All Broadcast articles in 16 May 2013 – Page 6
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NewsC5 greenlights Cleveland kidnap doc
Channel 5 has ordered a fast turn-around doc about the Cleveland kidnappings from ITN Productions.
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CommentTV Critics: The Tube; The Murder Workes
“Wasn’t there a BBC2 documentary series about the tube just five minutes ago?” Read on for the verdict on last night’s TV.
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NewsStephenson pulls out of BBC1 race
BBC drama boss Ben Stephenson has ruled himself out of the race to become the next BBC1 controller.
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RatingsBBC2’s tube doc picks up over 2m
BBC2’s latest documentary on the London Underground picked up a sizeable audience on Thursday evening – as Murder on the Home Front lost nearly 900k viewers.
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NewsUSA Network orders Sirens remake
US cable station USA Network has ordered a full series remake of British medical comedy Sirens.
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CommentDEBATE: Who should be next BBC1 controller?
BBC drama boss Ben Stephenson will not be the next BBC1 controller - but who should get the job?
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NewsITV2 orders double helping of Magaluf Weekender
ITV2 has ordered two six-part series of reality series Magaluf Weekender from Twofour.
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NewsSony: Beverly Hills Cop remake still in contention
The television remake of Beverly Hills Cop could still make it to air despite US network CBS passing on the show.
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CommentYou the Jury: Ice Age Giants
Broadcast’s industry review section You the Jury takes a look at BBC2’s new natural history show Ice Age Giants.
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NewsKatz rallies Newsnight
Newly appointed Newsnight editor Ian Katz has rallied the programme’s staff by promising to take it out of the studio and hinting at potential extra resource.
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NewsITVS now favourite to land Big Talk
ITV Studios has emerged as the new front runner to acquire scripted producer Big Talk Productions.
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NewsRicochet's Knight promoted to creative director
Shed Media’s Ricochet has promoted its director of factual entertainment Simon Knight to the newly created position of creative director.
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NewsITV revives Through the Keyhole with Keith Lemon
ITV has ordered a full series of a revival of Through the Keyhole, with Keith Lemon snooping around celebrity homes.
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NewsPresenters to share their know-how at RTS event
Anna Richardson, Dawn Harper, Jake Humphrey and Kate Silverton are among the line up at next week’s RTS Future’s debate on what it takes to make it as a TV presenter.
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NewsLondon Live hires Cook to run news & current affairs
Former Channel 5 deputy news editor and Sky entertainment commissioner Vikki Cook has been appointed head of news and current affairs for local TV station London Live.
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NewsFindlay steps down from STV
STV Group non-executive chairman Richard Findlay is to retire on 31 August following a six year tenure.
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RatingsA winner on two channels
This week’s TV offered not only noisy battles in a boxing ring but also a much-loved Coleman as a National Treasure-in-Waiting, locked her own ratings battle.
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RatingsC4 and C5 snooker BBC2
There are hoarders, high streets, hospitals and regency balls in Pride And Prejudice’s bicentennial year to chew over.
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RatingsSitcom double trouble for ITV
The phrase ‘double bill’ still resonates in my mind with memories of unruly behaviour in the cinema at Saturday morning kids’ club, which usually left the tearful boss, tended by an usherette, lying prone and covered in popcorn.