All Broadcast articles in 21 August 2014 – Page 3
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Channel 5 threat dismissed by Jay Hunt
Channel 4 chief creative officer Jay Hunt has dismissed the threat of Channel 5, claiming that she is “less worried” about the channel than at any other time in her role.
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Discovery readies Shocking Love season
Discovery is launching a season investigating rare medical conditions with a number of UK-originated documentaries and a new format from Bear Grylls.
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Jay Hunt reveals raft of C4 shows
Channel 4 chief creative officer Jay Hunt has revealed a slate of ambitious orders including a fixed rig show located in an African village and a political drama about Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg.
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North Korean spy thriller prepped by C4 & Mammoth
Channel 4 has stepped up its international co-production strategy, teaming up with Mammoth Screen on a ten-part political thriller exploring the closed world of North Korea.
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C4 and Renegade take fixed rig to Africa
Renegade Pictures is to use a fixed rig to capture life in an Ethiopian tribe in a 4 x 60-minute series for Channel 4.
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C4 greenlights Nick Clegg drama
Nick Clegg’s rise to become deputy Prime Minister is to be turned into a Channel 4 political drama by Cuba Pictures.
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E4 orders Chewing Gum comedy series
Retort has been commissioned to produce a comedy series for E4 about a God-fearing twenty-something woman dealing with growing up.
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BBC4 bags Belgian drama Cordon
Belgian drama Cordon is to become BBC4’s latest foreign language drama acquisition as it builds on the success of The Killing and Borgen.
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Ratings
Trawlermen’s Lives nets 2.4m
WEDNESDAY: Ben Fogle-fronted fishing documentary Trawlerman’s Lives halved ITV’s slot average as BBC1’s The Great British Bake-Off rose to a series high of almost 7.5m.
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BBC2 orders first transgender comedy
BBC2 is preparing to launch what it claims is Britain’s first transgender sitcom and has bagged Jack Whitehall’s Backchat, its second BBC3 comedy.
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Critics
TV Critics: Bright Lights, Brilliant Minds; Suspects; The Great British Bake Off
“It was lucid stuff, stylishly shot, and Dr James Fox made an engagingly enthusiastic guide.”
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Cutting Edge editor offers remote editing course
Secret Millionaire director and documentary editor Paddy Bird has launched a remote craft editing course for aspiring documentary, factual and entertainment TV editors.
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Ratings
BBC1’s In The Club delivers
BBC1’s new drama In The Club launched on Tuesday 5 August at 9pm to a live rating of 4 million/ 19%
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ITV brings back hypnotism and Harry Hill
ITV is to mix the old with the new by resurrecting Stars In Their Eyes “with a twist” and ordering the first hypnotism format on British TV for several years.
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Twofour shakes up team to start life as indie group
Twofour Group has outlined the next phase of its restructure, including the creation of Twofour Wales and several key appointments and promotions.
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Comment
Where next for the TV Festival?
If Scotland says Yes, my vote is for St Tropez, says Steven D Wright
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Shine urges industry to reveal diversity figures
Shine Group chief executive Alex Mahon has called on broadcasters and producers to publish figures on the social make-up of their workforce in a bid to boost industry diversity.
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TV a ruder place to work
Television has become a ruder and more frustrating place to work for UK indies over the past 12 months, with commissioning standards at the BBC in particular going backwards.
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Entertainment shows fail diversity test
The vast majority of primetime entertainment shows are failing to refl ect the diversity of the British population, according to the first findings of a major Broadcast-backed study.
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London studio launches to meet growing TV demand
Wesley Dodd, a former launch consultant for BBC Persian, has opened a 2,000 sq ft studio in central London.