All Broadcast articles in 2 December 2011
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NewsMoffat clears up Doctor Who film rumours
Doctor Who showrunner Steven Moffat has insisted that a feature film would be kept within the BBC, following reports that it was set for a Hollywood makeover.
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NewsSue Murphy exits C4
Sue Murphy, the Channel 4 commissioning boss behind How to Look Good Naked, is leaving the broadcaster after more than a decade to join production company Optomen. C4 has also hired Dominic Bird from the BBC as head of formats.
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NewsGoodies star to front BBC animal show
The Goodies star Tim Brooke-Taylor and comedian Charlie Baker are to star in a BBC1 entertainment pilot about animals.
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NewsC4's Kevin Sutcliffe poised to exit
Channel 4 deputy head of news and current affairs Kevin Sutcliffe is expected to leave the channel, Broadcast understands.
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NewsC4 lines up death row series from Werner Herzog
Acclaimed film director Werner Herzog is to front a new series about Death Row inmates for Channel 4.
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NewsMore4 orders apocalypse film
The Mayan belief the world will end with a cataclysmic event in 2012 will be the focus of a new More4 film.
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CommentInside Facebook: What's Mark Zuckerberg like?
Everyone’s first question when they heard I was working on a programme about Facebook for BBC2, was “Are you going to meet Mark Zuckerberg?”, writes Chris Miller.
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NewsWood, Perkins and Hadlow win at WFTV awards
Comedians Victoria Wood and Sue Perkins, BBC2 controller Janice Hadlow and critically acclaimed actress Emily Watson are among the winners of this year’s Women in Film and TV awards.
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NewsHome orders makeovers
UKTV’s Home has commissioned a brace of property makeover shows from RDF and Flame.
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NewsTwofour Christmas for C4
Twofour will ask some of the UK’s top comedians what Christmas is really like for a one-off Channel 4 show.
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NewsX Factor sparks more than 1,000 tweets a minute
The 26 November edition of The X Factor attracted more than 1,000 tweets per minute, according to new analytics tool ViewRead.
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NewsBBC Radio explores third-party tie-ups
BBC Radio will kick off discussions early next year with digital music providers including Last FM, Spotify and We7 to investigate potential collaborations.
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NewsClarkson complaints top 21,000
More than 21,000 complaints have been received by the BBC over Jeremy Clarkson’s comments on public sector strikers being shot.
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RatingsTOWIE's Amy Childs' struggles on C5 debut
THURSDAY: Channel 5’s new ob doc about reality TV star Amy Childs’ got off to a poor start.
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RatingsThe Killing tops a million
Danish crime drama The Killing returned with its best ever ratings for BBC4 and was recorded by nearly 400,000 viewers to take it over the million mark.
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RatingsCafé serves up a treat for Sky
The digital channel catch-up service came into its own again as viewers negotiated their way around pesky scheduling. Elsewhere, The Killing II rumbled on and Sky Atlantic invited us to a diabolical dinner.
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RatingsBankers are good for BBC2
This week’s channel overview looks at When Bankers Were Good, The Choir and the Life’s Too Short, amongst others.
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RatingsViewers stay in ITV camp
I’m A Celebrity…wins out against its competition, but is lagging behind on last year’s figures.
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RatingsGenre Overview
Browse the top ten children’s, factual, drama, entertainment, comedy, music and arts programmes from 21-27 November.