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BBC Two
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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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CBeebies’ Mister Maker gets companion app
Mister Maker, the CBeebies preschool TV series, has got its own companion app. Mister Maker:…
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Ofcom report: UK programming spend in decline
Total spend on programming across the five main UK public service broadcast channels, as well…
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News brief: BBC Two visits Tudor Abbey Farm
UK terrestrial BBC Two has commissioned a six-part series looking at rural life in 16th…
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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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BBC Worldwide scores Lake, Paradise drama deals
BBC Worldwide has sold its dramas Top of the Lake, The Paradise and Father Brown…
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BBC nets Japan’s Giant Squid film
The BBC has acquired one-off documentary film Legends of the Deep: Giant Squid from its…
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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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Sundance, BBCWW join The Honourable Woman as Gyllenhall signs up
Sundance Channel in the US and BBC Worldwide have come on board upcoming drama The…
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BBC America, Two explore sci-fi’s history
US cable channel BBC America and its UK pubcaster cousin BBC Two are to coproduce…
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BBC confirms Puppet Game Show
UK pubcaster The BBC has confirmed a commission for a long rumoured Saturday primetime puppet…
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BBC Two orders Proper Pub Food
Michelin-starred chef Tom Kerridge will front a BBC Two series on how to cook the…
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BBC orders Cold War drama from Spooks producer
UK public broadcaster the BBC has ordered Legacy, a Cold War drama from UK indie…
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News brief: BBC Two commissions auction charity series
UK public broadcaster BBC Two has commissioned a three-part factual series in which a leading…
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RDF makes factual appointments, wins BBC commissions
UK producer RDF Television has appointed new heads of factual entertainment and popular factual and…
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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…
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Arrow Media commissioned for new Hairy Bikers series
UK indie Arrow Media has been commissioned by BBC Two to make a new factual…
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BBC sells Bake Off to Discovery in Italy
The show tests the skills of amateur chefs in various challenges to find the country’s…
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BBC Two commissions Dave Allen doc
UK public broadcaster BBC Two has commissioned a one-hour documentary special to celebrate the life…
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News brief: Sony buys BBC comedy for Hindi net
Sony Entertainment Network (SEN) in the UK has acquired BBC comedy Goodness Gracious Me. The…
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BBC orders Hurricane Sandy Superstorm documentary
UK public broadcaster the BBC has ordered a fast turnaround documentary about the hurricane that…
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BBC cooks up Norway deal for Bake Off
BBC Worldwide has sold its hit cooking format The Great British Bake Off into Norway….