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Broadcasters get Banished
BBC Worldwide has sold drama series Banished to various broadcasters. Deals have been closed with…
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Aussie net goes Inside the Commons
The ABC in Australia has tapped UK indie Atlantic Productions for 4x60mins doc series Inside…
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Networks visit Branson’s Necker Island
Five broadcasters have acquired Billionaire’s Paradise: Inside Necker Island, a one-hour documentary about Richard Branson’s…
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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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PBS prepares Great British Bake Off
US pubcaster PBS has acquired The Great British Bake Off as it cements its place…
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BBC Two buys Aussie period drama
UK broadcaster BBC Two has acquired Australian period drama A Place to Call Home. The…
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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 preps sci-fi exclusives for iPlayer
UK pubcaster the BBC is launching three new sci-fi shows on its iPlayer streaming and…
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French telco tracks down BBC’s Intruders
French telco operator OCS has acquired the BBC’s new mystery drama Intruders following MIPCOM. The…
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Appetite for Kerridge cooking shows grows in Oz, US
Broadcasters in Australia and the US are among buyers of British cooking series from celebrity…
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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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News brief: Great British Menu prepared for TF1
France’s TF1 is making a local version of UK format Great British Men with indie…
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BBC Two, America on alert for Intruders
The UK’s BBC Two and US cable channel BBC America are coproducing an 8x45mins mystery…
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Discovery’s Betty gets BBC Animal Movers commission
Discovery-owned UK prodco Betty has won a commission from the BBC for The Animal Movers….
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Comedy Central cuts deal with UK comic Russell Howard
The UK Comedy Central channel has agreed a deal with Russell Howard and the popular…
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SundanceTV puts gears in motion for Drive deal
UK production and financing consultancy Drive is to identify international scripted drama projects for US…
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BBC orders Country Life magazine series
BBC Two has ordered Inside Country Life, a reality show set inside the offices of…
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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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Content scores Caryn Mandabach deal
UK- and US-based Content Media Corporation has scored a first-look deal with transatlantic scripted producer…
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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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BBC Two, Smithsonian, Discovery board Jumbo
A trio of broadcasters from the UK, US and Canada have co-commissioned a documentary about…
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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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TBI’s 2013 in review – part one
In this week-long series of articles, TBI editors Stewart Clarke and Jesse Whittock take a…
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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 orders Alex Polizzi special
BBC Two has ordered a Christmas special with Alex Polizzi, the presenter best known as…
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News brief: More Atlantis, Peaky Blinders for BBC
BBC dramas Atlantis and Peaky Blinders have been given second seasons. Fantasy series Atlantis delivered…
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BBC One goes to the gym, Your Home
BBC One has commissioned a pair of entertainment formats, one that tasks celebrities to become…
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Four-year WWI season is BBC’s ‘biggest ever undertaking’
UK pubcaster the BBC will launch 130 programmes comprising 2,500 hours between 2014 and 2018…
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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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News brief: ITV orders factual from Shiver
UK commercial channel ITV has ordered a trio of factual shows from Shiver, the factual…