All Broadcast articles in 12 June 2020
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Video
Talking Heads, BBC1
Actors perform Alan Bennett’s famous series of monologues. Produced by BBC Studios and The London Theatre Company
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Sponsored
The Yellow Book gives production the green light
First Option’s new Covid-19 Production Manual provides detailed advice on how production can restart
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News
YouTube creates $100m content fund for black voices
Google-owned giant offers platform for under-represented creators
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News
Lime embroiled in second race row
Former TOWIE cast member Vas J Morgan accusers producers of ‘systemic racism’
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News
EastEnders to return with reduced run-time
BBC soap will be restored to four weekly episodes - of 20 minutes each
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Ratings
BBC1 makeover shows slips in with 2.6m
THURSDAY: You Are What You Wear got underway with a performance just short of slot average
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Video
The Luminaries, BBC1
19th-century tale set on New Zealand’s South Island in the boom years of the 1860s gold rush. Produced by Working Title TV
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News
Newswrap podcast - taking a break
We’ll be back next week with your shorthand guide to the week’s biggest TV news
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Behind The Scenes
The Salisbury Poisonings: ‘an exploration of collateral damage’
Dancing Ledge MD Chris Carey tells Desiree Ibekwe about telling human stories behind the headlines - and his mission to nurture new writers
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News
Armando Bó: TV writing is like ‘jumping into an empty pool’
Oscar-winning Birman screenwriter on his new Amazon show El Presidente and exploring unscripted programming for his new label
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Features
1995: L!ve TV launched
Cable channel introduced viewers to topless darts and the News Bunny
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News
Gold pulls Fawlty Towers ep over racial concerns
The Germans temporarily removed from Sky boxsets
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News
BBC1 orders Repair Shop spin-off
Ricochet’s restoration franchise returns to daytime to complement primetime series
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Behind The Scenes
Stitching together a lockdown special
How Double Act pivoted to adapt Animal Planet’s long-running series Dr Jeff: Rocky Mountain Vet as a pandemic special
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Features
Covering Black Lives Matter: ‘a turning point in our history’
Black British journalists on how the George Floyd protests could be a watershed moment for diversity in broadcast journalism
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News
Tim Davie: the industry reacts
Senior figures have their say on DG appointment and likely priorities
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The Broadcast Interview
David Olusoga: TV is the classroom of the country
The historian and broadcaster talks to Max Goldbart about toppled statues, the educational value of TV and industry discrimination