All Broadcast articles in 29 April 2016
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RatingsTop 15 consolidated shows: 11 - 17 Apr 2016
Sky 1’s new home-grown drama The Five began on Friday 15 April at 9pm with 1.2 million/5% after 829,000 watched via PVR, slightly behind Stan Lee’s Lucky Man
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RatingsTop 50 Non-PSB shows: 18 - 24 Apr 2016
Gold’s Victoria Wood weekend peaked at 7.40pm on Saturday with Victoria Wood’s Mid-Life Christmas
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RatingsTop 30 multichannel programmes: 18 - 24 Apr 2016
On Friday, BBC4 scored its best audience this week with Prince: A Purple Reign (890,000/6%), a documentary repeated in tribute to the late musician at 10pm.
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RatingsTop 30 shows (BBC2, C4, C5): 18 - 24 Apr 2016
On Saturday from 8.30pm, BBC2’s Shakespeare Live! From The RSC averaged 1.3 million/7% over two hours.
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RatingsTop 100 network programmes: 18 - 24 April 2016
Birthday celebration Elizabeth At 90 attracts loyal subjects, while Victoria Wood brings joy to BBC2
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CommentPutting new talent on the right path
It’s time to untangle the often impenetrable routes in the profession, says Bryan Elsley
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VideoVIDEO: Brands on the box - Cannes Lions roundtable
Ahead of Cannes Lion’s new creative strand, Lion Entertainment, Broadcast brought together four industry experts to explore the future of brand-funded programming.
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NewsYouTube channel to help aspiring TV talent
A crowd-funded YouTube channel will help aspiring TV professionals break into the industry by offering them advice about how to get ahead.
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NewsAmazon UK acquires Hulu comedy
Amazon has acquired the UK rights to Casual, an original comedy produced for US streaming rival Hulu.
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NewsMedia Summit: last chance to buy early bird tickets
It’s the last day to book tickets at the early bird rate for this year’s Media Summit.
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NewsMitchell and Webb reunite for C4 comedy pilot
Comedy duo David Mitchell and Robert Webb are reuniting for a Channel 4 comedy pilot.
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NewsMinnow seeks spies for C4 series
Minnow Films is following up SAS: Who Dares Wins by putting 20 ordinary men and women through the rigorous recruitment processes of Britain’s intelligence services for a new Channel 4 series.
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NewsT. Rex Autopsy exec sets up Bristol indie
T. Rex Autopsy executive producer Paul Wooding is leaving Impossible Factual to set up a Bristol-based production company, backed by indie investment network Bob & Co.
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RatingsLine Of Duty final arrests record audience
THURSDAY: Line Of Duty reached a thrilling conclusion in front of a record audience of 4.1m, making it BBC2’s biggest drama since 2011.
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NewsC5 returns to comedy panel shows
Channel 5 is pushing further into entertainment with a comedy panel show fronted by Eamonn Holmes.
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CommentThe story behind a successful Korean co-pro
The Bridge founder Amanda Groom this week won an award for the Most Significant Contribution to the UK-Korea TV Creative Collaboration at an event organised by the London Korean Drama Club. Here she reveals the story behind RTS Award-nominated S4C film Tears of Blood, which was co-produced by a Korean ...
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NewsStorm upgrades for 4K finishing
Covent Garden-based post facility Storm has upgraded its flagship finishing suite for 4K deliveries.
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NewsBBC Studios plans divisive restructure
Mark Freeland’s departure is expected to herald more changes at BBC Studios, with sources suggesting new director Mark Linsey wants its genre heads to be business rather than creative leaders.
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CriticsTV Critics: Line of Duty; What Would Be Your Miracle?; The Extraordinary Case of Alex Lewis; The Hairy Bikers
“Extraordinary, intense, butt-clenchingly gripping television.”
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NewsBBC preps diversity guidelines for indies
The BBC is to publish new commissioning guidelines for producers by the end of the summer as part of a renewed drive to “hardwire” diversity into its culture.