ITV will air the final two episodes of this season of Saturday Night Takeaway with Declan Donnelly handling hosting duties on his own after his co-host Ant McPartlin was involved in a suspected DUI. The British broadcaster pulled this weekend’s episode of the ITV Studios-produced show following the … Read entire story.
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ITV Chief Executive Carolyn McCall believes that there will be more collaboration between British broadcasters as they look to compete with well-funded SVOD rivals such as Netflix, Amazon and Apple. McCall said that the UK’s public service broadcasters, including the BBC and Channel 4, will likely work together on data … Read entire story.
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ITV is adapting J.G. Farrell’s World War II novel The Singapore Grip with a script from Oscar winner Christopher Hampton. The British broadcaster has ordered a six-part series produced by Poldark and Victoria producer Mammoth Screen. The Singapore Grip, which was part of Farrell’s Empire Trilogy of novels, … Read entire story.
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Donald Trump has claimed that he isn’t a feminist but told British journalist Piers Morgan that he has “tremendous respect” for women. The comments are the latest to emerge from Morgan’s interview with the U.S. President at the World Economic Forum in Davos. Trump sat down with the former … Read entire story.
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Global Road Entertainment has pacted with DRG for quiz show format, Catch Phrase. Under the deal, Global Road (formerly IM Global) has acquired an option for North and Latin America as well as China. Based on a property created by Pasetta Productions and Steven Radosh, Catch Phrase pits three contestants … Read entire story.
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