All articles by Alexandra Chapman – Page 8
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RatingsBoomers bows out with 2.9m
FRIDAY: BBC1 sitcom Boomers bowed out with its second lowest audience of the series, but still edged the competition in the 9pm slot.
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NewsRed Production Company reshuffles creative team
Red Production Company has reshuffled its senior creative team as it looks to grow its international output and secure work with online platforms.
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NewsGreg Davies to front Dave comedy
Cuckoo and Man Down comedian Greg Davies is to preside over a Dave adaptation of comedian Alex Horne’s Edinburgh Festival Fringe show Taskmaster.
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RatingsScotland Decides peaks with 5m
THURSDAY: BBC1’s coverage of the Scottish referendum peaked with nearly 5m as viewers waited for the results to start being announced.
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NewsBBC condemns attack on journalists in Russia
The BBC has made a formal complaint to Russian authorities following an attack on a group of its Moscow-based journalists this week.
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NewsDoctor Who bumped by Strictly Come Dancing
Doctor Who is to be moved to a later slot to make way for Strictly Come Dancing in a BBC scheduling move that will see the sci-fi series finish after 9pm.
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RatingsCelebrity Squares slips below 3m
WEDNESDAY: ITV’s Celebrity Squares failed to impress viewers after losing 20% of its audience following last week’s opener.
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NewsRollem builds up drama slate with new writers
Kay Mellor’s indie Rollem Productions is developing a series about the menopause and working with new writers as it looks to build on its slate of female-skewing drama.
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NewsBBC3 pulls back from online-first strategy
BBC3 has rowed back from its strategy of premiering all scripted comedy online in favour of an ad hoc approach.
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NewsBroadcasters finalise referendum coverage
BBC, ITV, Channel 4 and Sky News have finalised plans for comprehensive news coverage of the final stages of the Scottish referendum as voting gets underway tomorrow.
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NewsIn The Club returns for second series
BBC1 has ordered a second run of Rollem Productions’ pregnancy drama In The Club, one week after the conclusion of the first series.
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NewsBBC2 heads to world’s biggest food markets
BBC2 is to head to food markets in New York, Mexico City and Delhi as part of a new series produced by Twofour-owned producer Indus Films.
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NewsDame Janet Smith review nears completion
The much-delayed Dame Janet Smith review into the Jimmy Savile scandal at the BBC is “nearing the end of its work”.
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NewsW1A set to return to BBC2
Hugh Bonneville-fronted BBC mockumentary W1A is heading back to BBC2 for a second series in 2015.
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RatingsMixed reception for Sunday Night At The Palladium
SUNDAY: ITV’s revival of classic variety format Sunday Night At The Palladium opened with 4.5m viewers, as The X Factor gained viewers.
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NewsProtests over BBC Scottish referendum coverage
Scottish nationalists have called on BBC political editor Nick Robinson to be sacked over his “biased” independence referendum coverage.
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NewsRick Stein heads to the Med for BBC2
BBC2 has ordered a six-part Mediterranean cookery and travel show fronted by Rick Stein from Devon-based indie, Denham Productions.
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NewsBlueprint wins first TV order with Sadie Jones adaptation
In Bruges producer Blueprint Pictures is to make its debut TV project – an adaptation of Sadie Jones novel The Outcast for BBC1.
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NewsCDN Awards open for business
Nominations for the Creative Diversity Network (CDN) Awards have opened and Broadcast readers will ultimately be able to decide the winner of the Groundbreaking Programme Award.
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NewsFrankie Boyle to dissect Scottish referendum for BBC
Frankie Boyle is to dissect the Scottish referendum result for the BBC in a one-off comedy event hosted on iPlayer.