All Broadcast articles in 10 April 2014
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RatingsEndeavour’s solid return
One of the space shuttles is called Endeavour. Some years ago, I watched it launch into the Florida yonder with mad, fiery urgency, catapulting towards the stillness of space. I can’t imagine melancholic Endeavour Morse launching into any yonder but there are times when his fiery urgency boils over.
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RatingsE4 is back with a Bang
It’s likely that E4 whirled a jig of delight when The Big Bang Theory was awarded three more seasons.
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RatingsWalking Dead rise for Fox
If ever the dead walked, there would be something inexorable about them. Arms held stiffly out in front, hollow eyes, a lowing groan as they marched on, determinedly bent on some ghoulish, nefarious deed.
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RatingsMary Berry batters rivals
Mary Berry does a nice line in butter-wouldn’t-dare-melt demureness, but when it comes to ratings, the Queen of Buns is a killer – as all but the denizens of Weatherfield found out on Monday.
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RatingsWar saga captures viewers
Numbers can be like people. Occasionally, they interlope and confuse: the first time I heard The Special AKA belt out their African liberation anthem, and perhaps affected by the party atmosphere, I warbled lustily about three Nelson Mandelas.
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NewsKim Shillinglaw: what you need to know
Rarely is the race to become a channel controller so clear cut. Kim Shillinglaw was the only name on BBC insiders’ lips while BBC2 was hunting for a new boss, and, sure enough, the science and natural history commissioner has landed the role.
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NewsSyco chief executive steps down
Syco Entertainment chief executive Charles Garland is to leave the company after three years.
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PodcastTalking TV: BBC quotas & John Kaye Cooper
Broadcast’s Talking TV podcast returns with a John Kaye Cooper interview and more on BBC commissioning quotas.
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NewsBen Frow set for Ferrari if C5 hits targets
Channel 5 owner Richard Desmond is known for his maverick approach to business - and has offered director of programmes Ben Frow an unusual incentive to improve ratings.
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NewsKim Shillinglaw lands BBC2 role
BBC science and natural history commissioner Kim Shillinglaw has been confirmed as the new controller of BBC2 and BBC4.
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NewsCBBC revs up Mario Kart-style racer
CBBC is launching a Mario Kart-style racing game featuring characters including Hacker and Dodge and Wolfblood’s Rydian.
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FeaturesAfrica's Giant Killers, BBC2
Filming lions and elephants over two years in Botswana, Brad Bestelink witnessed some extraordinary scenes
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NewsIngenious boss launches £150m fund
Ingenious Ventures chief executive Patrick Bradley has exited the company to establish a £150m media and entertainment investment fund.
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RatingsTom Daley tops BBC3 porn doc
Tom Daley’s ITV2 travelogue held off competition from a BBC3 pornography documentary on a quiet Thursday night.
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CriticsTV Critics: Digby Jones: The New Troubleshooter; Porn: What's the Harm?; Everyday Eden
“This is quietly confident troubleshooting without all the usual concessions to soapy manipulation.”
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NewsBBC promises more female portraits
The BBC has received complaints about the lack of women represented in portraits around New Broadcasting House.
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NewsMark Freeland issues in-house rallying call
BBC Productions boss Mark Freeland has pledged that his division will be on the “front foot” in underlining its value during the BBC Trust’s review of commissioning quotas.
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NewsDave prepares for World Cup 2014
Alex Brooker, Adrian Chiles and Gary Lineker are among the celebrities who will feature in a World Cup-themed list series ordered by UKTV.
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RatingsIan Hislop and estate agents help BBC2 to 2m
BBC2’s factual series Under Offer: Estate Agents on the Job and Ian Hislop’s Olden Days pulled in around 2m viewers on Wednesday as Channel 4’s DNA experiment failed to produce 1m viewers.