All Broadcast articles in 10 February 2017 – Page 2
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News
BBC4 snaps up Canadian crime series
BBC4 has made its latest foreign-drama acquisition – picking up Canadian series Cardinal from eOne.
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News
BBC3 strand backs emerging talent
Five up-and-coming writers and two directors will showcase their work as part of a returning strand of shorts for BBC3.
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News
Fleabag producer sold to All3Media
All3Media has acquired Fleabag and The Missing indie Two Brothers Pictures.
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Features
Has comedy been Trumped?
Is the president beyond parody? Or do seismic political shifts offer rich pickings for satirists?
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News
Peter Morgan reveals Crown challenges
The Crown creator Peter Morgan has lifted the lid on the challenges of writing and producing the big-budget Netflix drama and admitted that casting changes for series three are being considered.
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News
Newman & Baron Cohen win debut order
Andrew Newman and Sacha Baron Cohen’s fledgling indie Spelthorne Community Television has picked up its debut commission – a comedy short for Channel 4.
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Ratings
Roots grabs 1m for BBC4
WEDNESDAY: Roots, the remake of Alex Haley’s classic novel about the slave trade, launched with BBC4’s biggest audience for an original drama in three years.
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News
Twofour reunites ex-lovers for C5
Long-lost exes are to be reunited by Twofour for a Channel 5 social experiment.
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Comment
Working in the shadow of Spitting Image
Giles Pilbrow, creator of ITV’s puppet-based topical comedy Newzoids, discusses the daunting legacy of Spitting Image. As a producer and writer, his previous credits include Have I Got News For You, Mock The Week, 2DTV and Spitting Image itself.
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News
High-profile execs join Doc/Fest board
ITV factual controller Jo Clinton-Davis and Sky factual commissioner Siobhan Mulholland are among the new appointments to the Sheffield Doc/Fest board.
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News
Aardman hires ArthurCox founder
Aardman Animations, the studio behind Shaun The Sheep and Wallace And Gromit, has hired industry veteran Sarah Cox as executive creative director.
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Features
Female talent: honest, real & global
Does our industry lag behind the global OTT giants and US networks?
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News
BBC ups pay for senior team
BBC director of content Charlotte Moore and deputy director general Anne Bulford have received 10% pay rises after their remits were expanded in July.
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News
Phil Clarke: C4 comedy co-pro gamble has paid off
Phil Clarke claimed that Channel 4’s US comedy co-production gamble has paid off and helped open the door for transatlantic talent.
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Critics
Roots; Climbing The Property Ladder; Four Rooms
“This harrowing tale of human subjugation and suffering has lost none of its power to shock.”
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News
Cooke to open second plant as demand for lenses soars
Cooke Optics is to open a second factory in its native Leicester to meet increased demand for its ‘Cooke look’ Prime camera lenses.
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Behind The Scenes
Gap Year, E4
As we filmed in crowded Vietnamese markets and Thai temples, we had to be ready to switch locations at short notice if permission to film in China finally came through, says Joel Wilson
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News
C4 ramps up war on fake news
Broadcaster suggests introducing social media ‘Kitemark’ for regulated news organisations
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Comment
Social media eyes TV invasion
Learning to engage with audiences differently is key, says Kate Bulkley
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Comment
On the hunt for the best of British
Gritty UK and glossy US shows can sit side by side on Comedy Central, says Louise Holmes