All Broadcast articles in 27 May 2011 – Page 4
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CommentTOWIE and co: here to stay
Structured reality, in whatever guise, has earned a place in the schedules.
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Behind The ScenesFixers, ITV
Helping our Fixers tackle the issues that matter to them meant giving them the microphone, but not editorial control, writes Nigel Swettenham.
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FeaturesPort Royal, FX (US)
Broadcast shines the spotlight on the new pirate drama from the makers of The Walking Dead.
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The Broadcast InterviewPhil Morrow, Wild Rover
From its small base in Belfast, Wild Rover is making huge inroads into US TV. It’s managing director tells Lisa Campbell about working with Jerry Bruckheimer and Nigel Lythgoe.
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NewsBig name drama set for BBC1
William Boyd and Sally Wainwright are both writing 9pm BBC1 dramas as part of a 25-hour slate designed to “challenge what popular mainstream drama is on the channel”.
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NewsBennett sets out BBC3 stall
A new Sharon Horgan comedy, a British Hurt Locker “but with laughs”, and a season tackling unemployment are among the first commissions by new BBC3 controller Zai Bennett.
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NewsBBC4 budget at risk as DQF reaches next stage
BBC4’s £55m commissioning budget faces a major squeeze, with the channel running more repeats and less original content, as part of the latest proposals to emerge from the BBC’s Delivering Quality First initiative.
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NewsBBC Wales’ Wenger to join Film 4 team
One of the execs behind the latest incarnation of Doctor Who and the resurrection of Upstairs Downstairs has been poached by Channel 4’s movie division Film 4.
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NewsJamie to explore British food origins for C4
Jamie Oliver’s latest series for Channel 4 will see the chef travel the UK exploring the origins of traditional British food.
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NewsC4 to delve deeper into life for BFGW follow-up
Channel 4’s record-breaking Big Fat Gypsy Weddings will return early next year to delve deeper into issues facing the travelling and gypsy communities.
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NewsBBC caught in six-day week row
Bectu and Directors UK are fighting an “unmistakable” increase in “exploitative” six-day-week freelance contracts being issued by BBC Vision Productions.
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NewsNavelgazing TV to produce spoof sketches for Dave
Dave’s first sketch show commission will be made by the indie behind hit online comedy Toyboize.
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OTF signs five-year NHNZ deal
Distributor Off the Fence has bolstered its line-up of factual programming in a new five-year deal with New Zealand’s NHNZ.
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NewsDRG secures Diana and Jesus docs
Distributor DRG has secured the rights to a new documentary based around Princess Diana and Prince William, from the makers of The Real King’s Speech.
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NewsShed entices producer Roach to return as head of drama
Shed Productions has lured its former executive producer Cameron Roach back to the business as head of drama.
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NewsEndemol France pilots Pointless
BBC2 daytime quiz Pointless is being adapted in France as Endemol pushes the format to the international market.
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NewsUKTV weighs options as four execs move on
UKTV is reassessing its top-level structure following the departure of four high-profile executives in three months.
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NewsMTV orders Firecracker pilot on troubled teens
Firecracker Films is to build on the success of Big Fat Gypsy Weddings by producing an ob doc pilot about troubled teens and their mothers for MTV.
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NewsMartin takes Mediterranean trip for Good Food
UKTV cooking channel Good Food has ordered a Mediterranean-themed series from Splash Media fronted by Yorkshire chef James Martin.
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NewsMixed Syco fortunes for Fountain Studios
Fountain Studios has lost the final of The X Factor to an arena but is set to secure a deal to host ITV1’s million-pound roulette gameshow Red Or Black?.