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It’s Official: ITV Poaches ‘The Voice’ From BBC, Orders ITV2 & Kids Spin-Offs

By Patrick Munn | November 23, 2015 - 1:22 pm | No Comments
After weeks of rumours, ITV has officially confirmed that they have secured exclusive rights to The Voice, poaching the format away from its current UK home, the BBC. The show's fifth season, which is set to debut early next year, will be the last to air on BBC One, before the format segues to ITV in 2017. ITV's deal runs for three years, from 2017-2019, and alongside taking the rights to the main series, the commerical broadcaster has also commissioned an ITV2 spin-off and children's version of the format.

ITV Orders Three-Part Horror Drama ‘HIM’ From Mainstreet Pictures

By Patrick Munn | November 20, 2015 - 9:22 am | No Comments
ITV LogoITV has given the green-light to HIM, a three-part "domestic horror" drama from The Politician's Husband scribe Paula Milne and Mainstreet Pictures, the indie set up in 2013 by former ITV drama execs Laura Mackie and Sally Haynes.

BBC One Unveils Key Art For Six-Part ‘War & Peace’ Adaptation

By Patrick Munn | November 20, 2015 - 9:08 am | No Comments
War & PeaceThe BBC has released the key art for their upcoming six episode War & Peace adaptation, which is set to air on BBC One in early 2016. Widely regarded as one of the greatest novels of all time, War & Peace follows five aristocratic families in 19th century Russia – a time when Alexander I was still Tsar and the French were invading Russian territory. The adaptation has been hailed as the BBC’s most ambitious project to date, without serious investment from the British public broadcaster.
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