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Ramsay is Fox’s nightmare

11th January 2007

Production starts next month on celeb chef Gordon Ramsay’s next reality series for Fox, Granada America’s US version of UK format Kitchen Nightmares. 

BBC America orders three-course meal from Optomen

20th December 2006

UK hogs the gongs at International Emmys

21st November 2006

The UK left the International Emmys with its hands full last night, as British shows Life On Mars, Little Britain and Gordon Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares scooped awards at the New York event.

Optomen dishes up Great British Menu 2

21st November 2006

Simmering culinary rivalries between the UK and France are set to bubble over in a new series of Great British Menu after BBC2 ordered a second helping of the daytime show from Optomen TV.

Optomen stirs in Bullseye exec

16th November 2006

Optomen, the UK indie that helped launch the TV careers of celebrity chefs Jamie Oliver and Gordon Ramsay, has poached Bullseye TV’s head of distribution Bo Stehmeier to fill the newly created role of head of sales. ..

Mid-season 2005/06 – BBC1 – UK

30th March 2006

BBC2 serves up cookery challenge

24th February 2006

UK indie Optomen Television has bagged a 20-hour commission from BBC Daytime that challenges chefs to come up with the best British meal, as decided by a public vote. 

New software shows rights stuff

15th December 2005

Ex-Itel and Granada International executive Ross Bentley has set up an independent software development company to help distributors keep track of rights, and already has several UK indies on board.

Names to conjure with

2nd November 2005

With Ross Kemp’s film about London gangs and Francis Fulford’s take on America heading UK cabsat channel Sky One’s autumn factual schedule, the channel’s appetite for authored documentaries appears to be as robust as ever. 

Optomen predicts new WNET doc

26th October 2005

UK indie Optomen TV is in post-production on its latest US commission, a topical documentary hour that asks whether animals can predict disasters such as tsunamis and hurricanes. 

Sky1 hoovers up coke, Viagra for factual high

14th October 2005

Sky One’s series of original, authored polemics has been extended with the commission of new opinion pieces by Ross Kemp and Francis Fulford, and two provocative docs about Viagra and cocaine. 

Optomen lands US cable commissions

22nd February 2005

British production company Optomen Television is working on a pair of new reality shows for American cable networks, following the opening of its new Los Angeles office last month.