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ITV gives romance a second chance with reality spin-off ‘Love Island: All Stars’

UK comcaster ITV has commissioned an ‘all stars’ spin-off from the hit Love Island reality dating series. Launching on ITV2 and streamer ITVX early next year, Love Island: All Stars will follow popular former contestants who receive another chance at finding true love at the idyllic South African villa. Produced by Lifted Entertainment, part of […]

Peacock orders ‘Love Island’ spin-off with returning cross-franchise contestants

NBCUniversal streamer Peacock has ordered Love Island Games, the first-ever spin-off from reality dating series Love Island. Expected to debut in Fall 2023, the series will bring together cross-franchise fan-favorite contestants from the US, UK, Australia and other versions of the format to give them a second chance at love. In this new iteration, romance […]

UK’s Channel 4 hires Lifted Entertainment exec to expand format & fact ent efforts

UK pubcaster Channel 4 has appointed Lifted Entertainment exec Luke Mcfarlane as commissioning editor for factual, replacing Becky Cadman who joined Lime as creative director of formats and talent. Mcfarlane was most recently executive producer on The Big Breakfast at Lifted and before that worked at Fremantle’s UK-based Naked TV. His credits include the reality and […]

ITVS’s Lifted Entertainment names MD to replace outgoing Angela Jain

Dancing On Ice producer Lifted Entertainment has promoted its director of unscripted to become the ITV Studios-owned company’s MD. Richard Cowles replaces Angela Jain, after she was appointed late last year to become ITVS’s first director of unscripted in the UK. Cowles, meanwhile, has co-created formats including Love Island, I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out […]

ITV Studios appoints for new UK director of unscripted role

ITV Studios (ITVS) has named Angela Jain to a new UK-focused role heading up unscripted, with a remit to oversee operations across 11 of the company’s prodcos. Jain, who is currently MD at ITVS-owned Lifted Entertainment, will become director of unscripted in the UK from January and will have responsibility for UK unscripted labels Potato, […]

ITV seeks ‘An Audience With Adele’ from Fulwell 73

UK broadcaster ITV has commissioned An Audience With Adele, a one-off special music event featuring the global superstar. Produced by UK indie Fulwell 73 Productions and Onward Productions, the programme is based on the ITV Studios & Lifted Entertainment An Audience With format. In a one-off concert, held at the London Palladium, Adele will perform […]

ITVS-owned Lifted boosts development team with trio of senior hires

ITV Studios-owned Lifted Entertainment has announced a trio of senior development hires. Ramy El-Bergamy has joined Lifted to spearhead development at its northern base in MediaCityUK, reporting to Lee McNicholas, who recently joined the label as creative director, North. Meanwhile, Sean O’Brien and Susannah Haley have joined the London-based team, as development producer and development executive, […]

ITV Studios Entertainment rebrands & hires Syco’s creative director

Love Island’s UK producer ITV Studios Entertainment has been rebranded as Lifted Entertainment and appointed a senior exec from The X Factor outfit Syco Entertainment to work across its creative output. Lee McNicholas joins Lifted Entertainment as creative director for the company’s North division, with a remit to lead production and development from the company’s offices at MediaCityUK, […]