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BBC One
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Pivot, BBCWW visit BBC One’s Capital
Buyers from the UK, Canada and Australasia have acquired BBC One drama Capital from FremantleMedia…
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Acorn buys presale of BBC’s Secret Agent
The US’s Acorn has prebought BBC drama The Secret Agent from UK-based distributor Content Television….
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BBCWW driving The Getaway Car into Cannes
BBC Worldwide will launch its primetime driving-entertainment format The Getaway Car in Cannes next month….
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BBC to rework lost sitcom scripts
UK pubcaster the BBC will recreate three classic ‘lost’ sitcom episodes, as part of a…
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Shillinglaw exits in BBC channels rejig
BBC Two and Four controller Kim Shillinglaw (pictured) is to leave the UK pubcaster, as…
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BBC Three, Worldwide co-order Smart series
BBC Three and its stablemate BBC Worldwide have co-commissioned a series in which comedian Russell…
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Sky1 weds with Bride after BBC divorce
Satellite channel Sky1 has acquired UK rights to wedding format Don’t Tell the Bride, after…
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BBC celebrates Attenborough at 90
UK pubcaster the BBC has commissioned a pair of David Attenborough programmes, as the legendary…
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Shakespeare drama for BBC
EDINBURGH INTERNATIONAL TELEVISION FESTIVAL Doctor Who writer Russell T. Davies is penning a 90-minute television…
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The Crown producer targets China drama
UK drama production company Left Bank Pictures is to begin targeting the Chinese market after…
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BBC Three goes online-only in March 2016
The BBC plans to turn youth network BBC Three into an online-only service from March…
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Australian pay net opens Saturday Kitchen
Australian pay channel LifeStyle FOOD has acquired British cooking show Saturday Kitchen, which has run…
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Lifetime joins BBC Agatha Christie series
Lifetime has become a coproducer on the upcoming BBC adaptation of Agatha Christie novel And…
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BBC, NRK buy citizens festival special
Pubcasters in the UK and Norway have acquired a special of the 2015 Global Citizens…
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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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TF1 to adapt NBCU format for France
French commercial broadcast leader TF1 has commissioned a local version of The People’s Quiz, news…
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Viewpoint: Changing the tune
Music programming in the era of reality TV is not what it used to be,…
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MIPTV Hot Pick: Hall of Fame
Veteran British host and entertainer Sir Bruce Forsyth fronted Hall of Fame – Bruce’s Hall…
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MIPTV Hot Pick – Attenborough’s Great Barrier Reef
Entertainment One has moved into high-end, big-budget blue-chip factual with veteran British naturalist and presenter…
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BBC Can’t Touch This on Saturday nights
The BBC has ordered a new Saturday night primetime gameshow, Can’t Touch This. In the…
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Pernel to remake BBC One drama
France’s Pernel Media has acquired remake rights to Key Mellor’s BBC One drama series In…
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BBC decommissions detective drama
UK pubcaster the BBC is ending its detective drama New Tricks after its twelfth run….
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Electric Ray poaches Endemol’s Parry
Sony-backed UK prodco Electric Ray has brought Endemol entertainment executive Shaun Parry into its fold….
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Shine TV exec joins ITV Studio’s Potato
Shine TV’s Claire Morrison has joined ITV Studios-owned UK prodco Potato in the new role…
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BBC One smells New Blood, poaches Cox
UK broadcaster BBC One has commissioned an Anthony Horowitz-penned 7x60mins crime drama from Jill Green’s…
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BBC One kicks on with ‘Class of ’92’ football doc
UK broadcaster BBC One has commissioned a three-part documentary series following former Manchester United footballers…
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Street replaces Kavanagh at BBC Daytime
Jo Street has been named acting controller, daytime, at UK pubcaster the BBC following Damian…
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Bride format leaves BBC Three for BBC One
BBC Three’s key unscripted format Don’t Tell the Bride is moving to BBC One, as…
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BBC in Israeli drama remake first
UK pubcaster BBC One is working on an adaptation of Israeli scripted format The A…
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BBC probes Wild Weather, orders Agatha Christie drama
UK broadcaster BBC One has ordered primetime science series called Wild Weather that’s coproduced by…