All Broadcast articles in 12 May 2017
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Ratings
Line Of Duty ends on high
BBC1’s first Line Of Duty series ended with 9.9m – by some distance the series’ best-ever rating
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Ratings
Epic start for Jamestown
Historical drama attracted 618,000 - Sky 1’s best overnight of 2017
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Ratings
Movie spoof a hit for ITV
The Keith And Paddy Picture Show hands ITV its best entertainment launch in five years
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News
Film4 secures £25m budget for 2017/18
Upcoming slate includes new films from Steve McQueen and Ben Wheatley
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News
VFX for TV to be showcased at MPS
The art and craft of visual effects for TV will be a key focus at this year’s Media Production Show (MPS) with a number of masterclass sessions being held.
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News
International round-up: Valkyrien, Critical Content, Hulu
Valkyrien showrunner on “worn out” Nordic noir genre
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Ratings
Stuttering start to the year for C4
Broadcaster suffered the sharpest slump in share of the main PSBs after a 2016 boosted by the Paralympics, with a fall in youth audience a particular cause for concern.
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Comment
Access is key to producing great factual programming
Delivering an insightful show is all about building relationships
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Video
Top of the Lake: China Girl, BBC2
Second series of See-Saw Films drama, written by Jane Campion
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Critics
Morocco to Timbuktu; The Truth About Sleep; Born to Kill
“This is more like it — a voyage to strange lands with a companion who is a genuine traveller, not some smug comedian on an all-expenses-paid junket.”
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Comment
The future’s looking much brighter for kids’ producers
Sector is turning the corner thanks to the Digital Economy Act