All Avalon articles – Page 11
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NewsMore Catastrophe planned for C4
Channel 4 has moved quickly to recommission Catastrophe after just two episodes of Sharon Horgan and Rob Delaney’s sitcom have aired.
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CommentComment: muddled thinking clouds BBC3 bid
So little of Avalon and Hat Trick’s BBC3 bid adds up. What’s their long-term goal, asks Stephen Arnell.
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CommentBBC3 buyout bid would have stifled creativity
A talent agency and indie proposing to buy BBC3? How did it come to this, asks comedian Tiernan Douieb
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RatingsCatastrophe kicks off with 800k
MONDAY: Channel 4 comedy Catastrophe opened up with just under 1m viewers as Broadchurch dipped by a further 400,000 viewers.
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NewsHat Trick and Avalon to make BBC3 bid
Hat Trick Productions and Avalon Entertainment are to make an audacious bid for BBC3 in an attempt to save it as a TV channel.
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The Broadcast InterviewSharon Horgan and Rob Delaney, Catastrophe
The writers and stars of Channel 4’s sitcom Catastrophe talk to Paul Whitelaw about their transatlantic partnership
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NewsRussell Howard’s Good News gets YouTube channel
Avalon Television is to launch an international YouTube channel for Russell Howard’s Good News that will make the BBC2 show available in countries including the US after it has aired in the UK.
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NewsSky scraps Mr Sloane and Trying Again
Sky has cancelled Sky Atlantic comedy Mr Sloane, starring Nick Frost, and Chris Addison’s Sky Living sitcom Trying Again.
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NewsTalkSport orders comedy chat show
TalkSport has teamed up with Avalon Entertainment to commission its first stand-up chat show.
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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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NewsE4 orders WitTank pilot
Emerging comedy trio WitTank, who have appeared on BBC3’s Live At The Electric, are developing a sitcom for E4.
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NewsComedy Central bags Russell Howard
Comedy Central is taking its UK origination strategy to the next level after striking a deal with stand-up comedian Russell Howard for more than 20 hours of new content.
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NewsRussell Howard’s Good News moves to BBC2
Russell Howard’s Good News will move to BBC2 as the corporation begins to pave the way for BBC3’s switch online.
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NewsDave doubles up Modern Life is Goodish
Dave Gorman’s Modern Life is Goodish is to return to Dave for two extended series after becoming the channel’s highest-rated new commission last year.
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NewsThree Day Nanny scores global sales
Avalon Distribution has secured a raft of international sales for Channel 4’s parenting format The Three Day Nanny.
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NewsC4 recommissions Man Down
Channel 4 sitcom Man Down is to return for a second series next year, the broadcaster has confirmed.
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RatingsDave’s Dave is goodish
My PE teacher, with barely disguised sarcasm, frequently said that my javelin throwing was “in a league of its own” – more often, it ended up on the chemistry department’s roof.
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RatingsDave’s Dave is a good watch
It was inevitable that a Dave would have his own show on Dave, and so it proved as Dave Gorman launched his new show to decent numbers.
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NewsProducers join forces to launch Brown Eyes TV
A founder of Flame TV and a former chief executive of XYTV have joined forces to launch indie Brown Eyes TV.