Rove live in Britain
By Robert Fidgeon - News.com.au
November 04, 2004
ROVE McManus is set to have his own show on British TV next year.
England's Channel Five has commissioned the two-time Gold Logie winner to make a pilot of an export version of Rove Live to screen in Britain each week.
"It's a great compliment to the team who work on our show that a TV network on the other side of the world would want us to beam in a tonight show from Melbourne," McManus said.
"The really exciting part of this is that they are not just replaying the Australian show.
"They're allowing us to create a new version for the UK.
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Roving to Britain
GOLD Logie winner Rove McManus announced yesterday that he is producing a pilot program for a version of Rove Live to air on Channel5 in Britain. "The pilot that Channel 5 has commissioned will be a special version of Rove Live that will be beamed to the UK each week into a late-night timeslot," he said in a statement. "The program will be produced in Australia and will include elements of the Australian show plus material created exclusively for the UK. Craig Campbell will be the executive producer of this new program in addition to the Australian version of Rove Live." Skithouse, Ten's sketch comedy, has also been bought for the British market by the Paramount Comedy Channel. |