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CBS snaps up Gameshow Marathon
US network CBS has picked up the rights to the UK celebrity format Gameshow Marathon. The Ant and Dec-hosted series, produced by Fremantle Media and Granada, became a massive hit for ITV1 during its recent Saturday night run in September. The Geordie duo is not expected to host the US ...
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Manic to make rent boy co-pro
UK indie Manic Television Production & Film has signed a co-production deal with Czech-based International Production Company for an eight-part TV drama series about London rent boys. Rules of the Game is based on a true story and filming is due to begin in Prague next April. No broadcaster is ...
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Sundance to bring ladettes to US pay-TV
US premium cable channel Sundance has bought the US pay-TV rights to RDF Media reality series Ladette to Lady, which became a surprise hit on ITV1 earlier in the year. The 5 x 60-minute series features 10 'ladettes' leaving behind their 'blokeish' lives to become well-mannered ladies. ITV has already ...
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All3media takes on Hartog for formats
All3Media International has made its first formats appointment since incorporating format sales and development into its UK head office earlier in the year. Stephanie Hartog, previously Fremantle Media's controller of entertainment acquisitions and resources, will join as senior vice-president of international formats, reporting to managing director Louise Pedersen.
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C4 brings back Bring Back strand
Channel 4 has ordered four more editions of Zeal Television's format Bring Back..., following the success of the one-off special Bring Back Grange Hill.
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Sky One hires war reporter topresent mercenaries doc
Sky One has hired former war correspondent Sam Kiley to front a series of investigative shows.
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UKTV probes embarrassing ailments
UKTV head of commissioning Jo Clinton-Davis has announced three shows for UKTV Style's early 2006 schedule, including a£500,000 reality series following Britons afflicted with embarrassing illnesses.
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Commissioner's Q&A: Chantal Rutherford Browne
The commissioning editor of three UKTV lifestyle channels has her short-term sights set on women's relationships and well-being.
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Bravo to witness 24-hour drinking
Bravo has commissioned an hour-long special spin-off of its Booze Britain series to be filmed on the night Britain's licensing laws change to allow 24-hour pub opening. Made by Granada Media Bristol, footage for 24 Hour Booze Britain: Boozageddon will be shot on 24 November and air on Sunday 27 ...
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Twofour to make daytime rowing epic
Twofour Broadcast has been commissioned by Jay Hunt, controller of BBC daytime, to produce an hour-long documentary following Olympic rower James Cracknell and presenter and rowing novice Ben Fogle's bid to win the Atlantic Rowing Race. In Two Boys in a Boat (working title) the pair will attempt to row ...
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Redback recruits reeve for conspiracies
Redback has recruited Simon Reeve, the presenter of BBC2's Holidays in the Danger Zone and Places that Don't Exist, to front the third series of its Sky One show Conspiracies. He takes over from Danny Wallace for the 3 x 60-minute series, which has just gone into production for transmission ...
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Tiger runs with a third Seaside Parish
A third run of Tiger Aspect documentary series A Seaside Parish has been commissioned by BBC2. The 10 x 30-minute episodes will revisit the Reverend Christine Musser and her parishioners in Boscastle to discover how they are coping with the first crucial tourist season since the 2004 floods. For the ...
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Ofcom role for ex-Trinity Mirror chief
Former Trinity Mirror chief executive Philip Graf has been appointed the non-executive deputy chairman of Ofcom, effectively replacing Richard Hooper. Starting on 1 January, Graf will also chair the Ofcom content board. He will step down from his current roles as chairman of the Press Standards Board of Finance, the ...
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'3' buys hit ITV content for its phones
ITV has signed a deal with 3G mobile phone operator 3 to offer content from shows such as I'm a Celebrity'. The one-year deal will also give 3's 3.2 million customers access to live footage from Emmerdale, Coronation Street and other high-profile shows. Highlights and other specially produced clips will ...
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Kudos works up fraud romance for BBC
Kudos is developing a drama for BBC1 based around one of the world's fastest growing frauds. Skimming (working title) is a romantic tale about a man stealing money from the company he works for and the woman who is brought in to investigate. Nick Fisher is writing the six-part series, ...
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Leading role for Baby Cow talent head
Baby Cow Productions has promoted Lindsay Hughes to head its Manchester office alongside executive producer Heather Coogan and head of development Ric Michael. Hughes is currently head of talent and has been with the company since it was set up in 1999. Baby Cow, which makes Nighty Night and Johnny ...
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C4 pays£12m for coveted Freeview slot
Channel 4 is due to announce it has won the latest Freeview slot after Five withdrew its bid following its new investment in Top Up TV. C4, which had put in an initial bid higher than Five, will pay a reported£12m for the coveted slot. Initially, it is expected to ...
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NewsGCap to sell stations as profit slumps
Radio group GCap Media is selling off nine stations after reporting 'extremely disappointing' half year results.
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NewsLife in the Undergrowth digs up 4.9m
David Attenborough's new natural history series Life in the Undergrowth got off to a solid start with a peak audience of 4.9 million (19.8%) at the start.
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NewsFuller v Cowell case postponed indefinitely
The legal battle between rival music mogul Simon Fuller and TV host Simon Cowell is thought to have been postponed indefinitely, as lawyers thrash out an out-of-court settlement.