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Victoria wood makes slimming doc for BBC
Comedian Victoria Wood is to give her personal take on the slimming industry in a new two-part series for BBC1. Wood is to write and present the 2 x 60-minute Victoria Wood's Big Fat Documentary, to be made by indie Liberty Bell Productions, which will ...
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BBC and Turner plan secret agent drama
The BBC has teamed up with Turner Network Television to commission a three-part drama series about the war on terror. ER's Julianna Margulies and The Practice's Dylan McDermott will star in The Grid,about a group of American and British counter-terrorism agents who collaborate to disrupt ...
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RDF pilots two shows for US
RDF Media has bolstered its standing in the US by landing two pilot commissions from major networks NBC and WB.
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Optomen finds merger partner
Optomen, producer of ITV's Police, Camera, Action, has boosted its growth potential by merging with London-based indie Justabout Productions.
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Trouble bags US comedies
Flextech channel Trouble has secured its biggest ever slate of US imports following a multi-million pound comedy deal with Warner Brothers International Television Distribution..
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Sony to fund T4's The Grill
Channel 4 has teamed up with Sony PlayStation 2 to launch a new advertiser-funded entertainment series fronted by Vernon Kay.
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Two into one for C4
Channel 4 is restructuring its interactive department. The broadcaster will combine two divisions - commercial and editorial - into a single business unit, 4Interactive. Andy Taylor, who joined C4 from Endemol UK-owned digital company Victoria Real earlier this year, will manage the department as head of interactive, reporting to Michael ...
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BBC boosts regions
The BBC has signed off an extra£500,000 in investment for up to 20 new regional independent television productions a year. Controller, BBC English regions Andy Griffee said that following budget increases for Inside Outand The Politics Show, the extra cash ...
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Foxy loses chart job
DJ Neil 'Foxy' Fox has been axed from the Hit 40UK chart show after 11 years as its host. The Capital FM drivetime DJ claims his busy schedule, which also includes being a judge on ITV1's Pop Idol, has forced ...
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Indies' new contact
BBC senior commissioning executive Lucy Hetherington has been made the main point of contact for indies in specialist factual, arts and current affairs. She reports to head of commissioning for independents and nations, specialist factual, arts and current affairs Adam Kemp.
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Rivals line up bids as BBC2 drops 24
Sky one will have to see off ITV and Channel 4 to secure the rights to the third series of US thriller 24, after the BBC's exclusive negotiations broke down last week, writes Paul Revoir.
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Boarding school European-style
That'll Teach 'Em , Twenty Twenty's reality format in which a class of pupils are put through a 1950s-style boarding school regime, has been optioned by four European producers, writes Michael Rosser.
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Jones stays on as BTDA chair
Granada International general manager Ian Jones has been voted in as chairman of the British Television Distributors' Association (BTDA) for the second year running.
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Five's house doctor on route to America
Five's hit property show House Doctoris to be screened across Canada and the US after being sold to BBC America. Series three to six of the home makeover show, totalling over 50 episodes, will be shown from 14 January in primetime. Produced by Talkback Thames, ...
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3DD sells Jonny Wilkinson to the world
3DD Entertainment has licensed its profile on rugby hero Jonny Wilkinson to territories around the world. Jonny Wilkinson - The Real Story has been sold to M-Net in South Africa, Match TV in Paris and Multithematiques for Italy, Malta and Monaco. The co-production between 3DD and Clear Channel subsidiary SFX ...
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Zeal to distribute don't get mad format
Zeal Television has secured the rights for the global distribution of new event format Don't Get Mad, Get Even! The live quiz series has been developed by Tailor-Made Films alongside The Chatterbox Partnership. A UK version will be screened as part of BBC1's winter season.
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Serbian TV takes swathe of kids shows
Fremantle International Distribution has sold 240 hours of children's programming to Serbian television. Kanal D has taken a raft of shows dedicated to younger viewers including Cosgrove Hall's 39 x 15-minute animated series Jamie and the Magic Torch. Other sales include Cockleshell Bay (104 x ...
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GSB bags UK exclusive of cop show 10-8
GSB's flagship channel Plus will broadcast the British premiere of US cop drama 10-8. GSB have signed a deal with Paramount for the show, which is produced by TV legend Aaron Spelling's company Television.
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C4I puts cash into Mccarthy special
C4 International is to become a co-investor in ORTV's one-hour John McCarthy special. The show, which is also funded by the ITV network, will see McCarthy return to Beirut for the first time since he was held captive there. It was commissioned by ITV controller of news, current affairs, arts ...
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EC may revise premier league contracts
The European Competition Commission, headed by Mario Monti, has indicated that the Premier League's TV rights contract with BSkyB may be shortened from three years to just one year. Monti said this week that long contracts can create 'serious problems'.