All Broadcast articles in 1 April 2016 – Page 6
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Features
Hot Picks: Hooten & The Lady
Hooten & The Lady is an ambitious adventure series, described as ‘Moonlighting set in the jungle’, or an ‘updated take on Romancing The Stone’. Just don’t call it the new Indiana Jones.
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Features
Hot Picks: The Secret
What could make two pillars of the community – a well-respected dentist and a Sunday school teacher – ditch their normal lives to become cold-blooded killers? That’s the question posed by Hat Trick’s three-part drama for ITV, The Secret.
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Features
Hot Picks: The Secret Agent
The latest example of BBC1’s commitment to high-quality drama is a glossy adaptation of Joseph Conrad novel The Secret Agent.
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Features
Hot Picks: Victoria
It seems unfair that Queen Victoria has become cemented in 21st century minds as the double-chinned, cranky looking sourpuss depicted in pictures of the time.
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Features
Hot Picks: Marcella
The meteoric rise of dark Scandinavian dramas including The Killing and Borgen paved the way for Swedish writer Hans Rosenfeldt to create global smash The Bridge in 2013.
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News
C4 loses rights to Black Mirror
Channel 4 has lost a bidding war with Netflix for the right to premiere the third series of Charlie Brooker’s Black Mirror in the UK.
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Video
VIDEO: Murdered By My Father, BBC3
In-house factual-based drama explores the ‘honour’ killing of a teenager
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News
BBC Worldwide backs South Africa's Bake Off producer
BBC Worldwide has made further advances into Africa after investing in Rapid Blue, the Johannesburg-headquartered producer responsible for formats including Strictly Come Dancing and The X Factor.
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Ratings
The Island returns with record audience
MONDAY: The Island With Bear Grylls returned with its biggest audience on record, as Maigret performed well for ITV.
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News
Pretzel lands bumper CBBC Chart show order
Pretzel Films has secured a beefed up second series of its live simulcast chart series for CBBC and Radio 1.
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Ratings
Boomers beaten by Gogglebox
FRIDAY: Boomers returned to BBC1 with a wobble and was unable to fight off the juggernaut that is Gogglebox.
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Behind The Scenes
Eddie Izzard: Marathon Man, BBC3
Eddie Izzard’s Sport Relief challenge was an endurance test for the production team too, says executive producer Nick Catliff
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Behind The Scenes
Maigret, ITV
For ITV’s new Maigret adaptation, Ealing Studios recreated 1950s Paris in Budapest. Olly Grant met the cast and crew on set.
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News
Dermot O’Leary returns to The X Factor
Dermot O’Leary will be back at the helm of The X Factor when the long-running format returns to ITV in the autumn.
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News
RDF scoops Nat Geo People's first commission
RDF Television has scored a ten-part commission for fledgling international network Nat Geo People.
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Critics
TV Critics: Maigret; The Island; Gok's Lunchbox
“Classier than vin ordinaire, but still an early vintage.”
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Ratings
Can’t Touch This leaps into action with 3m
SATURDAY: BBC1’s latest physical gameshow Can’t Touch This was unable to leap past the launches of The Getaway Car or Ninja Warrior UK.
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News
Mip TV beefs up security in wake of attacks
Mip TV organiser Reed Midem is promising maximum security for the TV and digital content market, unfolding April 4-7 in Cannes, as Europe remains on high alert following terror attacks in Brussels this week
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Podcast
Talking TV: BBC Studios & Murdered By My Father
The latest edition of Talking TV mulls Mark Linsey’s appointment at BBC Studios and hears from the producer of Murdered By My Father.