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Fox Reality gobbles up UK content at Cannes
Fox'snew reality channel has gone on a shopping spree at Cannes this week, with Fox reality head David Lyle opening his cheque book and hoovering up a range of UK reality TV output.
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Ginger gets Jack Osbourne fit for ITV2
Rockstar offspring and notorious bon viveur Jack Osbourne is embarking on a six-month mission to get fit in a challenge series for ITV2.
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Palmer to head September features
September Films has poached Dean Palmer from Scottish indie Caledonia TV to be its new head of features and documentaries.
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Allen honoured
Charles Allen will pick up the International Emmy Directorate Award this November in recognition of ITV's 50 years of independent, commercial programming in the UK. The International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences presents the award to organisations or individuals in management, administration, engineering, news, programming, and international relations for ...
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BBC Cannes deals
Docu-drama Supervolcanohas been snapped up by more than 30 countries as part of a series of BBC deals at Mip. The factual drama - a BBC Science co-pro with Discovery, ProSieben, NHK and Mediaset - will be on screens everywhere from Saudia Arabia to Serbia thanks ...
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Flame S&M show
UKTV People has commissioned Flame TV to make Extreme Pleasures, a saucy late-night series about people who go to extreme lengths to fulfil their desires. Sunjournalist Kate Taylor has been lined up to present the 6 x 30-minute shows investigating sploshing (covering ...
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London flooded in Power drama
Indie Power is to flood tube tunnels, submerge the London Eye and drown the House of Commons in a big-budget 'mini-drama'.
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Rantzen sets up entertainment indie
Former That's Lifepresenter Esther Rantzen has set up an indie called Blue Reef Entertainment and is in talks with Endemol and Channel 4 over potential light entertainment shows.
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Mirsky profiles female cons
THE executive producer who cleared a village of women for a BBC3 documentary is to probe the lives of two high-profile, white-collar female criminals.
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C4 makes doc on Arquette sex change
Channel 4 is continuing the trend for extreme make-over with a documentary about Hollywood actor Alexis Arquette's sex change.
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Ragdoll latest is Blurrfect
Teletubbies indie Ragdoll has unveiled its latest series, Blurrfect, to launch on CiTV in the autumn.
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Freelancers slam Pact over low pay
Freelancers fighting exploitation in the TV industry - well known for paying low wages - have slammed Pact members as some of the industry's worst offenders.
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Commissioner's Q & A: Ralph Lee
Channel 4 commissioning editor, history is on the lookout for event television for next year and some presenters who can be the faces of it
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BBC1 wins with wedding and race
The thrill of the Grand National proved more enticing than the pomp and circumstance of a royal wedding last weekend.
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Granada makes royal couple drama
ITV1 is cashing in on last weekend's royal wedding with a docu-drama about the early romance between Prince Charles and Camilla Parker Bowles with the Granada-produced Whatever Love Means. The drama will follow the couple's relationship from their meeting at a polo match in 1970 until ...
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Pope hits BBC site
The Pope's funeral has given the BBC's news website its second highest ever number of hits. More than 2 million people visited the site for news of the funeral arrangements for Pope John Paul II last week, with hundreds of thousands more hits for news of the royal wedding. Total ...
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Liverpool St wins castle commission
TV presenter Tris Payne's new independent Liverpool Street Productions has won its first commission, with a six-part documentary series about the restoration of Allerton Castle for ITV Yorkshire. Allerton Castle will follow the attempts to renovate the 19th-century Gothic castle after much of the building was destroyed by fire. The ...
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Boat drama back on
ITV1 factual drama The Marchioness, made by Chameleon Television and Granada Yorkshire, is now in production after resolving funding problems. The two-hour film, which tells the story of the collision between dredger Bowbelle and pleasure cruiser The Marchionessin 1989, was on hold ...
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BBC examines first black superstar
A documentary based on the life of 1920s cabaret dancer and singer Josephine Baker has been commissioned for BBC2 and BBC4. The 60-minute Josephine Baker - The First Black Superstarwill explore Baker's influence on the cultural history of the 20th century and is being produced by Forget ...
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BBC in court
The controversy over Jerry Springer - The Operathreatens to erupt again, as the High Court decides whether a legal action against the BBC should go ahead. The Christian Institute took the corporation to court over its airing of the programme in January, which attracted more than ...