All Broadcast articles in 20 April 2012
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RatingsGrand National reins in 11m
SATURDAY: BBC1 drew its biggest audience for the Grand National in at least six years.
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Comment16 April '12
“Curiously it turned out to be one of the best of the bunch.” Read on for the verdict on last night’s TV.
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RatingsThe Voice takes BGT crown
SATURDAY: The Voice UK finally overtook Britain’s Got Talent to become the most watched Saturday night show.
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NewsCome Date With Me heading to Australia
Channel 4 show Come Date With Me is to be remade for audiences in Australia.
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NewsPeriod drama leads Bafta Craft nominations
Period drama could dominate this year’s Bafta Craft Awards after seven nominations for BBC1’s Great Expectations and multiple appearances on the shortlist for Birdsong, Downton Abbey and The Crimson Petal and the White.
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NewsPerform to stream sports via LG
Digital sports media company Perform has launched a connected TV app for LG 3D Smart TVs featuring a range of live and VoD content.
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RatingsTitanic sinks with 3.52m
SUNDAY: The final sinking of the Titanic failed to have a significant impact on the ITV1 drama’s ratings, as Chelsea’s controversial FA Cup win peaked with nearly 8m.
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NewsDiscovery heads to Arctic for latest Wildest...
Discovery Networks Western Europe has extended its Wildest… franchise to the Arctic.
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NewsGambling Commission in TV gameshow U-turn
The Gambling Commission will not make a wide-ranging call for TV gameshow regulations to be tightened amid fears certain programmes are “glamorising gambling”.
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NewsESPN order FA Cup "giant killers" doc
ESPN has commissioned a new film about FA Cup “giant killers” as part of its coverage of the competition.
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NewsHorse and Country gallops to the Netherlands
Horse and Country TV is launching in the Netherlands as the equestrian channel continues its international push.
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RatingsTOWIE returns with 1.2m
SUNDAY: The Only Way is Essex returned for a new series with its biggest audience of the year to date.
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NewsNick greenlights third season of Anubis
TOWIE producer Lime Pictures is to make a third series of Nickelodeon teen drama House of Anubis.
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RatingsStrong return for Have I Got News for You
FRIDAY: Have I Got News for You returned for a new run on BBC1 with more than a million more viewers than last year’s series opener.
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NewsManchester's Channel M axed
Jeremy Hunt’s vision for local TV has been dealt a major blow after the Guardian Media Group (GMG) announced it is to close Manchester television station Channel M.
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RatingsO Briain’s maths show schools 400k
MONDAY: Comedian Dara O Briain drew more than double Dave’s usual audience figures with his new series about maths.
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Comment17 April '12
“Sandbrook’s social history excelled at the tiny details.” Read on for the verdict on last night’s TV.
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NewsSyco appoints chief executive
Simon Cowell’s Syco Entertainment has promoted Charles Garland to chief executive.
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RatingsBBC2 relives the 70s with 2.6m
MONDAY: BBC2’s retrospective on the 1970s flared into life with nearly a million more viewers than slot average.
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NewsRadio 1 and 1Xtra unveil new docs
Nearly 80 documentaries have been commissioned by BBC Radio 1 and digital station 1Xtra that will include DJ Tim Westwood speaking to army wives, profiles of major record labels and a special on late poet and musican Gil Scott-Heron.