All Broadcast articles in 15 May 2015 – Page 7
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Ratings
Baftas deliver a boost for BBC1
SUNDAY: BBC1’s Bafta Awards coverage rated higher than last year’s performance as it peaked with 6m viewers on Sunday night.
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News
John Whittingdale appointed culture secretary
Former Culture, Media and Sport Committee (CMSC) chairman John Whittingdale has been named culture secretary as part of David Cameron’s cabinet reshuffle.
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Comment
Bafta 2015: a celebration of eccentricity
Broadcast editor Chris Curtis reflects on the big winners at the Bafta Television Awards.
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News
Superheroes and medical dramas lead US line-up
Superhero series, medical dramas and movie adaptations are to fill the schedules of the US networks over the next 12 months as the broadcasters unveil their annual programming slates.
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Critics
TV Critics: For Richer, for Poorer; Wellington; The Enfield Haunting; Grace and Frankie
“This documentary went beyond the cheesy war-of-the sexes format in favour of genuine insights.”
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Ratings
Have I Got News For You election special draws 4.5m
FRIDAY: The general election failed to bolster a Have I Got News For You special to a notable high, as Gogglebox bowed out with its biggest audience in three weeks.
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News
BBC Performing Arts Fund to close
The BBC Performing Arts Fund will close at the end of March 2016 after revenue from telephone voting declined.
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News
Sky, E4 and UKTV hit by US cancellations
Sky, Channel 4 and UKTV have had a number of their acquired dramas and comedies cancelled as US networks make room for new series.
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News
Barcroft accesses the KKK for C4
Barcroft Productions has secured access to notorious US race hate group Ku Klux Klan for its first Channel 4 commission.
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News
Whose Line Is It Anyway? to get stage adaptation
Phil McIntyre Entertainment, Angst Productions and Hat Trick Productions are to turn Channel 4’s hit improvised comedy Whose Line Is It Anyway? into a stage show.
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News
BBC3 matches BBC1 at Baftas
BBC3 took home the same number of Bafta Television Awards as BBC1 on Sunday as its future as a linear channel remains in the balance.
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News
London Live cuts original local programming commitments
Ofcom has given London Live the go-ahead to cut its first run local programming commitments.