All Broadcast articles in 17 December 2010
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FeaturesReview of the Year 2010: Post-production
A tough first six months of 2010 saw some well-established businesses sold or closed down. But things improved in the second half as commissioning picked up.
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NewsMisfits to return for third series
Clerkenwell Films has been recommissioned to make a third series of Misfits.
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NewsPeep Show gets two more series
Channel 4 has greenlit series eight and nine of Peep Show - its longest running originated comedy.
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RatingsDirk Gently pilot draws 744,200
THURSDAY: BBC4’s comedy drama Dirk Gently, based on Douglas Adams’ novels, launched with a strong audience of 744,200 (3%), as Misfits bowed out with its highest ratings of the series.
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NewsITV orders choir doc
ITV1 viewers are to get exclusive access into contemporary music organisation Rock Choir as part of a new documentary series.
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NewsTCI round-up: Fresh drama on C4
Channel 4 is to shoot a new post-watershed drama next year while BBC3 will commemorate ten years of war in Afghanistan.
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CommentWhen Harvey Met Bob, BBC2
Executive producer Kate Triggs offers a behind the scenes look at the forthcoming BBC2 drama that considers the relationship between Bob Geldof and Harvey Goldsmith.
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NewsMultiplatform production study underway
A two-year research project into multiplatform production in the indie sector is being kicked off by a team from the London Metropolitan and Sussex Universities.
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NewsMagneticNorth revamps Proms website for BBC
The BBC is to roll out a revamped website to support its 2011 Proms coverage, featuring access to the full range of performances during the three-month season.
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NewsC4 and Nat Geo order warrior series
A series recreating the lives and experiences of bygone warriors has been co-commissioned by Channel 4 and National Geographic.
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NewsBBC trustee for Scotland named
A new member of the BBC Trust, representing Scotland, has been appointed by the DCMS.
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NewsHorizon producer joins Storyville
Former Horizon series producer Kate Townsend has been appointed as the new executive producer for BBC4’s flagship documentary strand Storyville.
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NewsYesterday orders Trautmann doc
UKTV channel Yesterday has ordered an hour-long documentary about Bert Trautmann, the Nazi soldier who came to Britain as a prisoner of war and played for Manchester City in the 1956 FA Cup with a broken neck.
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NewsX Factor site pulls in 12 million users
This year’s series of The X Factor attracted 12 million unique users to a dedicated site on itv.com, an increase of 16% year on year.
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NewsWall To Wall hires for drama push
Wall To Wall has appointed a head of drama development to capitalise on the success of long-running series New Tricks.
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NewsRenegade hires BBC factual developer
Renegade Pictures, the indie behind Don’t Tell the Bride, is looking to expand its features and factual entertainment output with two new appointments.
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NewsBBC Sport picks indie partners
BBC Sport has appointed indies Century TV, Input Media and Sunset+Vine to produce its Moto GP, World Bowls and Cricket World Cup coverage respectively.
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RatingsRoyal Variety performs to 8.3m
THURSDAY: The Royal Variety Performance, which hit headlines last week after Prince Charles and Camilla’s car to the event was attacked by student protestors, drew an audience of 8.34m (33%) to BBC1.
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NewsFun Lovin' Criminals frontman to replace Lamarr
Fun Lovin’ Criminals frontman Huey Morgan is joining Radio 2, taking the place of Mark Lamarr who quit the station, accusing it of becoming “much less interested in non-mainstream music”.
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NewsWogan calls for BBC to be 'slimmer'
Sir Terry Wogan has called for the BBC to be “slimmed down” and claimed that money being spent on construction work in Manchester and London has left the broadcaster looking like the “British Building Corporation”.