All Broadcast articles in 4 November 2016
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RatingsWalking Dead still living it up
This week, Jude Law playing a chain-smoking American pontiff debuted with record ratings – in Italy at least. Over here, we seem more possessed by bloodless perambulations and celebrities finding things in locked cupboards.
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RatingsTop 15 consolidated shows: 17-23 Oct
The 11th episode of the 14th series of BBC1’s Strictly Come Dancing achieved 11.2 million/48% after 1.2 million recorded and watched.
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RatingsBake Off bows out on a high
This week, Bake Off waved an imperious and huge goodbye to BBC1; perhaps fatigued by the excitement, the next day’s review of 2015 made many fewer people’s soufflés go up and down.
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RatingsCelebrity Juice a winner on fright night
This week, Keith Lemon guided his juicy show through another triumphant Halloween.
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NewsStudio Lambert's Common Sense heads down under
Australian broadcasters Foxtel and Network Ten have jointly commissioned Studio Lambert’s news show Common Sense - the third commission for the BBC2 format.
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NewsC4: we are open for post-Bake Off business
The Great British Bake Off will not eat into Channel 4’s programming budget or result in a dearth of available slots, its head of factual entertainment has told producers.
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NewsBT Sport exec to head My5 channel
BT Sport exec Chris Neilson has been hired as channel lead of Channel 5’s newly-launched My5 TV, a free-to-air channel based on its on-demand service.
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NewsDavid Brindley lands BBC factual role
The BBC has hired Channel 4 factual commissioner David Brindley to head its renamed popular factual and factual entertainment department.
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NewsBBC joins public science campaign
The BBC has joined forces with the Royal Society and the Wellcome Trust to promote science to schoolchildren as part of a public campaign.
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RatingsDonald Trump helps BBC2 beat C4 gun doc
THURSDAY: BBC2 narrowly outgunned Channel 4 as the channels went head-to-head with US-themed documentaries.
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NewsFramestore agrees £150m sale
Oscar-winning UK VFX firm Framestore is to be sold to Chinese firm Cultural Investment Holdings Co in a deal worth £150m.
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NewsBerry's post-Bake Off show unveiled
Former Great British Bake Off presenter Mary Berry is to explore Britain’s stately homes for her next BBC project.
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NewsE4 revives Roughcut comedy short
E4 has commissioned People Just Do Nothing indie Roughcut TV to make a comedy series following the success of one of its online shorts.
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CriticsTV Critics: The Gun Shop; Conspiracy Files; Bublé at the BBC
“It made me very, very relieved to be living in a country that has strict gun control.”
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NewsCPL preps C4 social experiment
Channel 4 will unite a group of elderly care home residents with a group of four year olds as part of a six-week social experiment.
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NewsSteve November joins Lionsgate
Former ITV drama chief Steve November has resurfaced at Mad Men producer Lionsgate’s UK TV division.
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RatingsHumans fails to come to life
I am beginning to wonder if being human is all it’s cracked up to be.Perhaps it would be better if the machines did take over. Surely they’d be no more dangerous than some of the brains currently seeking or exercising power.Maybe though, as Channel 4’s robot ...
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NewsShowtime eyes Catastrophe-style comedies
US cable network Showtime is looking for more auteur-driven comedies in the vein of Channel 4’s Catastrophe as it ramps up its slate of half-hour shows.
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NewsITN lands Easyjet access
ITN Productions has landed access to Easyjet and will follow trainee pilots as they take off for the first time in a three-part documentary series for ITV.