All Broadcast articles in 13 November 2014
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NewsBBC1 axes Tumble after first series flop
The BBC has axed its latest in-house Saturday night entertainment format, Tumble.
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NewsIngenious chief joins Simon Fuller's firm
Ingenious Investments CEO James Clayton has joined Simon Fuller’s media firm XIX Entertainment.
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CommentEscaping the religious ghetto
Programme-makers in every genre have a duty to take faith seriously, argues Torin Douglas
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CommentThe politics of diversity
Everybody wants TV to become more diverse - but is there the political will to act on it, asks Marcus Ryder
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NewsC4 reels in fixed-rig fishing doc
Blast! Films is to give deep-sea fishing the fixed-rig treatment for Channel 4 in a series executive produced by the broadcaster’s outgoing features commissioner Nick Hornby.
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NewsDistributor Electric Sky enters administration
International distributor Electric Sky has fallen into administration two days after Broadcast revealed its production and post-businesses had become insolvent.
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NewsBBC back for more Peaky Blinders
Birmingham-based gangster drama Peaky Blinders is to return to BBC2 for a third series.
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RatingsGreat War battles through
BBC1 stripped drama The Passing Bells does well against stiff competition from ITV’s Emmerdale.
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NewsITV Encore orders supernatural drama
ITV Encore has ordered a supernatural drama based on the novels of Phil Rickman.
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NewsArrow lands C4 extreme weather doc
Channel 4 has ordered a one-off weather documentary from Arrow Media, the first time that the broadcaster has commissioned a show from one of its Growth Fund indies.
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RatingsBabylon and The Fall shed viewers
THURSDAY: Danny Boyle’s Babylon returned for a full series with 1m fewer viewers than it locked up for its debut as the second series of The Fall also lost around 1m.
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RatingsBBC2 travels begin well
On Sunday at 8pm, BBC2’s The Mekong River With Sue Perkins began well with 2.4 million/9%.
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RatingsTOWIE settles in nicely
If ITV had been fretting about moving The Only Way Is Essex to ITV Be, it needn’t have worried.
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RatingsGreat start for Sky 1's Micky
Sky 1’s Micky Flanagan’s Detour De France debuted with 517,000/2.3%; the best of the evening’s launches.
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RatingsSuper show from Gotham
The third episode of Gotham, Channel 5’s lavish acquisition of the pre-Batman years, achieved 1.6 million/7% on Monday 27 October.
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NewsHat Trick in HIGNFY Twitter trial
Hat Trick Productions is trialling transforming Have I Got News For You’s Twitter account into an ongoing satirical profile.
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NewsRightster gears up for Formula E push
Formula E has struck a deal with content network Rightster to promote the electric racing series online.
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CriticsTV Critics: The Fall; Babylon; Puppy Love
“One episode in, this once again feels like the most sophisticated drama on British television.”
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NewsSuspects set for third series
Channel 5 is lining up more Suspects after renewing the Newman Street-produced drama for a third series.
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NewsPlayground hires C4 commissioner
Channel 4 drama commissioner Sophie Gardiner is joining the UK division of Colin Callender’s indie Playground Entertainment.