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C4 takes Touchpaper series
Touchpaper TV, the indie behind Channel 4's recent transatlantic series NY-LON , has bagged another C4 order with a political thriller.
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Five doc looks at sex change of hearts
Five is to follow the journey of a transsexual who undergoes a series of painful operations to reverse her gender swap.
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GWR reports ad loss
GWR, the radio group set to merge with Capital Radio, has added to the downbeat feeling across the sector by issuing a warning that the radio advertising market has weakened. The company, which runs Classic FM, reported an 8.7% year-on-year drop in advertising revenue for October and forecasted that it ...
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Beamish to Landmark
Indie Landmark Films has hired former Darlow Smithson development producer Jennifer Beamish to head its science division. Beamish, who has also worked as head of science development at Tigress Productions, will join the Oxford-based indie at the end of the month. Landmark Films' recent science output includes ...
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South Bank searches for Mary Poppins
Initial is producing a documentary for ITV1 arts strand The South Bank Show about author PL Travers, creator of Mary Poppins. The Real Mary Poppins goes behind the scenes of the new West End musical which coincides with the 70th ...
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BBC2 follows house-building couple
BBC2 controller Roly Keating has commissioned an 8 x 30-minute series that will follow a couple as they attempt to build their own home. The House that Dick Built will feature Dick Strawbridge and his wife as they construct a self-sufficient and environmentally friendly house. ...
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Folio wins order for domestic disasters
Indie Folio has been commissioned to make a BBC1 popular factual series about domestic disasters. The 10 x 30-minute working titled Help will follow specialists who clean up when things go wrong in the home. It is series produced by Becky Clarke at Folio Scotland's ...
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C4 asks if football is the new religion
SFX, the management agency that fixed David Beckham's move to Real Madrid, is making a one-hour documentary for Channel 4 about football's relationship with religion. Hallowed Be Thy Game will see former Dominican friar and football fan Mark Dowd consider whether the devotion to the ...
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Map Man gets a second series on BBC2
Indie Tern Television is to make a second series of BBC2 factual series Map Man. BBC2 commissioner Nicola Moody has ordered an 8 x 30-minute series, presented by cartography expert Nicolas Crane. Each episode explores 'ingenious and revolutionary' British maps. A delivery date has ...
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Commissioner's Q&A: Chantal Rutherford Browne
UKTV Style channel executive Chantal Rutherford Browne cares more about 'life' than style ideas and is keen to find out what women want
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Radio indie goes into distribution
Somethin' Else, the UK's largest radio indie, is launching an international distribution arm.
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3rd Rock finds permanent home on ITV2
ITV2 has exclusively acquired the entire catalogue of US series 3rd Rock from the Sun in the UK, which it will air from January, writes Paul Revoir.
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Living to air Boston Legal
Living TV has signed its first deal with Twentieth Century Fox, picking up all UK rights to US primetime drama Boston Legal.
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UK on top at Emmys
British television was the resounding winner at the International Emmy Awards, picking up six out of seven trophies.
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Celador sells diet across the globe
Celador International has made a hat-trick of sales of You Are What You Eat. The diet and nutrition series, which airs on Channel 4 and features Dr Gillian McKeith, has been sold to MTV3 in Finland. The second 18-episode series will air on C4 ...
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Gavin to be non-exec chair at Contender
Rupert Gavin, the former chief executive of BBC Worldwide, is to take up the non-executive chairman role at animation company Contender Entertainment Group, producer of Tractor Tom. Gavin, who unexpectedly quit the corporation's commercial division in the summer, is to help the company attempt ...
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RDFR set to distribute Bad Lads' Army
RDF Rights has secured the distribution rights for the format and finished series of Bad Lads' Army. The 8 x 60-minute series, which indie Twenty Twenty produced for ITV, follows 30 young offenders who are put through an army-style regime in an attempt to change ...
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A place in? finds new homes in world
Channel 4 International has inked several deals for Tiger Aspect series A Place in? including a second window in the UK. Discovery UK has picked up repeat rights to all four titles - A Place in France, Greece, Spain and ...
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Electric Sky takes on At it's slate
Distributor Electric Sky has picked up a raft of new titles from indie At It Productions. Among the new titles are 25 x 30-minute travel series Perfect Getaway, which focuses on destinations that have yet to make holiday brochures and is to air on Channel ...
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FX to exclusively air Sony drama Huff
FX has clinched exclusive multichannel rights to Sony Pictures' Huff. The 13 x 60-minute drama follows psychiatrist Dr Craig 'Huff' Huffstodt (Hank Azaria) and also stars Oliver Platt ( The West Wing ). It was written and created by ...