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Sky to lock star couples in penthouse
Sky One is to launch its own Big Brother-style reality show in which two celebrities are holed up together for a day in a£2m luxury penthouse.
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Initial stages The Match for Sky
Initial is to put 18 celebrities through their paces in training with Newcastle United football club for a reality show for Sky One.
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Target sets up production arm
Distributor Target Entertainment is launching an in-house production division to make factual entertainment shows and develop formats and has approached former Carlton controller Nick Bullen about running it.
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Talkback hires Furneaux for history doc push
Talkback Thames is to begin making history and science documentaries and has poached Channel 4 executive Charles Furneaux to spearhead the move.
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NewsBBC to spend£6m on amateurs' movie
The BBC is to produce a£6m big-screen movie using entirely amateur on-screen talent and production staff.
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NewsBafta snubs EastEnders in soap short-list
Dirty Den won't be able to adam and eve it - EastEnders has failed to make the short-list for the Bafta television award for best soap for the first time since the prize was introduced six years ago.
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NewsBBC is worst to deal with, say indies
The BBC has again been voted the worst broadcaster to deal with in Broadcast 's annual indie survey.
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NewsBBC eyes regional move
The BBC is under increasing pressure to devolve large parts of its operations to the regions, after a major government study recommended the corporation should move staff out of London.
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NewsMentorn's Hayling takes BBC doc role
The BBC has appointed its first head of documentaries for three years as part of director of factual and learning John Willis' plan to turn the corporation into a 'beacon of documentary making'.
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Ofcom opens FM licence bidding
Ofcom has unveiled the timetable for the first tranche of new FM radio licences across the UK.
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Hurll wins ovation at Indie Awards
Veteran programme-maker Michael Hurll was given a standing ovation at last week's Indie Awards, after he picked up the award for best live event.
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Five and PBS to make D-Day doc
Windfall Films is to produce a£500,000 docu-drama for Five focusing on the ingenious machinery of war used in the D-Day landings, writes Michael Rosser.
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BBC to challenge wasteful youths
Young people who rely on their parents to bankroll their lavish lifestyles will be challenged to change their ways in a BBC factual entertainment show, writes Leigh Holmwood.
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C4 raids talent showcase to create comedy series
Channel 4 has plundered its talent showcase strand the Comedy Lab for the second time in a month by commissioning a 6 x 30-minute sitcom, based on the lives of four friends who work in a Glasgow curry house, writes ...
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Alastair Campbell to front five show
Indie Liberty Bell has been commissioned by Five senior programme controller Chris Shaw to make a six-part series in which former Downing Street director of communications Alastair Campbell interviews people from the world of politics, business and sport. The Newcastle-based indie has also secured a one-off documentary order from Shaw ...
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Zig Zag to examine split personality
Zig Zag Productions has been commissioned to make a one-hour documentary for Five about a woman who is split between seven personalities. Working-titled The Woman with Seven Personalities has been commissioned by controller of science Justine Kershaw and is expected to be part of the ...
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ITV orders two shows from SMG TV
ITV controller of children's programming Steven Andrew has commissioned SMG TV Productions to make a comedy drama series and a factual show for its CiTV block. Butterfingers , which tells the story of a goalkeeper and his magic gloves, is a 7 x 30-minute drama ...
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Imago to produce male makeover show
Norwich-based indie Imago Productions has been commissioned to produce a male makeover series for Discovery Health. Perfect Man , a 15 x 30-minute series, sees nine men transformed by a relationship coach into the ideal partner. The show is filmed at a secret location, where ...
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BBC1 tries six fresh ideas for Saturdays
BBC1 controller Lorraine Heggessey has stacked up at least six new formats to try and revitalise Saturday nights.
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C4's Thompson suggests trust
Channel 4 chief executive Mark Thompson has ruled out privatisation, but has expressed support for transferring the broadcaster to trust status.