All Broadcast articles in 2 October 2014 – Page 2
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News
TV Critics: Detectorists; Peaky Blinders; Blenheim Palace: Great War House; Scotal Recall
“It’s sharp, nicely observed, good to look at, with lovely understated performances from Crook and Toby Jones.”
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News
Alaska options Very British Problems Twitter feed
Alaska TV, the indie behind Channel 5’s Blinging Up Baby, is developing a TV series based on Twitter feed Very British Problems.
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News
Alice Gross’ sister criticises Question Time debate
The producers of Question Time have apologised to the sister Alice Gross after she criticised the “insensitive” programme for discussing the teenager’s murder.
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Ratings
CHARTS: Strictly waltzes it on Friday
BBC dance contest beats ITV rival The X Factor as shows go head-to-head at 9pm on the night
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Ratings
CHARTS: Marvellous hit for BBC2
On Thursday at 9pm, BBC2’s appropriately named drama Marvellous achieved 1.5 million/8% for 90 minutes.
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Ratings
CHARTS: Plebs return on par for ITV2
The second series of ITV2’s comedy began with a double bill on Monday with 760,000/5% and 700,000/ 5%
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CHARTS: Golf swings it for Sky Sports
The best Ryder Cup performance on Sky Sports 4 was Sunday’s 923,000/9% from 10am for nine hours
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Comment
TV on Command not as powerful as research suggests
VOD, TV On Demand and offline conversations are actually powering TV, says Duncan Wynn
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News
C4 orders fixed-rig fitting room format
Channel 4 is to go inside the nation’s fitting rooms in a genre-bending fixed-rig and features show.
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Ratings
Downton down on 2013
In Downton, standards are Dowager high and 2014’s 10 million-plus start is, well, smaller than last year’s
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News
BBC launches Young Dancer contest
The BBC is on the lookout for emerging dance talent to take part in its first Young Dancer competition in a BBC Arts initiative to take place across BBC2 and BBC4.
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News
Zack and Quack head to C5
Channel 5 has picked up pre-school series Zack and Quack after striking a deal with Zodiak Kids.
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Kantar to launch real-time TV Twitter tool
Real-time data about the number of people tweeting about television shows is to be made available for the first time as part of a Kantar Media Twitter TV Ratings tool.
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First Dates pulls 12-part order
Fixed-rig dating show First Dates is to return to Channel 4 for a third run – with an extended 12 part series.
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Video
VIDEO: Gracepoint
Chris Chibnall’s US remake of ITV crime drama Broadchurch is set to get underway on Fox in the US tonight.
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Ratings
Bake Off rises to 9.7m peak
WEDNESDAY: The Great British Bake Off rose to its biggest ever audience on BBC1, peaking with 9.7m viewers, as Channel 4’s The Paedophile Hunter located 1.4m.
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News
Ed Richards to leave Ofcom
Ofcom chief executive Ed Richards is to step down after eight years at the helm.
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BBC S&PP’s Conway takes on director role
BBC Studios and Post Production chief operating officer David Conway has been appointed to the role of Managing Director of BBC Studios and Post Production.
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Critics
TV Critics: The Paedophile Hunter; Crackanory; The Long Shadow
“There is no element of this that is not disturbing.”