All Broadcast articles in 7 August 2014 – Page 4
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In The Club delivers 4m
TUESDAY: BBC1’s six-part drama In The Club got off to a slow start as Don’t Tell The Bride and Masters Of Sex also failed to make a splash on their return.
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Critics
TV Critics: In The Club; Kids Behind Bars; Masters of Sex
“Kay Mellor crammed so much drama into last night’s opener it’s hard to imagine where she’s left herself to go, short of an Ebola outbreak in Leeds.”
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ITV orders Delivery Man full series
ITV has beefed up its comedy slate by ordering a full series of Monicker Pictures-produced The Delivery Man after a pilot.
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RTS London line-up revealed
21st Century Fox chief Chase Carey is to deliver the international keynote speech at this year’s RTS London Conference.
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Yesterday goes behind the Iron Curtain
UKTV’s Yesterday is to mark the 25th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall with an international co-production about its construction from Sky Vision Productions.
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Fox withdraws $80bn Time Warner offer
21st Century Fox has withdrawn its $80 billion offer to buy Time Warner.
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C5 snags Batman prequel Gotham
Channel 5 has snagged Batman prequel Gotham, one of the hottest US series to launch at this year’s LA Screenings.
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Cohen orders Top Gear review
The BBC has conducted an internal review of Top Gear programme following the accusations of racism which were levelled at the BBC2 programme earlier this year.
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Kosse to reignite relationships at Film 4
The opportunity to work closely with the UK independent film sector was the chief reason David Kosse accepted the head of Film 4 role according to the incoming US executive.
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Zeppotron co-founder joins Objective
Zeppotron co-founder Ben Caudell is leaving the business after 14 years to join Objective Productions as its head of comedy.
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C4 returns to explore secret lives of dogs
Channel 4 has ordered a documentary series exploring the secret lives of dogs from Arrow Media following the success of the indie’s one-off film.
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Wall to Wall prepares C4 time-travel format
Wall to Wall is to produce a major “celebrity time-travel” gameshow series for Channel 4 which will be stripped across a week in 2015.
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Jane Mote developing Uganda doc
Former UKTV and London Live exec Jane Mote is developing a Ugandan documentary series inspired by BBC2 hit Welcome To Lagos.
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Riverside Studios prepares for rebuild
Riverside Studios is winding down operations before the west London studio complex is flattened and redeveloped.
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Ratings
TruTv opens with 36k
MONDAY: Turner’s free-to-air, male-skewing channel TruTV peaked with 36,000 viewers on its launch day.
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Critics
TV Critics: Gomorrah; Railways of the Great War; Horrible Histories
“By the end of one episode of Gomorrah you felt like entering a witness protection programme”
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Sky 1 orders Cats doc
Former BBC Natural History exec Alex Williamson has set up an indie, Offspring Films, and picked up a first commission – a two-part documentary about cats for Sky 1.
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BBCW hires former ITVS exec
BBC Worldwide has hired former ITV Studios exec Tobi de Graaff to run its Western European business.