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Strictly? format to net BBC over£20m
Strictly Come Dancingis set to net over£20m for the BBC's commercial arm, BBC Worldwide, the corporation said this week.
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MipTV launch for Wimps to Warriors
Distraction Formats is teaming with Tiger Aspect to make its format Wimps to Warriorsa global hit. The five-part show, which sends eight men off to a camp where they endure challenges to become 'real men', airs on Sky One later this year. Distraction Formats will launch ...
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RDFR gets Michael Jackson doc rights
RDF Rights has acquired the distribution rights to Tiger Aspect's documentary Michael Jackson's Boys. The hour-long film examines the influences that have made Jackson the way he is today, how he befriended the families of boys and the repercussions. The programme has already been sold to ...
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C4 to co-produce King Tut's curse
Channel 4 has signed on as a co-production partner for National Geographic Television International's new event special, King Tut's Curse. In the 90-minute documentary, which is currently being co-produced by France 5, explorers, scientists and Egyptologists analyse the tomb of King Tutankhamen to establish how he ...
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History Channel buys US reservists doc
Extreme Entertainment has made its first UK sale of Discovery Times' factual series Off to Warto the History Channel. The documentary series has been edited down into a 90-minute special by US production company DCTV specifically for the channel. The programme, which will air on the ...
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Format focus: Crash Test Mommy
People who don't have children are thrown in at the deep end looking after other people's kids in this Canadian reality format.
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Bailiffs return in BBC1 factual slate
BBC1 has commissioned seven factual series, including a drama-doc about what would happen if Britain was beset by a meteor-ological disaster.
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Tigress turns lost pooches into working dogs
Specialist factual indie Tigress Productions is training three abandoned dogs to competition standard sheepherders in the hope of finding them new homes.
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C4 spotlights sport of eating
Twofour Productions is making a documentary about the bizarre 'sport' of competitive eating for Channel 4.
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Five goes for Supersize She
Five is to explore the world of female body-building in documentary Supersize She. The 60-minute film will focus on the story of British female body-builder Joanna Thomas, in her bid to become Miss Olympia - the highest accolade in the sport. Producer Special Edition Films will ...
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Commissioner's Q&A: Finn Arnesen
Senior vice-president original animation and acquisitions Cartoon Network, Toonami, Boomerang and EMEA international head of programme production on his admiration for Spongebob Squarepants
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Dickinson stumps up own cash for show
Antiques expert David Dickinson is to host a new 6 x 60-minute peaktime series for BBC1 in which he gives 12 people£50,000 of his own money to buy and sell collectables. Dealing with Dickinsonwill be made by Lion TV and has been ordered by outgoing BBC1 ...
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Hartswood in Australian co-pro comedy
Hartswood Films, the indie behind BBC1 series Carrie and Barry, has started shooting its latest comedy series, Supernova, in Australia. A co-production with Fox World Australia, the 6 x 30-minute BBC2 series is about a team of astronomers working in the desert. ...
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Channel 4 conceives Morning After Show
Popworldhost Simon Amstell is to front a new live magazine show for Channel 4 taking a comedic look at the week's events. The 6 x 60-minute series, The Morning After Show, will be produced by Talkback Thames and see Amstell and co-hosts Olivia Lee and Barunka ...
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UKTV History orders WWII specials
UKTV History has commissioned two series as part of a special V for Victory season, marking the 60th anniversary of the Allied victory in the second world war. Wingspan Fulcrum TV has been commissioned to make 1945, a 5 x 46-minute series on the last months ...
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Industry to act on sound levels
The Advertising Producers Association (APA) has told broadcasters for the first time how they should operate with post-production companies on the problem of sound levels.
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Presteigne builds HD unit
Equipment hire company Presteigne Broadcast Hire is spending around£750,000 on creating a high-definition fly-away unit.
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Fine Point and O21 buy into HD
Outside broadcast company 021 Television and hire company Fine Point Broadcast are committing£2m between them to cover high-definition sports and arts programming.
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Siemens appointees
Siemens Business Services has appointed Kevin Newport head of media and entertainment business development while Craig Dwyer is to lead media and entertainment solutions. Newport, a former BBC executive producer, joins Siemens from Cable and Wireless.
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ProVision in Manc
Granada-owned ProVision, the Leeds-based location equipment hire company, is set to open a Manchester office in early April at ITV Granada, Quay Street. The ProVision Manchester site will be headed by newly appointed operations manager Stuart Grant and supported by equipment co-ordinator James Jones. Grant joins from 3sixtymedia and Jones ...