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EXCLUSIVE: Another two senior execs at The Apprentice UK producer Naked have exited – commercial boss Tamara Howe and Head of Formats Cam de la Huerta. The Fremantle label also saw its factual entertainment chief James Lessell leave earlier this year to set up an indie, while MD Fatima Salaria left…

EXCLUSIVE: Pampered young adults in need of a reality check can breathe a sigh of relief — Netflix has canceled reality series Snowflake Mountain after just one season. The streaming service has decided against renewing Snowflake Mountain after it failed to hit the heights of other unscripted series…

There’s new blood at the top of Fremantle UK’s Too Hot to Handle co-producer Thames and The Apprentice maker Naked. At Thames, Charlie Irwin has been upped to Managing Director from his current post as Director of Programmes, while Tom O’Brien’s acting Managing Director role at Naked has been made…

EXCLUSIVE: Fremantle is launching sales on Portuguese relationship format The Second Chance Experiment and musical gameshow The Beatbox as the London TV Screenings gets underway. The former, which launched recently on TVI Portugal, reunites divorced and separated couples, who are then given a chance…

EXCLUSIVE: Peacock has ordered a reality format in which fluid couples and singletons explore their sexuality on an island from the producer of Hulu docuseries Planet Sex With Cara Delevingne. Fremantle-backed UK producer Naked is behind the as-yet-untitled show, which has had working titles…

There was a time when Fremantle was shorthand for the American Idol company. ABC’s iconic entertainment brand was undoubtedly a coveted calling card, but it also served to constrain perceptions of a company that harbored a grander vision. Peter Bose, the preeminent Danish drama producer behind shows…

Gaumont Lands Debut Channel 5 Drama ‘Under Her Skin’ Gaumont is producing Paramount-owned Channel 5’s latest primetime psychological thriller, with Banijay Rights on board to distribute internationally. Jo Joyner and Rachel Shenton are leading Under Her Skin [w/t], which follows a perfect woman whose…

EXCLUSIVE: Susie Dark, the chief operating officer of Fremantle UK-owned Naked TV, is leaving the company after more than five years. Dark has been instrumental in growing Naked, working alongside founder Simon Andreae, the former Fox head of alternative entertainment, since the company was established in 2015. She is…

EXCLUSIVE: The BBC’s youth service BBC Three has renewed its remake of Lifetime series The Rap Game for a third season. The series, which sees talented MCs compete for a record deal, is made by Fremantle UK producer Naked, which is currently crewing up for the Season 3 shoot. Casting is underway and the show will…

Fremantle’s Naked Poaches Twofour Development Chief Fremantle UK’s unscripted company Naked has hired Twofour’s development boss Natalie McArdle as its new director of development. Reporting to Naked creative director Tom O'Brien, she will take up the post in February. She has only been with Twofour for a year after…

Fremantle label Naked has poached Fatima Salaria, Channel 4’s head of specialist factual, as its managing director after Simon Andreae was promoted to become Fremantle UK’s chief executive. The My Grandparents War and Putin: A Russian Spy Story commissioner will work closely with Naked’s creative director Tom O'Brien…