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BBC Worldwide increases stake in Misfits producers, Clerkenwell Films
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Formed in 1998, Clerkenwell is a multi-award winning film and television production company which works regularly with the UK’s leading broadcasters and global SVOD service Netflix, and is currently developing a raft of new shows for broadcast and digital players across the UK, US and Europe.
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Martin Clunes returns to BBC One with new sitcom, Warren
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Martin Clunes is returning to BBC One with a new sitcom in which he plays Warren, a pedantic driving instructor who thinks the world is against him.
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BBC teams up with Nigeria’s Channels Television for new current affairs show
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Featuring in-depth reporting and analysis, “hard-hitting interviews” and studio discussions of local issues, the programme will also feature stories covered by a selection of the BBC’s African services and will will air live on Channels Television in Nigeria and on Channels24 in the UK.
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BBC Two sends four celebrity couples on a 4,000km drive through Thailand, Cambodia and Vietnam
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Coming to BBC Two in 2018, Asian Adventure: The Road To Saigon will see Noel Edmonds and wife Liz, Martin and Shirlie Kemp, Andi Oliver and daughter Miquita Oliver, and close friends Tinchy Stryder and Jordan Stephens compete against each other and over 30 other vintage car enthusiasts as part of The Endurance Rally Association’s…
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Dominic West and David Oyelowo cast in BBC One’s Les Misérables
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Both will also serve as Executive Producers for the series which is being adapted by multi award-winning screenwriter Andrew Davies and produced by Lookout Point and BBC Studios for BBC One and Masterpiece.
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Jenna Coleman cast in new BBC One drama
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Coleman will star opposite Ewen Leslie (Safe Harbour, Top of the Lake) in the four-part series which has been adapted by Jacquelin Perske and will be filmed in Scotland and Australia. Glendyn Ivin (Safe Harbour, Gallipoli, The Beautiful Lie), will direct.