All Broadcast articles in 17 June 2011
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NewsBroadcasters honoured on Queen's birthday
Light entertainment veteran Bruce Forsyth has recieved a long-awaited knighthood in the Queen’s Birthday Honours List.
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NewsHot Shots: get your entries in
Broadcast readers have just five days left to put forward their nominations for this year’s Hot Shots – our guide to the best talent under the age of 30.
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NewsSky grabs Glee from E4
Sky has confirmed it has acquired US high school musical show Glee as well as spin-off reality series The Glee Project.
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NewsDesmond hails 'remarkable' C5 turnaround
Richard Desmond’s media empire Northern & Shell has hailed the “remarkable turnaround” of Channel 5 as it prepares to report a return to profit for the terrestrial broadcaster.
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NewsMisfits to debut online in US
E4 superhero drama Misfits is to be shown in the US for the first time through online TV service Hulu.
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Comment13 June '11
“It’s a clever sponge-cake of a the epic and everyday sandwiched together.” Read on for the verdict on the weekend’s TV.
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RatingsSo You Think You Can Dance final draws 3.5m
SATURDAY: So You Think You Can Dance limped out of the BBC1 schedule as the grand finale drew 2.3m fewer viewers than last year.
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NewsBBC2 orders Festival of Britain retrospective
The Proudfoot Company has been commissioned to make its first history documentary for the BBC about the Festival of Britain.
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RatingsTitchmarsh's Love Your Garden unearths 3.6m
FRIDAY: Alan Titchmarsh’s new gardening series sprung into life with a respectable audience for ITV1.
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NewsBBC begins Television Centre sale
The BBC has fired the starting gun on its exit of Television Centre by inviting interested parties to submit proposals by 1 July.
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NewsBBC Sport 'to bear brunt of cuts'
The BBC could axe parts of its sports coverage and a digital channel, it has been reported.
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DPP calls for trials to be televised
The Director of Public Prosecutions has backed calls for some court proceeding to be televised.
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NewsBBCW to co-pro Stoppard adaptation
BBC Worldwide has entered into its first co-production venture with Lookout Point, centred around Sir Tom Stoppard’s adaptation of Parade’s End.
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BBCW exec joins Cineflix
The BBC Worldwide Productions exec behind the new season of Torchwood has been named president of production for Cineflix Studios.
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NewsBarry Manilow to host An Audience With...
Music legend Barry Manilow has been lined up to host An Audience With… for ITV1.
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NewsCintel's Terry Mead awarded MBE
Cintel’s head of research, Terry Mead, has been awarded an MBE in the Queen’s Birthday Honours List.
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NewsThe Kids Are All Right in Vietnam
Endemol has struck a three-year deal in Vietnam with The Kids Are All Right, marking the first commission in Asia for the gameshow format.
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RatingsGlee ends E4 run on 1.3m
MONDAY: E4’s last new episode of Glee, before it transfers to Sky 1, drew an audience of nearly 1.3m
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NewsGavin Henson to be C5's Bachelor
Channel 5 has confirmed it will adapt US reality show The Bachelor, with rugby star Gavin Henson in the title role.
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Comment14 June '11
“Never veered into out-and-out polemic.” Read on for what the critcis thought of last night’s TV.