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NewsC4 pulls Edge of the City
Channel 4 has been forced to pull a documentary, which shows Asian men in Bradford grooming young white girls for sex, after local police claimed the programme could spark race riots in the city.
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BBC1 slumps to second worst peaktime ever
BBC1 slumped to its second lowest-ever peaktime share yesterday with 13.3% as an unscheduled special edition of Panorama got just 1.6 million (7.6%).
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World Weddings: DJ Ray's Big Day (BBC2) - Joe Joseph, The Times
'The film ended immediately after the wedding. Suddenly, you felt as though you were watching an episode of Banzai,...
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Destination D-Day (BBC1) - Thomas Sutcliffe, Independent
'For those who took part in Destination D-Day, a game of soldiers is precisely what it was.'...
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Bad Girls (ITV1) - Nancy Banks-Smith, Guardian
'I am proud to say that I fell asleep 10 minutes into Bad Girls.'...
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World Weddings: DJ Ray's Big Day (BBC2) - Charlie Catchpole, Daily Star and Daily Express
'Happy ending? Unhappy ending? Who knows? There wasn't any kind of ending.'...
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Fremantle backs new IWC drama
Fremantle International Distribution (FID) is to plough cash into new drama produced by Scottish indie IWC Media - formerly Wark Clements and Ideal World - as part of an exclusive two-year deal.
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RDFI sells holiday show overseas
RDF International (RDFI) has sold its ITV1 format Holiday Showdown to Italian producer Magnolia, one of several new deals in Europe and Asia.
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Format focus: The Next Great Champ
A new reality show about boxing hopefuls in the US might well produce a rash of imitators in the UK.
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C4 reality formats travel down under
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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 ...