All Broadcast articles in 23 December 2011 – Page 2

  • Fifi and the Flowertots
    News

    Metrodome hit by sales slowdown

    2011-12-22T13:03:00Z

    Metrodome Group has been forced to issue a profit warning following tough trading times for TV distribution division Target Entertainment.

  • BBC
    News

    NUJ: BBC cuts to cost UK £1.7bn

    2011-12-22T12:53:00Z

    The NUJ has warned that the proposed cuts to the BBC are “wrong-headed” and will lead to a reduction in the UK’s economic output of up to £1.7bn.

  • OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE HOARDER
    Comment

    22 Dec '11

    2011-12-22T12:49:00Z

    “Ultimately frustrating, though, for the questions it didn’t ask.”  Read on for the verdict on last night’s TV.

  • Bear’s Wild Weekend...
    Behind The Scenes

    Bear’s Wild Weekend..., C4

    2011-12-22T12:48:00Z

    Dale Templar, series producer of the new Bear Grylls series, talks about life on location with Miranda Hart and Jonathan Ross who embarked on ‘Bear’s Wild Weekend…’ for Channel 4 this festive season.

  • Peter Andre
    Ratings

    Goofs and Andre pull 630k

    2011-12-22T12:32:00Z

    WEDNESDAY: BBC3’s Movie Mistakes and ITV2’s Peter Andre series shared the spoils in multichannel.

  • radio digital
    News

    Councils warn against BBC local radio cuts

    2011-12-22T11:03:00Z

    The Local Government Association has warned that the BBC’s proposed cuts to local radio services are “unacceptable” and could threaten emergency broadcasts.

  • The Bank Job
    News

    C4's Bank Job passes 2m plays

    2011-12-22T10:47:00Z

    Channel 4’s online game supporting forthcoming show The Bank Job has been played more than 2 million times since it launched earlier this month.

  • Downton Abbey
    Ratings

    Downton doc draws 4.3m

    2011-12-22T10:30:00Z

    WEDNESDAY: ITV1 held off the competition in primetime with a doc about hit period drama Downton Abbey and a tribute to the British armed forces.

  • Educating Essex
    News

    C4 lines-up two Alternative Christmas Messages

    2011-12-22T09:25:00Z

    Channel 4 is to broadcast two alternatives to the Queen’s Christmas Day speech for the first time.

  • The Only Way is Essex
    Ratings

    TOWIE Xmas special draws 1.1m

    2011-12-21T12:57:00Z

    TUESDAY: A Christmas edition of The Only Way is Essex drew nearly double the audience of last year’s festive special.

  • Life’s Too Short
    Ratings

    Life’s Too Short ends on 1m

    2011-12-21T12:48:00Z

    TUESDAY: Life’s Too Short, the latest comedy from Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant, drew to a close with less than half of its debut audience.

  • Parade's End
    News

    Parade's End sold to France

    2011-12-21T12:41:00Z

    BBC Worldwide has secured its first ever pre-sale deal with French broadcaster Arte for a forthcoming adaptation of Parade’s End.

  • radio
    News

    5Live to air Christmas special from children's home

    2011-12-21T12:22:00Z

    BBC Radio 5 Live is to broadcast a live three-hour special from a children’s home in Manchester on Christmas Day.

  • Lord Burns
    News

    C4's Lord Burns takes second term as chairman

    2011-12-21T11:59:00Z

    Lord Burns has accepted a second term as chairman of Channel 4 and former BBC news chief Tony Hall has been named his deputy.

  • L8R
    News

    BBC Learning graduates to L8R Youngers 2

    2011-12-21T11:52:00Z

    BBC Learning has ordered a follow-up to online drama series L8R Youngers that follows the progression of the East London kids into secondary school.

  • Japanese tsunami
    Comment

    News stories that defined 2011

    2011-12-21T11:49:00Z

    In a year that saw natural disasters, riots both at home and abroad, the downfall of despots and financial collapse, CNN International correspondents reflect on some of their key moments in 2011.

  • dexter
    News

    Dexter most pirated show of 2011

    2011-12-21T11:37:00Z

    US serial killer drama Dexter notched up the most illegal downloads of any TV show this year.

  • The Butlin’s Story
    Comment

    21 Dec '11

    2011-12-21T11:10:00Z

    “My one real criticism of the programme, that’s it’s all very on-message and positive.” Read on for the verdict on last night’s TV.

  • Ricky Gervais
    News

    Ricky Gervais working on C4 pilot

    2011-12-21T11:04:00Z

    Ricky Gervais is working on his first sitcom pilot for Channel 4 in which he plays a “confused” worker at a retirement home.

  • Will Young
    News

    Bedlam returning to Sky Living

    2011-12-21T10:41:00Z

    Sky Living is returning to the lunatic asylum for a second series of its original drama Bedlam, with an EastEnders actress replacing Will Young in the lead role.