All Broadcast articles in 22 February 2013
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NewsFlagship BBC services forced off air by NUJ strikes
BBC Breakfast and Radio 4’s Today Programme have been taken off air as BBC journalists strike over job cuts.
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NewsE4 reopens My Mad Fat Diary for second series
E4 teen comedy drama My Mad Fat Diary, based on the real-life diaries of Rae Earl, is returning for a second six-part run.
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RatingsLet's Dance scores two-year high
BBC1’s Let’s Dance returned to the dancefloor in front of its biggest audience in nearly two years.
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CommentTV Critics: Complicit; The Hotel
“This feels like television for now.” Read on for the verdict on last night’s TV.
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CommentBBC strike – an NUJ member's alternative view
Is the BBC strike in the interest of journalism in general, asks an NUJ member?
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RatingsGreat Night Out ends on a high
Hat Trick Productions’ sitcom Great Night Out bowed out with a strong series performance but remained around 1m viewers down on ITV’s slot average.
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RatingsViewers fail to comply with C4's Complicit
Channel 4’s single drama Complicit failed to make an impact - as Mr Selfridge opened its doors to its biggest audience in five weeks.
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NewsEndemol snaps up Common Denominator rights
Endemol has acquired the international format rights to gameshow The Common Denominator ahead of its UK launch on Channel 4.
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NewsMentorn swoops for RDF's head of factual
Mentorn Media has poached RDF Television’s head of factual Tayte Simpson to boost its output in the space.
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NewsBBC1 to adapt War and Peace
Andrew Davies is to adapt Leo Tolstoy’s iconic novel War and Peace into a six-part drama for BBC1.
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CommentDEBATE: Do you support the BBC strikes?
Are NUJ staff right to take action over the compulsory redundancies? Have your say
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NewsSky launches new pack to boost 3D
Sky has introduced a new basic tier TV subscription designed to drive uptake of its 3D channel.
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NewsBroadcast reader survey 2013
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NewsNUJ and Bectu petitioned Lord Hall pre-strike
The National Union of Journalists (NUJ) and Bectu wrote to incoming BBC director general Lord Hall ahead of today’s 24-hour strike to ask him to intervene over job cuts.
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NewsWatch poaches Roux Scholarship from Good Food
UKTV’s food competition format The Roux Scholarship is moving up the EPG after Watch ordered a ten-part series from Cactus TV.
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NewsTV on-the-go pegged at 1%
UK viewers watch an average of three 30 minute programmes a month via digital platforms such as mobiles and PCs, according to research from commercial TV body Thinkbox.
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NewsDame Janet Smith review gains pace
Dame Janet Smith’s inquiry into sexual harassment at the BBC during Jimmy Savile’s tenure has been contacted by more than 425 people.
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RatingsITV’s HMP doc locks out rivals
HMP Aylesbury, ITV’s latest prison documentary, made a strong start - locking in an audience of more than 5.5m.
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CommentTV Critics: Her Majesty's Prison: Aylesbury; Black Mirror
“A commendable and compelling window on an appallingly bleak world.” Read on for the verdict on last night’s TV.
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NewsCBS Drama brings back Knots Landing
CBS Drama is to repeat Knots Landing in its entirity, two decades after the LA-based soap opera ended.