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Nat Geo buys British docs
National Geographic Channels International has acquired exclusive satellite rights to two UK shows for its summer documentary strand No Bordersto be screened in July.
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School Dinners sells globally
Jamie Oliver's Channel 4 series promoting healthy eating to school children has been sold to several more countries including Japan and South Africa.
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Fingersmith chalks up more sales
Fremantle International Distribution has sold lesbian-themed period drama Fingersmithand documentary The Story of 1to a further nine countries. Sally Head Productions' Fingersmithhas been taken by broadcasters including ABC in Australia, TVNZ in New Zealand and Bosnia TV. At ...
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Network 7 options TwoFour format
Indie TwoFour Television has sold the option to new factual entertainment format What Are You Worth?to Network 7 in Australia. The show gives one participant expert advice on how to improve his or her salary. The indie is currently working on a 30-minute pilot of the ...
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GI in multimillion pound deal with SBS
Granada International (GI) has inked a multimillion-pound output deal with the SBS channels in the Netherlands and Sweden. The three-year deal gives SBS in the Netherlands a first look at all GI's factual, factual entertainment and entertainment finished programmes as well as TV movies. In Sweden, Kanal 5 will get ...
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C4I sells vain men and That'll Teach 'Em
Channel 4 International has sold one-off documentary Vain Mento Franco-German broadcaster Arte. The 50-minute documentary was originally made for C4 in 2002 and deals with male insecurities and body image. C4 has also sold the format of That'll Teach 'Emto TV2 in ...
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Electric Sky pushes one-offs to PBS
Factual documentary distributor Electric Sky has sold two one-off specials to US channel PBS. The broadcaster has bought the BBC's Last Chance on Thin Ice, which follows explorer David Hempleman-Adams on his journey to the North Pole, and Swimming the Zambezi, made ...
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Format focus: Soul Signs
Contestants enlist the help of an astrologer to find their perfect match in this dating show popular in Argentina.
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Mentorn wins£2m of science orders
Mentorn has landed£2m worth of new science commissions, including this year's Royal Institution's Christmas Lectur...
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C4 aims to find a family for the elderly
Zig Zag Productions has been commissioned by Channel 4 to make a show in which elderly people are adopted by families who have no grandparents.
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SC4 tasks indies to produce three documentary strands
Welsh channel S4C has commissioned content for three new documentary strands it plans to introduce next year.
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Commissioners Q&A: Glenwyn Benson
The controller of BBC factual TV is proud to be part of the broadcasting team that helped to raise audience figures for factual shows, and is keen to deliver a follow-up to Supervolcano
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Talkback to deliver QI for BBC
Talkback has been commissioned by BBC2 to make a third series of comedy quiz show QI.Filming will start next month on the 12 x 30-minute show, for transmission in the autumn. Produced by creator John Lloyd, the series will be co-produced by Quite Interesting Productions.
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UKTV commissions Pub series
UKTV has commissioned three series from Eagle Media Productions based around an old country pub in Berkshire called The Pot Kiln. For UKTV Food, Eagle is making the 10 x 46-minute A Pub in the Country, which follows a couple as they take over running the ...
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C4 takes on Comedy unit's Music spoof
Scottish indie The Comedy Unit has secured a brace of new commissions including a new mockumentary for Channel 4 based on the music scene. Neil McCallum, commissioning editor for music, youth and T4, has ordered 6 x 20-minute series Soundproof.The spoof documentary series will explore why ...
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CiTV braces itself for phobias show
CiTV has commissioned indie Darrall Macqueen to make Feel the Fear, a new factual entertainment series exploring fears and phobias. The 13 x 15-minute show challenges CiTV presenters Holly Willoughby and Steve Wilson to face 13 phobias such as a fear of sharks and heights. Aimed ...
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Wife swap set to return to C4
Channel 4 commissioning editor of documentaries Meredith Chambers has ordered a further two 6 x 60-minute series of RDF Media's Wife Swap.The fifth series will air in the autumn, while the sixth will go out next year.
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Pact creative strategies conference: Opportunity knocks
Mergers, rights and the growing need for indies to take a more business-like approach were all on the agenda at Pact's Creative Strategies Conference. Michelle Webster reports
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Enter the Dragon's Den
Indies seeking investment should be clear about what they want the money for and how they're going to pay it back. That was the message from a panel of investment specialists at the Pact Creative Strategies Conference - dubbed the 'Dragon's Den'.
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FBC still in the market to buy more indies
The company that acquired Diverse is looking to buy another one or two indies this year, FBC founder Alan Friedman ...