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BBC2 adds twist to anthropology
A former special forces soldier is to live with some of the world's most remote tribes for a BBC2 series in one of a brace of new shows from BBC senior commissioning executive Richard Klein.
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Bomber Ace takes flight for C4
channel 4 has commissioned RDF Media to make a follow-up to Spitfire Ace with a series in which relatives of second world war veterans are put through their paces manning a Lancaster bomber, writes Glen Mutel.
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O'Leary indie unleashes Parent Trap on BBC3
Dermot O'leary's indie Murfia is making a show for BBC3 in which young people are followed around by their parents at work, in the pub and on dates, writes Naomi Rovnick.
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C4 commissions band aid documentary
Channel 4 editor, religion Aaquil Ahmed has ordered a 90-minute documentary to mark the 20th anniversary of Band Aid's Do They Know It's Christmas? - the UK's largest selling single ever, which raised over£100m for famine relief. The film, produced by indie Class Films, features interviews with key participants including ...
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My hero back in autumn for fifth run
BBC1 controller Lorraine Heggessey has commissioned a fifth series of comedy My Hero from indie Big Bear Films. Production on the 10 x 30-minute run, which will again star Ardal O'Hanlon as a secret superhero, has just begun, with broadcast due in the autumn. It is directed by John Stroud, ...
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Topical TV makes over lives for UKTV
UKTV head of lifestyle Nick Thorogood has commissioned a 15 x 30-minute life makeover series for UK Style called Who Do You Think You Are? from Topical TV. The series, which air every weekday from 14 July, will be hosted by presenter Paul Roseby, Big Brother psychiatrist Dr Sandra Scott ...
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CBBC recommissions little red tractor
CBBC controller Dorothy Prior has ordered a third series of pre-school animation Little Red Tractor. The 26 x 10-minute run, a co-production between Entertainment Rights and The Little Entertainment Company, follows the adventures of a tractor and its owner, Stan. It is due to air on CBeebies and BBC2 at ...
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class films spotlights tour de france
Indie Class Films is to make a series of short films for Channel 4 about the famous French cycle race, the Tour de France. The five-minute documentaries will air directly after Channel 4 News in late July, and will be timed to coincide with the climax of this year's Tour ...
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Kanjee appointed as Evolutions md
Simon Kanjee has ended 18 months of speculation by joining independent post house Evolutions as managing director.
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Outsider takes top job at UK Post
UK Post has appointed industry outsider Gaynor Davenport as the chief executive for the newly created trade body for the£1.4bn post industry, writes Rick Dacey.
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Discovery opts for Ascent's playout facility
Discovery Communications, owner of the Discovery Channel, has chosen Ascent Media Group as its global technology and playout partner.
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Red 3 expansion
Bristol-based Red 3 is expanding its base of operations to house the incoming staff that it believes will be needed to deal with upcoming CGI commissions, such as SS Republic for National Geographic. Red 3 directors Simon Edgar and Peter Bailey have been working closely with their Manchester affiliate, Red ...
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Clear gets Moore
Derek Moore has joined Soho effects house Clear as senior Inferno artist. Moore replaces Jonny Hicks, who is leaving Clear to join LA-based Digital Domain. Moore, previously of Rushes, has been brought in to work across all genres having worked on projects spanning commercials, promos and films. Ad campaigns include ...
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foundry wins grant
Visual effects developer The Foundry has been awarded a grant for research and development by the DTI. The funding will go towards Project Imogen, which has been valued at£575,000 and will last 18 month. Imogen will look to combine traditional optic flow research with imaging understanding techniques to develop more ...
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Suite beams
Beam.tv is launching a service, called Beamsuite, that it said will facilitate global advertising campaigns by speeding up the production of international versions for local broadcast market, including different formats, such as PAL, NTSC, HDTV, or languages. Generic masters and broadcast elements, including overlength shots, audio tracks, graphics, fonts and ...
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Image launch
Image Dynamic Pictures is set to launch Camden Post, a post-production facility providing offline and online suites, graphics and title design services. Owners Stuart Gosling and Patrick Holtkamp have recruited Jen Reznick from Illuminations to be head of facilities due to her experience in working with video and arts documentaries.
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Ofcom censures Fox News piece
Controversial US channel Fox News, which was criticised for its pro-American reporting during the Iraq war, has been reprimanded by Ofcom for attacking the BBC.
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Bailey and Gardam complete Charter panel
Sly Bailey, the high-profile chief executive of the Daily Mirror publisher Trinity Mirror, is to sit on a government-sponsored panel looking into BBC Charter renewal.
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YTV merges factual and features
Yorkshire TV has merged its factual and features department into a single division following a round of redundancies last year.
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Everett and Fry to play Holmes for BBC and ITV
The BBC is to slug it out with ITV in a battle of the deerstalkers after revealing that it too has commissioned a Sherlock Holmes drama.