BBC Studios
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Sky Studios buys into natural history production house True to Nature
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Sky has acquired a quarter stake in True to Nature, the natural history production house responsible for Expedition, currently airing on UKTV’s Dave. The investment is the first to be made by Sky Studios, Sky’s new Europe-wide development and production division.
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UKTV orders second season of Anna Paquin’s PR drama Flack
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Airing on the W, the broadcaster’s premium entertainment channel, the series, described is a co-commission with US network Pop and produced by Hat Trick Productions with Anna Paquin’s production company CASM.
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UKTV’s Dave announces new Edinburgh Fringe shortform strand
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UKTV’s comedy channel, Dave, has commissioned a series of shortform comedy programmes in which 16 acts will each deliver a two minute news segment ‘live’ from the Edinburgh Fringe Comedy Festival.
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Josh Widdicombe and James Acaster’s Hypothetical gets second series
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The show poses theoretical questions that no one else has asked such as “how would you stop the assassination of JFK if you were a cat?” and “how much would you have to be paid to wear boxing gloves for a year?”
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UKTV’s Gold announces new Morecambe & Wise retrospective
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Presented by Sir Lenny Henry, the four-part Trust Morecambe & Wise will take a look at rarely seen footage featuring the immortal duo at the peak of their careers.
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BBC Studios and Discovery complete UKTV split
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Confirmed in April after months of speculation, the agreement sees BBC Studios, the broadcaster’s commercial subsidiary take control of entertainment channels, the UKTV brand, and streaming service UKTV Play, while Discovery gains control of lifestyle channels Really, Home and Good Food.