All Broadcast articles in 19 October 2007 – Page 2

  • Shows_Supersize_Me_Food_History
    News

    Supersize Me’s BBC2 history lesson

    2007-10-23T13:41:32.930Z

    Restaurant critic Giles Coren and presenter Sue Perkins will resort to eating post-Second World War rations as part of a run of themed Supersize Me shows on BBC2.

  • People_Anne_Frank
    News

    DSP to make Frank drama

    2007-10-23T13:28:50.383Z

    Factual specialist Darlow Smithson Productions has been commissioned to produce a drama based on The Diary of Anne Frank for BBC1.

  • Shows_Vivienne_Vyle
    News

    Commissioning Focus: BBC2 comedy

    2007-10-23T13:19:56.643Z

    As iconic comedy shows migrate to BBC1, a gap has opened for a hit BBC2 show that tickles the nation’s funny bone.

  • Great_White
    News

    Great White shark film

    2007-10-23T12:57:43.407Z

    Off the Fence has been commissioned to produce a 60-minute documentary for the BBC’s Natural World strand.

  • Shows_Magic_Roundabout
    Features

    The Magic Roundabout

    2007-10-23T12:53:24.897Z

    Theresa Plummer-Andrews reveals how technology got The Magic Roundabout spinning again.

  • shows_frank_spencer
    News

    BBCW sets sights on a Frank Spencer hit

    2007-10-23T12:48:14.337Z

    BBC Worldwide to pitch a trio of dramas - including a revival of Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em - to US networks.

  • Chinese_Restaurant
    News

    BBC4 goes for a Chinese

    2007-10-23T12:45:10.580Z

    BBC4 is to explore modern-day China through the story of the world’s largest Chinese restaurant in the second series to be commissioned under the Storyville brand.

  • People_John_Barrowman_Torchwood
    News

    BBC makes rival smart kid quiz

    2007-10-23T10:06:39.653Z

    BBC1 has picked up the programme rights to Endemol’s latest entertainment format The Kids Are All Right.

  • people_david_hulbert22
    News

    Sparrowhawk boss quits

    2007-10-23T10:01:26.750Z

    Sparrowhawk chief executive officer David Hulbert has left the company following its sale to NBC Universal.

  • People_MichaelGrade_Tridion
    News

    Switchover may cause HD divide

    2007-10-23T09:00:36.047Z

    ITV's Michael Grade has warned that digital switchover could split TV viewers into “haves and have-nots”.

  • Shows_rugby_world_cup
    Features

    Strictly glamour pays off for BBC1

    2007-10-23T08:50:40.760Z

    BBC1’s decision to inject its Sunday peaktime schedule with a sequinned dose of Strictly Come Dancing has paid strong dividends for the channel so far.

  • People_David_Flynn
    News

    Flynn to head Endemol division

    2007-10-23T08:50:01.990Z

    Endemol UK's David Flynn is to become managing director of the group’s Big Brother subsidiary Brighter Pictures.

  • Shows_C4_Winter_Sports
    News

    C4 orders winter sports

    2007-10-22T18:19:04.650Z

    Channel 4 has re-commissioned indie Hothouse Productions to make 110 hours of winter sports coverage from the FIS World Cup.

  • People_Simon_Fuller
    News

    Spice Girls give everything

    2007-10-22T18:11:38.180Z

    BBC1 will air a new Spice Girls: Giving You Everything documentary later this autumn.

  • Digital_Switchover_Images
    News

    Digital box sales soar

    2007-10-22T16:30:41.247Z

    Just 2,000 of Whitehaven’s 25,000 homes lost BBC2 when its analogue signal was pulled on 17 October.

  • Shows_Brat_Camp
    News

    Discovery signs C4 deals

    2007-10-22T16:27:01.940Z

    Discovery Channel UK to get access to 400 hours of C4’s back catalogue and a first-look option on new content.

  • Shows_Eggheads
    News

    Gameshow indie for sale

    2007-10-22T16:12:41.627Z

    12 Yard Productions is up for sale, with first round bids from interested parties expected by the end of this week.

  • People_Timothy_Spall
    News

    ITV orders topical gun drama

    2007-10-22T16:10:06.480Z

    ITV1 has ordered a drama about the murder of an innocent child against the backdrop of rising wave of gun crime.

  • People_David_Miliband
    News

    New war zone safety call

    2007-10-22T16:05:29.200Z

    ITN has called on the government to support a change in international law to safeguard journalists in war zones.

  • People_Daniela_Neumann
    News

    Neumann acts as director

    2007-10-22T16:04:05.357Z

    Daniela Neumann has been made acting director of programmes for Virgin1, Bravo, Challenge and Trouble.