All Broadcast articles in 27 May 2011
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CommentRobinson on the Rajars
The latest Rajar audience figures and Sony Radio Academy Awards appear to be that rare beast that pleases all and yet is not a placebo, writes Paul Robinson.
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NewsSherlock triumphs at Baftas
Detective drama Sherlock was a double winner at the TV Baftas - but a newcomer beat its star to the best actor award.
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NewsNBCU acquires Matchbox stake
NBC Universal International has acquired a majority stake in an Australian production company – its first indie investment outside of the UK.
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RatingsSo You Think You Can Dance hits new low
SATURDAY: BBC1’s So You Think You Can Dance took another tumble, recording its lowest audience of the series to date.
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RatingsDirk Gently investigated by 1.1m
FRIDAY: Comedy drama Dirk Gently has made its terrestrial debut, growing the number of viewers that first caught the Douglas Adams adaptation on BBC4.
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RatingsVera edges out the Baftas
SUNDAY: The final part of ITV1 drama Vera just edged out competition from BBC1’s coverage of the Bafta Television Awards.
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NewsPublic to pick Desert Island Discs
Radio 4 is turning the turntables on the public to search for the nation’s favourite Desert Island Discs.
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NewsChannel 4 names Paralympic presenters
An ex-Royal Marine, a carpenter and a former Paralympic swimmer are among six new disabled presenters who will help front Channel 4’s coverage of the London 2012 Paralympics.
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NewsRadio 1 unveils biggest-ever live event
The BBC is to stage its biggest-ever free live music event as part of the London 2012 Festival on Hackney Marshes next summer.
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Comment23 May '11
“A parade of injustice without prospect of redemption leaves you with nothing but a caged, arid sadness.”
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NewsC5 snares Animal Mega Moves
Channel 5 has picked up a doc series in which large, dangerous animals are transported around the world.
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NewsGetting On to return for third series
NHS comedy Getting On is to return for a new series, following Jo Brand’s success at the Bafta TV awards.
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NewsNat Geo to build human-sized beaver lodge
Nat Geo Wild has ordered a new series that will see a team live in human-sized recreations of animals’ homes such as a beavers’ lodge and a bird’s nest.
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NewsMentorn poaches Talkback factual exec
Claudia Lewis, Talkback Thames’ head of specialist factual, is to join Mentorn Media as an executive producer.
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FeaturesAll Watched Over by Machines of Loving Grace
Full post on the three-part documentary series about how computers have not liberated us but distorted and simplified our view of the world around us.
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NewsTom Toumazis to leave Endemol
Endemol chief commercial officer Tom Toumazis is to step down after being appointed chief executive of media group Mecom.
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RatingsStrangeways ends sentence on ratings high
MONDAY: Prison documentary Strangeways bowed out on a ratings high, making it one of ITV1’s most successful factual series in the past decade.
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NewsAbraham: data will drive C4
Channel 4 chief executive David Abraham has reiterated his vision of using viewer data to reinvent free-to-air advertising and inform programming.
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Comment24 May '11
“Television that bombards you in waves and leaves you feeling bewildered and a little bit giddy.” Read on for the verdict on last night’s TV.
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NewsYoung TV makers honoured
The winners of the Royal Television Society Student Television Awards have been announced.