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    C4 reality formats travel down under

    2004-05-20T08:30:00Z

    Channel 4 International has secured deals with New Zealand channels TVNZ and ABC. TVNZ has a 20-hour package, including 8 x 50-minute series Regency House Party from Wall to Wall and 4 x 50-minute series Brat Camp from Twenty Twenty ...

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    New Zealand channels pick up hit shows

    2004-05-20T08:30:00Z

    All3Media International has sold a number of hit shows to New Zealand broadcasters. TVNZ has picked up the eighth series of Midsomer Murders , made by Bentley for ITV1, and the first five series of Fifth Gear , BBC drama ...

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    BBC America lines up retro UK dramas

    2004-05-20T08:30:00Z

    Granada International has sold a trio of cult UK series to BBC America as part of a 90-hour package deal. The Saint , The Persuaders and The Prisoner have been sold to the US cable ...

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    Australia to remake BBC1 lottery show

    2004-05-20T08:30:00Z

    BBC1 lottery show In It to Win It , made by indie 12 Yard Productions and hosted by Dale Winton, is to be remade for Australia. The format of the show has been optioned to Fremantle-owned company Crackerjack , which ...

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    Neville in search for European formats

    2004-05-20T08:30:00Z

    Australia's Ten Network has appointed former Granada TV executive Stephanie Neville to find programmes and formats across Europe, working with broadcasters, distributors and indies to identify acquisition opportunities.

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    ITV snares Ozzy

    2004-05-20T08:30:00Z

    Rock family the Osbournes, who starred in the eponymous MTV and Channel 4 hit reality series, have been signed up by ITV to appear in the next outing of its An Audience with? strand as part of a brace of new Saturday night entertainment shows.

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    Trouble searches for dance idol

    2004-05-20T08:30:00Z

    Flextech teen channel Trouble has ordered its biggest ever commission with a£1m Pop Idol -style dance talent show to be made by Back to Reality producer Princess Productions.

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    Sky One launches transvestite reality gameshow

    2004-05-20T08:30:00Z

    Sky One is to follow its reality show There's Something About Miriam with a gameshow in which men compete against each other to be the most convincing women.

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    Life of grime relocates to New York City

    2004-05-20T08:30:00Z

    BBC1 docu-soap A Life of Grime , about the work of environmental health officers, is to relocate to New York. The new 3 x 60-minute run, a co-production between BBC Bristol and Discovery, is due to air in the autumn. It is executive produced by ...

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    BBC plots entertainment show specials

    2004-05-20T08:30:00Z

    BBC1 controller Lorraine Heggessey has ordered two further 60-minute One Night with? specials featuring Rod Stewart and Barry Manilow, one of several commissions from creative head of entertainment events Bea Ballard. Heggessey has also ordered two Bafta tributes as well as a special tribute programme ...

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    C4 set to trace contemporary jazz path

    2004-05-20T08:30:00Z

    Somethin' Else is to travel throughout the US and Europe for a Channel 4 documentary on contemporary jazz. The 90-minute documentary, It's a Jazz Thing , will be broadcast in November. Saxophonist Branford Marsalis will present the programme and talk to leading figures in jazz ...

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    Granada wild to revisit predator series

    2004-05-20T08:30:00Z

    Bristol-based Granada Wild has been commissioned by National Geographic Channels International to make four more instalments for the Built for the Kill series. Subjects to be covered in the 4 x 60-minute series are cats, snakes, sharks and raptors. Andrew Buchanan will executive produce and ...

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    Wise Buddah secures music commissions

    2004-05-20T08:30:00Z

    Wise Buddah has picked up a hat trick of commissions from BBC Radio 2. Time Team star Tony Robinson will front Tony Robinson's Classical Feast. Former Radio 1 DJ Steve Lamacq will examine the state of the UK music ...

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    Industry tackles lapse in training

    2004-05-20T08:30:00Z

    An initiative to tackle the growing lack of skills training across the audio-visual industries was launched by a group of broadcasting organisations this week.

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    Tiger grows production

    2004-05-20T08:30:00Z

    Tiger Aspect has bolstered its comedy and entertainment department with two new appointments, as well as scoring a commission from MTV.

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    Ofcom to act if quality of regional ITV suffers

    2004-05-20T08:30:00Z

    Ofcom has told MPs it will act if further studio closures threaten ITV's ability to deliver high-quality regional programmes.

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    Industry votes on board for UK Post

    2004-05-20T08:30:00Z

    Members of the post-production community have shown their faith in the UK Post steering committee by awarding all its members seats on the full board.

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    Machine Room adds HD and offline services

    2004-05-20T08:30:00Z

    The Machine Room has spent£300,000 on HD grading and offline services.

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    Condor takes on Flame artist

    2004-05-20T08:30:00Z

    Condor Post-production has recruited Flame and Smoke artist Gary Driver, reuniting him with his former boss Tom Horton.

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    422 goes Wild with Bill Oddie

    2004-05-20T08:30:00Z

    Bristol-based 422 South has completed a branded graphics package for Britain Goes Wild with Bill Oddie for the BBC. A bird emblem was set in different natural environments using a hand-drawn logo by Howard Moses, who also created hand-made models for the sequence, including ice ...