All Broadcast articles in 24 October 2013
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NewsCBeebies' Cloudbabies heads to Germany
CBeebies pre-school series Cloudbabies is headed to Germany after Hoho Rights struck deals with two local broadcasters.
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NewsPeaky Blinders to return to BBC2
BBC2 has confirmed that period gangster drama Peaky Blinders will return for a second series.
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NewsITV prepares Cilla Black biopic
Jeff Pope’s next project for ITV will be a drama biopic on entertainment legend Cilla Black.
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NewsBBC1 axes That Puppet Game Show and I Love My Country
BBC entertainment has dropped both That Puppet Game Show and I Love My Country after disappointing ratings.
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NewsC5 pilots Loose Women-style show
Channel 5 is piloting a Loose Women-style format that will give five well-known women the platform to discuss topical issues.
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PodcastTalking TV: BBC1 gymnastics and The Wrong Mans
The sixth edition of Broadcast: Talking TV runs the rule over BBC1’s new entertainment commission Let’s Get Ready to Tumble and checks in on BBC2 comedy The Wrong Mans.
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NewsVirgin beefs up sports content
Virgin Media has beefed up its sporting line-up with the launch Premier Sports, which has the rights to the entire Rugby League World Cup.
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CriticsTV Critics: No Sex Please, We're Japanese; George Clarke's Amazing Spaces; Arena; Shackleton; Educating Yorkshire
“It swerved any real examination of sexual behaviour and veered off into more traditional documentary territory.” Read on for the verdict on last night’s TV.
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NewsBrits willing to spend £1.5bn on commercial radio
Britons would spend £1.5bn per year to listen to commercial radio stations, a survey by audience measurement firm Kantar Media has found.
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RatingsBreathless slumps to new low
ITV period drama Breathless lost another 600,000 viewers on Thursday – as Educating Yorkshire bowed out with 3m.
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NewsPBS looks to replicate UK success in Holland
US public broadcaster PBS is looking to replicate the success of its UK pay-TV channel by launching in the Netherlands.
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NewsChannel 4 resurrects Secret History
Channel 4 is to bring back Secret History, its long-running TV documentary series which aired from 1991 to 2004.
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NewsChannel 5 renews three series
Channel 5 has recommssioned Gibraltar: Britain in the Sun, Brain Hospital: Saving Lives, and Classic Car Rescue, and will air the shows next year.
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NewsDave's Suits renewed for fourth series
US comedy drama Suits, which airs on UKTV’s Dave, has been renewed for a fourth series.
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NewsSky sells Mandela doc to South Africa, China
Sky’s Nelson Mandela documentary has been sold to 19 countries including China and South Africa.
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CommentThe making of One PM Central Standard Time
A mutual love of Walter Cronkite brought me together with George Clooney, says Alastair Layzell
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NewsFeatherstone: Broadchurch 'planned as trilogy'
Kudos chief executive Jane Featherstone has revealed that hit ITV crime drama Broadchurch was originally devised as a trilogy.
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NewsBBC2 orders Felix Dexter tribute
BBC2 is to pay tribute to the late comedy actor Felix Dexter in a one-off 30-minute show.
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NewsBBC nature shows a turn-off in the US, says Discovery boss
Discovery pulled the plug on its £150m blue chip factual co-production deal with the BBC because US audiences find shows like Frozen Planet a turn-off, according to an executive involved in the decision.
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RatingsPoirot finale begins with 4.8m
The first of four final episodes of Agatha Christie’s Poirot made a steady start, easily winning the 9pm slot on Wednesday.