    2016-03-30T07:53:00Z

    Morgan Freeman has famously played God against Jim Carrey in Bruce Almighty and Steve Carell in the sequel Evan Almighty.

  • Weiner
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    Hot Picks: Weiner

    2016-03-30T07:52:00Z

    It has been a tumultuous year for US politics as the country approaches a landmark presidential election in November.

  • Dracula
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    Hot Picks: Dracula

    2016-03-30T07:45:00Z

    Horror on the small screen has been dominated in recent years by big-budget series such as The Walking Dead.