Shine TV is a British
media
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production company
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and part of
Banijay
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with offices in
London
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and
Manchester
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.
Shine was founded in March 2001 by
Elisabeth Murdoch, daughter of
News Corporation
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CEO
Rupert Murdoch
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. The company was 80% owned by Elisabeth Murdoch, 15% by
Lord Alli, and 5% by
BSkyB
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, which signed a deal guaranteeing to buy an agreed amount of Shine programming for two years.
Rupe's kin takes a Shine to the TV biz ''Letters From London''
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Programming
*''100 Greatest Sexy Moments'' - three-hour documentary countdown broadcast on Channel Four
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that explored the "turn ons" of the average Briton
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*''Battle of the Brains
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'' - team played game show on BBC Two
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presented by Paddy O'Connell
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*''The Biggest Loser
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'' - reality weight loss show on ITV1
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presented by Kate Garraway
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in 2009 (daytime edition) and Davina McCall
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in 2011 (primetime edition)
*''Charles & Camilla: Madly In Love'' - documentary broadcast on Sky One tracing the path of the relationship between the Prince of Wales
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and the Duchess of Cornwall from their first meeting to their marriage in 2005
*''Demons
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'' - supernatural drama series that premiered on ITV and ITVBe
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on 3 January 2009
*''Gladiators
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'' - the 2008–2009 revival of the game show on Sky One
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*''Got to Dance
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'' - dance reality series that premiered on Sky 1 in January 2010
*'' Hex'' - supernatural
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drama that aired on Sky One in 2004–2005
*'' Masterchef Goes Large'' - ''Celebrity Masterchef'' - revived version of the cookery show, starring Gregg Wallace
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and John Torode
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; the latest in the Masterchef format is ''Masterchef: The Professionals'', with judges Gregg Wallace and Michel Roux
*''Merlin
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'' - fantasy action adventure series for BBC1
*'' Sugar Rush'' - comedy drama series based on the novel by Julie Burchill that was broadcast on Channel 4 in 2005–2006
*''The Unofficial World Records of Sex (UWROS)'' - x-rated
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Aust ...
comedy broadcast on Sky One that explores record breaking feats of a biological
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nature
*'' The What in the World? Quiz'' - scientific panel game
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hosted by Marcus Brigstocke
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Early life
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for Five
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* AD 5, the fifth year of the AD era
* 5 BC, the fifth year before the AD era
Literature
* ''5'' (visual novel), a 2008 visual novel by Ram
* ''5'' (comics), an awa ...
*'' Hunted'' - Channel 4
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reality show where a group of every day civilians are willingly sent on the run from a team known as hunters, for 28 days
*'' The Heist'' - Sky One reality competition where a group of every day citizens commit a robbery and hide from the a team of police detectives.
References
External links
shine.tv Official website
{{Endemol Shine Group
Television production companies of the United Kingdom
Mass media companies established in 2001
Banijay
Film production companies of the United Kingdom