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BBC Three shows return to linear fold
The BBC is to create a dedicated slot devoted to the best of BBC Three…
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Tuesday’s Child’s Playlisters snags BBC One Saturday primetime slot
Greenbird Media-backed Tuesday’s Child has snagged BBC One’s coveted Saturday night primetime slot in the…
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Op-ed: A female Doctor Who can’t mask entertainment’s off-screen problem
October may have seen one fabled entertainment glass ceiling smashed, with Jodie Whittaker nailing it…
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Bodyguard smashes BBC viewing records ahead of Netflix launch
BBC One drama Bodyguard smashed viewing records, drawing 17.1m people for its finale. The figure…
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MIPCOM: The Big Deals
With this week’s MIPCOM market coming to a close, TBI looks at the top deals…
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Netflix takes bite out of BBC One’s Dracula
BBC One and Netflix are partnering on a three-part adaptation of Bram Stoker’s Dracula. Sherlock…
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Writer’s Room: Inside Informer
Consider all angles and perspectives of a character to write more nuanced and textured stories,…
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MIPCOM Hot Picks: The Greatest Dancer
Distributor: Fremantle Producer: Syco Entertainment, Thames Channel: BBC One (UK) Concept: Dancers audition in front…
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Jodie Whittaker’s Doctor Who draws 8.2m at launch
The Sunday premiere of the BBC’s latest season of Doctor Who, starring Jodie Whittaker as the…
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TBI Weekly: Takeaways from Edinburgh
At this week’s Edinburgh International TV Festival, key execs revealed what they’re looking for on…
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Peaky Blinders moves to BBC 1 as channel aims at younger viewers
BBC One controller Charlotte Moore revealed at Edinburgh’s International TV festival that Peaky Blinders will…
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BBC One brings back Britain’s Best Home Cook
BBC One’s cookery competition for home cooks has been recommissioned from KEO Films. Mary Berry,…
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BBC One readies drama from Doctor Who’s Russell T Davies
Doctor Who’s Russell T Davies is set to write new BBC One drama Years and…
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BBC picks up Phoebe Waller-Bridge thriller Killing Eve
BBC has acquired Killing Eve, a new thriller by Fleabag’s Phoebe Waller-Bridge, to premiere on…
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McMafia heads to China and Sweden
Ahead of its Showcase event in Liverpool next week, BBC Worldwide has announced that McMafia…
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Alan Partridge returns to BBC chat format
Steve Coogan’s comedy alter ego, Alan Partridge, is returning to the BBC nearly a quarter…
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HBO Europe adds BBC’s Gunpowder to programming arsenal
HBO Europe has bought BBC thriller miniseries Gunpowder for a number of territories. The deal…
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BBC adapts Dickens with Peaky Blinders creator
Peaky Blinders creator Steven Knight (pictured) is set to create a series of adaptations of Charles…
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BBC Studios ups two with Collins exiting
The BBC has moved Damon Pattison, currently head of development at BBC Studios, to head…
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BBC orders Saturday night format from Remarkable
BBC One has ordered All Together Now, a six-part entertainment format for Saturday nights from…
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We’re going on a millennials hunt
With Planet Earth II beating reality TV programmes to audiences – including those crucial, lucrative…
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BBC wants ‘demonstrably broader’ channel
UK pubcaster the BBC wants its flagship network, BBC One, to have a “demonstrably broader…
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BBC orders Farmer Wants a Wife-inspired format
The BBC had ordered a new take on the much-travelled Farmer Wants a Wife format…
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Luther will return to BBC
British detective drama Luther will return to BBC One in the UK and BBC America…
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Dutch format set for RecordTV, ProSieben
FremantleMedia’s provocatively titled Dutch format Get the F*ck Out of My House will be remade…
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One Love Manchester breaks BBC iPlayer records
The One Love Manchester benefit concert has broken live viewing records on the BBC iPlayer….
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Jay Hunt to leave Channel 4
Jay Hunt is to leave her post of chief creative officer at Channel 4 after…
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BBC to broadcast One Love Manchester concert
UK broadcaster BBC One and a host of international channels will broadcast the One Love…
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Kirkham: no topic ‘taboo’ for BBC Factual
BBC factual controller Alison Kirkham has pledged that “no subject should be taboo” for the…
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Netflix copro among raft of BBC drama commissions
The BBC has announced a raft of new drama series including Duty/Shame, a copro with…