All Broadcast articles in 27 May 2016
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News
Vandone gears up for F1
Italian production company Vandone Film has acquired three Blackmagic Studio 4K cameras to help it get under the bonnet of Formula One and Moto GP.
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News
Thinkbox chief joins Somethin' Else board
Thinkbox chief executive officer Lindsey Clay has joined the board of Somethin’ Else as a non-executive director.
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Ratings
Viewers leave BBC EU debate
THURSDAY: BBC1’s first EU debate failed to resonate with viewers, while Channel 5’s documentary Inside Britain’s Biggest Mosque also fell flat.
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Terms of trade will remain intact
Pact has heralded a victory after culture secretary John Whittingdale decided against making changes to the terms of trade.
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Critics
TV Critics: The Truth About Alcohol; Inside Britain’s Biggest Mosque; Going Forward
‘I like a drink’ he claimed, but Dr Javid’s idea of a fun night out was to have one glass of chardonnay, then blow into a breathalyser every 20 minutes.
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Really orders first original programme
UKTV channel Really has ordered its first ever original programme - a high volume, primetime spin-off of BBC1 daytime show Helicopter Heroes.
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In brief: DLT drama & RTS Scotland Awards
DTL is developing a UK version of hit Argentinian drama Perfidia, while the RTS Scotland Awards winners have been unveiled.
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Behind The Scenes
Battle of Jutland: the Navy's Bloodiest Day, BBC2
What started as a personal story for executive producer Liz McLeod became a technical jigsaw puzzle for director Alicia Aarce
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News
Fifth Gear set for fourth home
Fifth Gear is gearing up for a move to its fourth new home after coming to an end on A+E Networks.
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Encore plans period prostitute drama
Alison Owens and Debra Hayward’s indie Monumental Pictures has won its first commission - an eight-part ITV Encore drama exploring the dark world of prostitution in 18th century London.
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Raise the Roof wins C4 property format
Channel 4 has commissioned a daytime property format from Love It or List It indie Raise the Roof.
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Features
Focal International Awards: winners
Broadcast takes an in-depth look at some of the winners and shortlisted entries in this year’s Focal International Awards - including Firelight Films’ The Black Panthers and On The Corner’s Amy.
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News
BBC Studios names first genre director
BBC Studios boss Mark Linsey has appointed his first genre director – making BBC controller of business for drama, films and acquisitions Nick Betts his scripted chief.
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News
Newsnight deputy joins Vice News
BBC Newsnight deputy editor Neil Breakwell is to join Vice News as London bureau chief ahead of the launch of the youth brand’s linear channel.
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News
BBC reveals Olympics plans
The BBC has fired the starting gun on its Rio 2016 coverage – revealing plans to offer more than 3000 hours of Olympics coverage across multiple platforms.
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Dan Brooke: TV 'hideously able-bodied'
Channel 4 diversity guru Dan Brooke has slammed TV as “hideously able-bodied” as the broadcaster bids to increase the volume of disabled talent in the industry.
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News
LA Screenings: Corden tipped for CBS sitcom
James Corden’s popularity in the US shows no sign of slowing down with the host of The Late Late Show tipped to join CBS sitcom The Great Indoors.
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Behind The Scenes
Neil Gaiman’s Likely Stories, Sky Arts
The trick to adapting four unconnected short stories from the pen of cult author Neil Gaiman was to give them a ‘shared grammar’, directors Jane Pollard and Iain Forsyth tell Olly Grant
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News
LA Screenings: Orange is the New Black primed for TV launch
Netflix prison drama Orange Is The New Black is primed to launch on TV channels around the world as the show’s linear holdback expires in December.
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News
ITV lines up Talpa entertainment format
ITV is continuing its push to mine Talpa’s rich vein of entertainment shows after ordering a talent contest based on its international format Challenge Me.