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Warner Bros Producer Ricochet & ‘Masked Singer UK’ Maker Bandicoot Devise Post-Lockdown Dating Shows

EXCLUSIVE: Warner Bros-owned Ricochet and Bandicoot TV, the producer behind The Masked Singer UK, are developing separate dating shows for ITV2 and the BBC respectively. With the UK emerging from lockdown and social distancing rules being relaxed, finding love is back on the agenda —and the two new formats offer new…

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Warner Bros. Adapts German Format ‘Cash For Trash’ For BBC One

Warner Bros. International Television Production indie Ricochet is adapting the group’s German format Cash For Trash into a BBC One show. Ricochet has been commissioned to make 30-part daytime series The Bidding Room, in which expert dealers compete to buy items presented to them by members of the public. Hosted by Cha…

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‘The Bachelor’: Viacom’s UK Net Channel 5 Brings Back U.S. Format For Second Date

EXCLUSIVE: UK broadcaster Channel 5 is bringing back The Bachelor for a second date. The Viacom-owned network broke up with the Warner Bros-owned dating format in 2012 after two seasons but is rekindling its romance as it looks to find a competitor for ITV2's Love Island. Deadline understands that Warner Bros-owned Ric…

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UKTV’s W Mines ‘Bachelor’ Territory In Posh British Dating Series From Warner Bros’ Ricochet

EXCLUSIVE: Britain is getting its own spin on a Bachelor-style dating show after UKTV picked up an eight-part series based around 'Lady' Lara Asprey, who has provided dating advice to those close to the royal family. UKTV's female-skewing channel W has ordered The Ultimate Matchmaker, which follows some of Britain's…