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Strangest Weather blows on to TV

US cable net The Weather Channel and UK broadcaster Channel 4 will show a new series of Strangest Weather on Earth. The 8x60mins series will go into its third run on The Weather Channel, which commissioned the show. Channel 4 has pre-bought the show and it will go out as World’s Weirdest Weather in the […]

Channel 4 builds factual slate

UK terrestrial Channel 4 has commissioned a pair of factual series from Indus Films, which will sit in its latest factual slate. Indus-produced 1x60mins special The World’s Most Expensive Christmas and 3x60mins series Britain’s Finest Interiors (WT) will sit alongside the October Films-produced Walking the Himalayas on the channel. Channel 4 has also commissioned a […]

BBC Two gets in Vogue

UK terrestrial BBC Two has commissioned an observational documentary about British fashion magazine Vogue as it nears its centenary year. Simon Chinn’s Lightbox will produce the 2x60mins series in association with Richard Macer’s Platform Productions. The doc will explore the magazine’s role and influence in the UK, with filming taking place at fashion shows around […]

Channel 4 plots Gogglebox Kids, adds exec

UK broadcaster Channel 4 has commissioned a 1x60mins Christmas special of Studio Lambert-produced unscripted series Gogglebox, while also appointing Alisa Pomeroy to become documentaries commissioning editor. 24 Hours in Police Custody director Pomeroy (below right) will report to head of documentaries Nick Mirsky in her new post, which tasks her with greenlighting new docs for […]

E4 buys Rush Hour series

UK broadcaster Channel 4 has acquired the US film-to-TV series Rush Hour. The show will play on its youth-skewing E4 channel next year after Channel 4 bought the series from Warner Bros. International Television Distribution. The broadcaster has also picked up Containment from Warner Bros.’ LA Screenings slate. The series is based on an Eyeworks-produced […]

Streaming TV service Magine launches in UK

Online TV operator Magine has launched in test mode in the UK, concurrently securing deals with broadcasters including ITV, Channel 4 and Channel 5. Cloud-based over-the-top TV service Magine started in Sweden in 2013, as first reported by TBI, before launching in Germany last year. It said today that it now has 1.5 million users […]

DRG crowns Channel 4 Prince Philip doc

UK-based distributor DRG has acquired international sales rights to Channel 4 documentary Prince Philip: the Plot to Make a King. The doc launched on UK terrestrial Channel 4 at the end of June to more than two million viewers, prompting Modern Times Group-owned DRG to swoop. The show, from Blakeway, follows the tensions unleashed by […]

AMC populates global nets with Humans

AMC has landed exclusive first-run rights to sci-fi drama Humans for its international channel feeds. AMC Global will run the 8x60mins first season in all territories (except the UK where it is on coproducer Channel 4) after a deal with distributor Endemol Shine International. The networks will also get the second season, which is planned […]

BBC Studios hooks Salmon

Veteran British executive Peter Salmon has been named director of the BBC’s forthcoming commercial production division, BBC Studios. Salmon, currently based in Salford as director of BBC England and a member of the organisation’s senior management team, has beaten off competition to land the post, which he will take up later this year. He will […]

Channel 4 orders posh removals, more pawn

UK broadcaster Channel 4 has ordered Movers, Mansions and Millionaires, a new ob-doc series about high-end home removals. UK prodco Boomerang will make the one-off, and has also secured a Channel 4 green light for a new series of Posh Pawn (pictured), about high-end pawnbroking. It will make a new 10x60mins run of the show […]

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