All Broadcast articles in 11 March 2016
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Ratings
Top 15 consolidated shows: 22 - 28 Feb 2016
BBC1’s fifth series of crime drama Death In Paradise ended with a consolidated rating of 8.1 million/29% after more than 1.9 million recorded and watched.
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Ratings
Top 50 Non-PSB shows: 29 Feb - 6 Mar 2016
Sky 1’s DC’s Legends Of Tomorrow launched on Thursday at 8pm with 572,000/3%, the best of its 8pm superhero strand.
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Ratings
Top 30 multichannel programmes: 29 Feb - 6 Mar 2016
This week, the much ballyhoo’d Family Guy launched ITV2’s new Cartoon Monday with 760,000/4%
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Ratings
Top 30 shows (BBC2, C4, C5): 29 Feb - 6 Mar 2016
BBC2’s Steve Backshall’s Extreme Mountain Challenge launched with 1.5 million/6%
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Ratings
Top 100 network programmes: 29 Feb - 6 Mar 2016
Grantchester is no match for Happy Valley as Doctor Thorne loses Sunday drama face-off
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News
BBC4 doc explores disabled Romeo & Juliet adaptation
BBC4 has ordered a one-off film documenting a theatrical adaptation of Romeo and Juliet which features a disabled cast.
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News
Arri releases Broadcast Plate for its Alexa Mini camera
Arri has released two new accessories for its Alexa Mini camera: a broadcast plate and a low bracket for shoulder operation.
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Mark Rylance, Mary Berry & Russell T Davies claim BPG awards
Mark Rylance, Mary Berry and Russell T Davies were among the winners at the 42nd Broadcasting Press Guild Awards.
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News
Screen Yorkshire to invest £2.5m in TV shows
Screen Yorkshire is to invest £2.5m into a raft of high-profile productions.
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News
Greenbird backs factual indie
Greenbird Media has invested in fledgling indie Top Hat Productions as it has landed a debut documentary series about the House of Lords for BBC2.
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Podcast
Talking TV: BBC distinctiveness & Obama’s White House
Talking TV unpicks another busy fortnight for broadcasting, as well as heading behind the scenes on BBC2’s landmark series Inside Obama’s White House.
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Ratings
Secret History of My Family locates 1.3m
THURSDAY: The Cruise, Bear Grylls: Mission Survive and Murder all lost ground on a tough night for terrestrial TV – which included the launch of BBC2 social history format.
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Video
VIDEO: Inside Obama's White House, BBC2
Brook Lapping four-part documentary includes an interview with President Obama.
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News
Michael Moore to open Sheffield Doc/Fest
Oscar-winning documentarian Michael Moore will attend this year’s Sheffield Doc/Fest (June 10-15) to open the festival with his latest polemic, Where To Invade Next.
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Insert Name Here lands second run
Sue Perkins-fronted panel show Insert Name Here is to return for a second series on BBC2 later this year.
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Critics
TV Critics: The Secret History of My Family; Murder: Lost Weekend;The Secret Life of the Family
“The show relied on the strength of its storytelling to hold our interest.”
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News
Culture minister does not rule out charter extension
Culture minister Lady Neville-Rolfe has said the government could extend the current BBC charter to buy more time for the publication of its white paper on the future of the corporation.
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Video
VIDEO: Marcella, ITV
Buccaneer Media’s drama starring Anna Friel and written by Hans Rosenfeldt, the creator of The Bridge.
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News
Brexit: where do you stand?
Broadcast publisher Media Business Insight is taking the temperature of where the creative industries stand on the EU referendum. Click to take part in our short survey.
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True North to test trust in C4 relationship series
True North is to explore the importance of trust in personal relationships for a Channel 4 series.