All Broadcast articles in 27 November 2014
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CommentInsight, information and inspiration
BVE 2015: BVE represents an important opportunity to celebrate the UK’s creative industries, says Alison Willis.
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PodcastTalking TV: BBC1’s entertainment quest & Charlie Higson
Talking TV returns from a short sabbatical with a bounty of goods, including the story behind BBC1’s forthcoming Harry Hill comedy drama Professor Branestawm.
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NewsRadio 5 Live lauds online success
BBC Radio 5 Live has heralded its campaign to reach more listeners online after its In Short service generated a record number of requests in October.
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NewsBBC2 orders Spanish Armada docudrama
BBC2 is to tell the “untold story” of the Spanish Armada in a forthcoming docudrama.
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RatingsLife Story bows out on low
THURSDAY: David Attenborough’s BBC1 wildlife series Life Story bowed with its worst ratings of the series.
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CommentDiversity: check the small print
Good intentions on diversity must not get clouded by confusion over legal terms, says Graham Green
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NewsBBC Children’s may become part of in-house plans
The BBC is considering making its children’s television production department part of its plans for a commercial production arm.
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NewsBBC daytime bailiff show inspires comedy project
Toast of London creator Arthur Mathews is developing a BBC sitcom inspired by BBC1 daytime show The Sheriffs Are Coming.
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CriticsTV Critics: Britain’s Bloodiest Dynasty; Nigel Slater’s Icing on the Cake; The Fall
“Britain’s Bloodiest Dynasty was a like a 99 per cent proof distillation of every great soap story.”
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NewsC4 plans online One Born Every Minute spin-off
Dragonfly is to deliver an online spin-off of One Born Every Minute for Channel 4’s Shorts platform next spring.
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RatingsThe Missing finds its place
BBC1’s new heavyweight drama began solidly and then people started to notice it
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NewsScotland may be handed BBC charter renewal role
The Scottish government should have a formal voice in BBC charter renewal negotiations, according to Lord Smith’s report aimed at devolving power to the nation.
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RatingsFamily raise a smile at Sky 1
On Monday at 8pm, Modern Family’s 600,000/3% was the sitcom’s best-ever live rating for the channel,
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RatingsBBC4 dance doc steps up
On Monday at 9pm, BBC4’s Dancing Cheek To Cheek: An Intimate History of Dance achieved 1.1 million/5%
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RatingsBBC2’s recipe for success
The best of BBC2’s MasterChef: The Professionals was Wednesday at 8pm’s 3.3 million/16%
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RatingsStrictly is king of the jungle
BBC1’s dance competition tops the table in a week dominated by ITV’s I’m A Celebrity
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RatingsI’m a Celebrity fires The Apprentice
WEDNESDAY: I’m a Celebrity…Get Me Out of Here! trumped The Apprentice for a second week on the trot, as Sky Arts’ Danish drama The Legacy debuted with 29,000.
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NewsFru Hazlitt to leave ITV
ITV commercial and online managing director Fru Hazlitt is to step down for health reasons after more than four years at the broadcaster.
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Arqiva wins data contract for Freeview connected TV
Arqiva has been awarded the contract to provide the data system at the heart of Freeview’s proposed connected-TV service.
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NewsAJA to start shipping Cion camera by end of year
AJA will begin shipping its Cion camera by the end of the year.