All Broadcast articles in 8 April 2016 – Page 5
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NewsPolly Hill on brink of shock ITV move
BBC drama controller Polly Hill is on the brink of a shock move to ITV, Broadcast can reveal.
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NewsNatural history chief exits BBC
The BBC’s first female Natural History Unit (NHU) boss Wendy Darke has become the latest BBC Studios board member to leave the corporation.
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NewsC4 uses fixed-rig for The Job Interview
Former Dragonfly managing director Simon Dickson’s new ITV Studios label will use a fixed-rig to film job interviews for its first commission.
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NewsStudioCanal invests in Atlantis indie
StudioCanal has invested in Urban Myth Films, the producer responsible for BBC1 drama Atlantis, and Benedict Cumberbatch’s production firm Sunny March TV.
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RatingsTwo Doors Down opens with 1.3m
FRIDAY: BBC2 sitcom Two Doors Down returned for a full series with around half the audience who tuned in for its BBC1 debut on New Year’s Eve 2014.
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NewsESG opens Tel Aviv scripted studio
Endemol Shine Group has jumped on the boom in Israeli drama to open a scripted studio in Tel Aviv.
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RatingsThe Durrells delivers for ITV
SUNDAY: ITV enjoyed a strong night as The Durrells became its biggest launch since Cilla and Home Fires sparked back into life with a respectable 5.2m.
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CriticsTV Critics: Undercover; The Durrells
“I didn’t mind not having a clue what was going on, even if at times it felt like at least three different dramas were playing out in tandem.”
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NewsWorld Media Rights lands Reelz film format
US cable network Reelz has ordered a six-part series about the real stories that inspired major Hollywood movies from World Media Rights.
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NewsStorage Hunters star fronts Discovery format
Storage Hunters star Jesse McClure is to front a Zig Zag-produced antiques series for Discovery’s free-to-air channel.
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NewsITV swoops for Little Big Shots
ITV has swooped for the rights to Warner Bros’ hit US kids talent format Little Big Shots.
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Behind The ScenesUndercover, BBC1
Key scenes finally clicked once we changed continent last-minute, says producer Richard Stokes - while director James Hawes battled to make a riot look real.
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RatingsFinal Saturday Night Takeaway demolishes The Voice
SATURDAY: Ant & Dec’s Saturday Night Takeaway bowed out with its second lowest audience of the series, but it still thrashed the semi-final of The Voice UK.
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NewsDiscovery’s Dee Forbes to lead RTÉ
Discovery’s European boss Dee Forbes has been appointed as director general of Irish public broadcaster RTÉ.
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NewsNetflix picks up ITV’s Marcella
Netflix has acquired the global rights to ITV crime drama Marcella.
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NewsFilm 4 head David Kosse steps down
Film 4 head David Kosse is to step down from his position after 18 months to join US studio STX Entertainment.
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