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BBC Four
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BBC lines up factual for One, Two
UK pubcaster the BBC has made factual commissions for flagship channels BBC One and BBC…
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BBC Follows the Money with Danish drama deal
Follow the Money (Bedraget) has become the latest foreign-language drama acquired by UK public broadcaster…
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Trapped marks Icelandic drama first for the BBC
UK public broadcaster the BBC has bought Trapped, the upcoming Icelandic drama from local filmmaker Baltasar…
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Family Guy moving to BBC Two pre-ITV
American animated sitcom Family Guy will switch from BBC Three to BBC Two in the…
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BBC Four embraces slow TV
UK public service arts and culture channel BBC Four is embarking on a season of…
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News brief: More broadcasters unlock The Code
AMC Networks’ Sundance Channel has acquired Australian drama The Code for its channels in Asia…
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How coproduction returned to Wales
S4C’s CEO Ian Jones explains the conditions that have seen internationally-coproduced drama return to Wales….
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BBC outlines another £400m in cost cuts
The BBC is set to outline how it can make an additional £400 million (US$630…
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Belgium virus drama among new BBC shows
UK channel BBC Four’s love-affair with European drama has continued with the acquisition of Belgium…
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BBC Four breaks Australia’s The Code
UK digital channel BBC Four has acquired Australian drama The Code. BBC Four claims the…
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BBC announces BBC Two/BBC Four controller
UK public broadcaster the BBC has appointed Kim Shillinglaw controller of its BBC Two and…
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Cohen: budgets may threaten BBC Four future
The BBC’s director of television has warned arts and culture channel BBC Four could go…
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BBC names acting BBC Two, BBC Four controller
The BBC has named Adam Barker as acting controller, BBC Two and BBC Four. BBC…
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Janice Hadlow out as BBC Two controller
Janice Hadlow has stepped down as controller of UK channels BBC Two and BBC Four….
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BBC buys foreign language shows, says it is ‘home of international drama’
The original Israeli drama behind CBS series Hostages is one of a batch of foreign…
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Eddie Izzard to star in BBC science drama
Actor and stand-up Eddie Izzard will star in a science-themed, fact-based drama for UK terrestrial…
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News brief: BBC Four to deliver Christmas Lectures
UK digital channel BBC Four has re-commissioned indie Windfall Films to produce this December’s Royal…
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Michael Grade identifies Stars of the Musical Theatre
UK channel BBC Four has commissioned Glasgow-based Finestripe Productions to create Michael Grade’s Stars of…
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BBC Four explores Light and Dark
UK arts and culture channel BBC Four has commissioned a two-part series that will look…
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Comedy Central poaches BBC exec for programming role
Comedy Central has recruited Louise Holmes as VP, programming. Holmes will join the UK version…
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BBC’s Storyville to launch on iPlayer ahead of TV
The latest programmes from UK net BBC Four’s flagship documentary series Storyville will launch on…
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French drama Spiral to be remade in the US
LA-based Endemol Studios, the studio behind Hell on Wheels, is to remake French crime drama…
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DCD targets Scottish drive with Objective exec hire
UK indie DCD Media has hired Location, Location, Location creator Paul Murray from Objective Scotland….
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Hadlow begins BBC Two/Four integration with new commissions
Janice Hadlow has commissioned a series for BBC Two factual series that will be backed…
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BBC Two acquires ‘German Band of Brothers’
BBC Two has acquired the 3x90mins German miniseries Generation War, marking the first foreign language…
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BBC Four controller role axed
The BBC’s director of television Danny Cohen has scrapped the BBC Four controller that Richard…
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Michael Palin to star in BBC WWI drama
Comic actor and broadcaster Michael Palin is to star in a new BBC Two drama…
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Jonathan Ross prodco making BBC history series
HotSauce TV, the production company founded by British TV talkshow host Jonathan Ross, has won…
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Klein leaves BBC Four to take ITV factual post
BBC four controller Richard Klein has been hired to lead rival ITV’s factual charge, as…
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Danny Cohen named BBC TV chief
The BBC has named BBC One controller Danny Cohen as director of television. Cohen’s appointment…