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EXCLUSIVE: Viacom's Channel 5 is doubling down on its dive into drama with a four-part thriller from the creator of Derry Girls. The British broadcaster has ordered The Deceived from All3Media-owned producer New Pictures, the company behind Starz' The Spanish Princess, Netflix's The Innocents and HBO and Sky's…

EXCLUSIVE: British broadcaster Channel 5 is putting together Britain's Master Crafters (w/t), a Making It-style four-part entertainment format from the creator of Masterchef. The Viacom-owned network has commissioned Pi Productions, which is run by Masterchef and Grand Designs creator John Silver, to produce the…

Viacom's UK production studio has set its sights on moving into drama and children's programming as its sister broadcaster Channel 5 plots life after Big Brother. C5 unveiled its first annual financial results since the decision to cancel the long-running Endemol Shine format and despite a slight dip in turnover, it…

Damien Lewis: Spy Wars producer Alaska TV is sniffing out a U.S. sale of its latest format – a docu-series that takes four cocaine users on a dangerous journey to Colombia to learn about the effects of the class A drug. This comes after Viacom's Channel 5 commissioned three-part series Doing Drugs For Fun and WME will…

Viacom-owned Channel 5 has ordered UK series All Creatures Great And Small, a new adaptation of best-selling author James Herriot's humorous adventures of a young country vet. The celebrated books were previously adapted into a group of films and TV series in the 1970s. Howards End and Wolf Hall outfit Playground will…

EXCLUSIVE: Channel 5 is once again looking for love with its latest reality dating format Uptown Girls (w/t). The Viacom-owned broadcaster, which is the UK network behind The Bachelor, Blind Date and Make or Break, is working with Twenty Twenty, the Warner Bros-owned producer responsible for First Dates on the…

Viacom's British broadcaster Channel 5 is looking to significantly ramp up the amount of kids programming it commissions. However, the linear broadcaster has warned that if a proposed ban on junk food advertising goes ahead, it may cut its programming budget across all genres. The broadcaster's Milkshake! strand…

Viacom-owned British broadcaster Channel 5 has picked up the UK rights to Sony Pictures Television's Crackle drama The Oath. The network will launch the 50 Cent-exec produced drama on its digital service My5 as part of a strategy of bolstering the VOD platform with first-run exclusives. The Oath, which has been…

The story of U.S. Marine Sergeant John Peck who lost both his arms and legs whilst serving in Afghanistan is to be the subject of a doc. Viacom's Channel 5 has commissioned British factual producer Barcroft Studios to make a one-hour film about Peck, who underwent a ground-breaking bilateral arm transplant after…

Viacom's gender pay gap has ballooned in the UK over the last twelve months. The U.S. media giant has posted a mean gender pay gap of 13.1% in favour of male employees. This is much higher than last year's pay gap of 2.8%. The company's median gender pay gap also increased from 9% to 13.4%, while bonus payments were…

ITV-backed production company Twofour has scored a bumper two season order for its Channel 5 social experiment Undercover Girlfriends as parent company ITV Studios touted its non-scripted formats to international buyers. The British producer is also planning to launch an international production hub for the series…

Viacom's Channel 5 is turning to a former Vice exec as it searches for programming to attract young audiences. The UK broadcaster has hired Dan Louw as Commissioning Editor. Louw comes from Vice Studios, the UK production arm of Shane Smith's media empire, where he was Head of Development and Executive Producer…