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NewsNorth Korean spy thriller prepped by C4 & Mammoth
Channel 4 has stepped up its international co-production strategy, teaming up with Mammoth Screen on a ten-part political thriller exploring the closed world of North Korea.
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NewsBBC3 eyes factual dramas
Acting BBC3 controller Sam Bickley wants to build on recent factual drama successes and still has gaps to fill in the youth channel’s 2015 schedule.
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NewsITV2’s Magaluf Weekender moves to Ibiza
Twofour and GroupM Entertainment will venture back to the Balearic Islands as they take ITV2’s Magaluf Weekender brand to Ibiza.
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NewsITVS partners with US literary agent
ITV Studios America has struck a first-look deal with the US literary talent and production firm behind series including Boardwalk Empire, Criminal Minds and True Blood.
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NewsC4 goes inside British Asian weddings
Channel 4 will attempt to recreate the success of Big Fat Gypsy Weddings with a one-off Shiver documentary about British Asian nuptials.
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NewsMammoth lands ITV crime drama
ITV has given the greenlight to a three-part crime drama series from Endeavour-producer Mammoth Screen.
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NewsITV revives Palladium variety show
ITV is to revive classic variety format Sunday Night At The Palladium after 40 years with a six part series.
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NewsDeal Or No Deal producer sets up indie with ITVS
Glenn Hugill, the co-creator of Pointless and Deal Or No Deal producer, has set up an entertainment indie in partnership with ITV Studios.
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NewsITVS and GroupM partner for ex-con drama
ITV has ordered a drama from ITV Studios about a reformed ex-con who is trying to win back the respect and love of his family.
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NewsBBCW hires former ITVS exec
BBC Worldwide has hired former ITV Studios exec Tobi de Graaff to run its Western European business.
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NewsSky 1 orders kids debate contest
Sky 1 is to follow inner-city school debating teams for an eight-part documentary series from Educating Yorkshire producer Twofour.
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NewsUS reality television Code of Conduct proposed
A New York city councillor has appealed for broadcasters and production companies to adhere to a code of conduct to improve working conditions for reality television producers and writers.
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NewsTulisa Contostavlos to reveal all in BBC3 film
Tulisa Contostavlos will open up about her Sun on Sunday sting in intimate detail for a BBC3 documentary next week.
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NewsThe Garden lands access double
High-street bank NatWest and airline Virgin Atlantic are the latest companies to open their doors for access documentaries made by The Garden Productions.
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NewsITV's High Noon wins US gameshow
ITV-owned US indie High Noon is to make a queue-based gameshow for US broadcaster Game Show Network.
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NewsComedy Central debuts Sky Living show
Sky Living sitcom Give Out Girls is to debut on Comedy Central after the broadcasters reached an agreement over the Big Talk Productions show.
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NewsThe Garden observes London dogs for C4
The Garden Productions is to make an ob-doc about London’s dogs for Channel 4’s First Cut strand.
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NewsTruTV orders ITVS bar format
ITV Studios has won a competition reality series set in a bar from US cable network TruTV.
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NewsBig Talk: use tax credits as diversity incentive
The high-end television tax credit should be used as a tool for incentivising diversity initiatives in the indie sector, according to Big Talk Productions.
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NewsITV goes jambusters with WW2 drama
ITV Studios scripted division is adapting World War II novel Jambusters into an ITV drama.