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Lion to catch a thief format goes Dutch
Lion TV format To Catch a Thief is to be remade for Dutch audiences. The BBC1 daytime show, in which two ex-convicts burgle a house on camera to expose its security deficiencies, will be reworked by indie Palazzina TV Productions in the Netherlands. The show is believed to be set ...
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Final chapter for Hutton
Dyke's continued ire against the government may be justified but for the BBC there is no point in revisiting Hutton.
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Cicada and Dutch indie sign disaster deal
Factual specialist Cicada Films has inked a new co-production deal with Dutch indie Off the Fence for two disaster documentaries. Off the Fence will seek other partners for the documentaries and market the productions worldwide, starting at Mipcom. The Day the Earth Split in ...
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Cineflex mass sell to german networks
Five documentary series The Ultimates is among a raft of programming that has been sold to German networks by distributor Cineflix International. The 6 x 60-minute technology series has been taken by Kabel 1. Cineflix has also sold MayDay , ...
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Stars win Shine a clutch of orders
Shine has secured a raft of entertainment commissions, including a show for Five examining how ugly celebrities manage to pull beautiful people.
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Winkleman to host come dancing spin-off
Former Liquid News presenter Claudia Winkleman has been signed up to front the new daily stripped spin-off of Strictly Come Dancing. The 40 x 30-minute order of Strictly Come Dancing - It Takes Two ...
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Commissioner's Q&A: Kim Peat
Five controller of daytime, arts and religion thinks Spitalfields in London is a great example of religion and art crossing over and has an idea in development that will help to make drawing sexy
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Green Inc nets RTE contract
Comedian Patrick Kielty's Belfast-based indie Green Inc has secured an order for 150 hours of programming from Irish state broadcaster RTE.
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Euro success for undercover cops drama
BBC undercover police drama In Deep has been sold to France, Switzerland and Belgium. French broadcaster M6 has taken all three series from distributor Indigo and will screen it on cable channel Teva while French pay-TV channel Canal Plus has bought the third series. Swiss ...
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RDF series looks at historical crimes
RDF Media is developing a drama series about real-life murders from Julian Fellowes, the Oscar-winning writer of country house whodunnit Gosford Park.
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ITV cuts debt with Thomson SA sale
ITV has cut its debt by£172m after offloading its entire stake in technology company Thomson SA. Citigroup Global Markets and UBS Limited have agreed to buy ITV's 15.5 million shares in the company following a competitive process. The deal, which represents about 5.5% of Thomson's outstanding shares, is set to ...
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US Deal for Granada
Granada International has sold the rights to ITN documentary The Forgotten Kingdom: Prince Harry in Lesotho, which features an exclusive interview with the prince, to ABC in the US. The distributor has also sold the programme to broadcasters in Belgium, Finland, Norway, the Netherlands, New Zealand and Australia and net ...
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Four UK formats set for US debut
The influence of UK producers on American broadcasters continues to grow apace with four more British series lined up for adaptation in the US.
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Digital on the up
Digital TV is now in 55% of UK homes, with almost 4 million people taking up Freeview. Ofcom has reported that by 30 June this year, 13.7 million households had taken digital, TV with around 1 million taking analogue cable services. Overall, digital and analogue multichannel penetration stands at 59%. ...
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Wise exits RDF to lead indie division
The series producer of RDF's hit Channel 4 show Wife Swap has quit to join the indie behind C4 opera The Death of Klinghoffer.
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Sky One grabs US firefighter drama series
Sky One has bolstered its roster of US drama with the acquisition of new firefighter show Rescue Me.
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Rajar goes early
Rajar has agreed to move forward the time it releases it quarterly audience data in a bid to stem concerns over insider trading. The Rajar board will now give figures to its subscribers a day earlier at 5.30pm, embargoed for release at 7am the next day - the time the ...
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Joseph quits Pinewood for Farm Group
Pinewood Shepperton Studios director of television Rachel Joseph has quit the company after just nine months in order to take up a new management role at
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Farm Group goes to the farm
The Farm Group is providing the on-location editing facilities for Five's new factual series The Farm , and has graded all its on-air promotional material. The Endemol reality show drags celebrities from their urban lives to work on a farm. Eighteen editors will work round ...
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Scottish TV orders feel-good quiz shows
Formats house Ludus has teamed up with SMG TV Productions to create two new feel-good quiz shows for Scottish TV.