All Broadcast articles in 9 January 2014
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NewsC4 buys Norwegian foreign language thriller
Channel 4 has acquired edgy Norwegian thriller Mammon, a noir All The President’s Men-style drama.
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CommentThe Twitter verdict: The Undateables
“You can watch Channel 4 or Five and either could be called The Undateables.” How TV reacted to Channel 4’s dating format.
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NewsITV production manager Polly Coupland passes away
Polly Coupland, who worked for ITV as a production manager for almost forty years, has died shortly after being diagnosed with cancer.
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NewsHBO renews Girls, ends Boardwalk Empire
HBO has renewed Lena Dunham’s comedy Girls for a fourth series, while Boardwalk Empire will come to an end after its fifth series.
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NewsC4 rejects Benefits Street's ‘poverty porn’ tag
Channel 4 head of factual Ralph Lee has hit back strongly at claims that Benefits Street is “poverty porn” amid increasing criticism of the show.
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NewsTwofour Rights poaches Cineflix exec
Twofour Rights has hired Cineflix Rights executive Caroline Hurmson.
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NewsBBC developing Steve McQueen drama
The BBC has confirmed it is working on a “major drama” with 12 Years a Slave director Steve McQueen, which is likely to chart the black experience in Britain.
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NewsSteve Macallister to lead Zodiak Rights
Former BBC Worldwide sales chief Steve Macallister is to become chief executive of Zodiak Rights, replacing Matthew Frank who will leave the super-indie’s international division.
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CriticsTV Critics: Tough Young Teachers; The Undateables; Dolphins: Spy In The Pod; Birds of a Feather
“It’s fabulous television though. A little bit like Educating Yorkshire/Essex, but that was more about the institution, this is more about the profession.” Read on for the verdict on last night’s TV.
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RatingsThe Undateables hits low
The Undateables returned for a third series on Thursday with its lowest audience to date - as Birds of a Feather lost nearly a million viewers.
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NewsMPs oppose commercialisation of BBC World Service
A group of MPs have opposed BBC plans to further commercialise the World Service, believing it could jeopardise the independence of the unit’s output.
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CommentObituary: Gerry Lord
Alan Marsden celebrates the life of the ITV senior cameraman who died on 26 November
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RatingsYear kicks off with football
Judging by the top programmes list, all too many of us were able to do, weighed down by delicate constitutions following New Year revelry and left-over Christmas trimmings, was watch others run about booting a ball or wonder abstractly what might be hidden in the loft.
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RatingsTop Gear stars battle it out
You have barely had time to forget the embarrassment of welcoming in the new year by singing into a hairbrush, or adjust to a new calendar, or manhandle into the garden the huge tree that seemed such a good idea to bring indoors three weeks ago, than a whole bunch ...
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RatingsOldie but goodie for ITV
At Christmas, time becomes your own personal property; it’s always five minutes past the yardarm somewhere and there’s usually time for one more mince pie.
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RatingsChristmas win for Mrs Brown
Between 21 December and 1 January, the BBC received 80 million iPlayer requests for TV. Doctor Who’s Christmas Day episode had 2 million requests on its own – the revolution is slowly gathering pace.
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NewsC4 to split third series of Black Mirror
Channel 4’s darkly comic series Black Mirror is returning for a third outing - but the dramas will be split rather than run consecutively creator Charlie Brooker has revealed.
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NewsArrow Media to broadcast live from space for C4
Arrow Media is producing a two-hour special for Channel 4 in the UK and Nat Geo around the world that will include live footage from the International Space Station as it completes an orbit of the earth.
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NewsC4's Living Dolls travels around the world
Controversial Channel 4 doc Secrets of the Living Dolls has been snapped up by international broadcasters after Passion Distribution struck a slew of deals.