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Blue finishes Blakeway's Diana
Blue has finished work on Diana for Blakeway Productions. The 90-minute documentary, a follow-up of Blakeway's The Queen's Story of 2002, examines the impact on the royal family of the princess's death and the constant posthumous revelations. Online editor Clive Mattock completed the online, colourist ...
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Bravo to show men doing stupid things
Bravo has commissioned indie Bullseye Television to chart the rise of Jackass -style stunts performed and filmed by groups of young men. World of Stupid will examine the global trend for masochistic stunts spawned by the MTV show. Bravo commissioning ...
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VTR restructure pushes out Cadle
The VTR Group is undergoing a major restructure in which Dave Cadle has been replaced as Blue's managing director by Danny Whybrow, former managing director of The Machine Room.
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Canadians get wonderful world of sex
Bullseye Television has sold a 52-part series about sex to a Canadian cable channel. The Wonderful World of Sex has been picked up by Sex TV, the 17th territory to take the series. In addition, Bullseye's 2 x 60-minute documentary about pain, ...
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Decode to unveils kids series at Cannes
Decode Entertainment is to unveil its new live-action children's series to the international market at this year's Mipcom market in Cannes. The 26 x 22-minute series, titled Freaks of Nature , has been picked up by Nickelodeon UK and the Family Channel in Canada. It ...
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Powerpuff follow-up for cartoon network
The creator of the Cartoon Network's animated show Powerpuff Girls - one of the children's channel's most popular programmes - has created a new show, which will air on CN in October. Craig McCracken has produced 26 x 30-minute episodes of Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends, which centres on ...
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The case for a new deal
It was with gritted teeth that Celador gave away a million this week. Not because of another cheating contestant but because it failed to disguise its greed in court.
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Endemol in court over Champ show
Mark Burnett, the British producer behind reality show Survivor , has challenged Endemol to a bout in the US courts over rival reality boxing shows. Burnett, who is producing The Contender with Dreamworks for US network NBC, has called on ...
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Format Focus: A Chef in the Family
In this reality show, another offering from Scandinavian format specialist Strix, a top chef joins a family to show them new and exciting alternatives to their daily fare.
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Two Way names CTO
Two Way TV has appointed Simon Teppet as its new chief technology officer. Teppet leaves his position of vice president of technology, interactive services division at Chello Broadband. He was previously head of new media technology at Sky. Two Way TV's previous CTO, Richard Kydd, left to join NTL as ...
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Davies to star in ITV road movie
ITV has commissioned Zenith Entertainment to make a 90-minute comedy drama, billed as 'the ultimate road movie - on foot'.
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Outpost Digital opens HD site in move to Noho
US Facility house Outpost Digital is opening a purpose-built HD facility in Gresse Street, north of Oxford Street in London, so it can compete in both short-form and long-form markets.
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Miles starts distributor
Former September Films chief operating officer Sally Miles, who left the indie six months ago, has set up her own distribution company, supported by venture capitalists Ingenious Media.
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Kerrang!'s launch leader steps down
The managing director of West Midlands rock station Kerrang! 105.2, Lynne Wood, has quit with no job to go to.
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Peter Duncan takes son on trip for Five
Former Blue Peter presenter Peter Duncan has been commissioned by Five to make a travel documentary starring his son. Five controller of children's programmes Nick Wilson has ordered the 30-minute documentary Arthur's Trip from indie Here's One I Made Earlier. ...
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Farm Group posts Love for Ealin
The Farm Group has completed post on The Great Love Swindle for Ealing Studios. In the six-part series four self-proclaimed expert daters compete to get a woman to say 'I love you'; However, the women are actresses briefed to make their lives hell. The titles ...
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First job for Total Eclipse
TOTAL Eclipse Television, the new indie set up by former Carlton controller of children's David Mercer, has won its first commission, with a Christmas show for the BBC.
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Hutton journalist to talk at Edinburgh
Andrew Gilligan, the former Today programme journalist at the heart of the recent Hutton inquiry, is to give a lecture on broadcast journalism at next week's Edinburgh TV festival. Meanwhile, new Channel 4 chief executive Andy Duncan is to make his first major appearance at ...
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Saunders joins Evolutions
Evolutions Television has taken on Saunders and Gordon founder Robin Saunders as dubbing mixer to staff its new audio suite as it pursues short-form business.
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Lawrence joins Sky One as exec producer
Former World of Wonder head of development Jacquie Lawrence has joined Sky One as an executive producer on a three-month contract.