All Broadcast articles in 18 December 2014 – Page 2
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Ratings
Royal Variety sheds a little sparkle
On Monday, ITV’s coverage of The Royal Variety Performance for 2014 achieved 6.5million/29%
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News
Michael Sheen takes role in CBBC film format
CBBC has ordered a factual entertainment format about the film industry featuring Hollywood actor Michael Sheen from Horrid Henry indie Novel Entertainment.
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News
Chris Chibnall: Broadchurch return to be more thrilling
The second series of Broadchurch is to include more of a “thriller narrative” than the debut run according to writer Chris Chibnall.
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News
CITV orders second run of Thunderbirds
CITV has commissioned a second series of Thunderbirds Are Go! ahead of the return of its revamp.
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Ratings
The Apprentice semi-final recruits 1m
WEDNESDAY: The Apprentice added almost 1 million viewers as it rumbled towards its conclusion while BBC2’s Secrets of the Castle ended on a series high.
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Critics
TV Critics: The Apprentice; The Fight For Saturday Night
“The interview stage is usually one of the highlights of the series but, Littner aside, the interviewers failed to deliver any killer one-liners”
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Behind The Scenes
Drunk History, Comedy Central
Plying comic actors with booze? What can possibly go wrong, wonders Robin Parker
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News
Lucky Giant founder replaced by BBC exec
NBC head of comedy and Lucky Giant founder Mario Stylianides has left the business and been replaced by BBC executive Justin Davies.
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News
ITV suffers 2014 ratings woes
ITV is on course to suffer the most marked ratings declines of all the major broadcasters in 2014 as the World Cup failed to prevent its audience dropping 8%.
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News
Shine, Endemol and Core merger approved
The Shine, Endemol and Core Media merger has been given regulatory approval and will begin trading under the banner Endemol Shine Group on 1 January 2015.
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News
C4 ordered to disclose documentation to Ryanair
Channel 4 and Blakeway have been ordered to disclose documents used in a 2013 Dispatches film criticising Ryanair’s fuel policy.
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News
ITV News hit by technical problems
ITV News staff have been working “around the clock” to resolve a number of technical problems which have resulted in the loss of entire news reports.
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News
OSF hires Watershed creative director
Oxford Scientific Films (OSF) has hired Watershed TV’s creative director Emma Morgan as it bids to broaden its programming slate.
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News
Scripps hires new UK boss
Scripps Networks has appointed Discovery veteran Phillip Luff as managing director of UK, Europe, Middle East and Africa.
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Ratings
The Missing climaxes with series high
TUESDAY: BBC1 drama The Missing concluded with its biggest audience of the series - as Charlie Brooker’s Black Mirror failed to sparkle for Channel 4.
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Critics
TV Critics: Black Mirror; The Missing; The Choir: New Military Wives; The Great British Bake Off Christmas Masterclass
“It was the most original drama (or comedy) of the year.”
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News
Drama hit hardest by PSB spending cuts
Drama, nations and regions and the arts were the areas of programming hit hardest by the UK public service broadcasters cutting their content spend by £500m over the past five years.
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News
Ten Alps appoints chief executive
Former Future and ITN chief executive Mark Wood has been named chief executive of Ten Alps.
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News
BBC1 tracks down second series of The Missing
BBC1 abduction drama The Missing will return for a second series with a fresh story, cast and location.
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News
BBC dominates British Comedy Awards
The BBC dominated the British Comedy Awards, as Graham Norton and Mrs Brown’s Boys helped it take home seven gongs.
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