All Avalon articles – Page 11
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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.
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NewsAvalon preps Yahoo! Edinburgh Fringe show
Russell Kane and broadcaster Emily Dean are to front a Yahoo! series showcasing acts at this year’s Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
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NewsNanny Mewes parachutes into C4
Professional nanny Kathryn Mewes is to front a Liberty Bell series for Channel 4 which will help parents struggling with difficult children.
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NewsDavid Baddiel developing C4 comedy
David Baddiel is working on his first major TV project for many years – a single-camera sitcom for Channel 4.
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NewsBBC2 revives Modern Times
BBC2 is resuscitating contemporary British documentary strand Modern Times after more than a decade and has commissioned a raft of series, including exclusive access to value retailer Iceland.
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NewsDave Gorman lands Dave series
Dave Gorman is to front a Dave series loosely based on his critically acclaimed live show PowerPoint Presentation.
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NewsAvalon buys Artists Rights Group
Avalon Management Group has acquired All3Media’s talent agency Artists Rights Group (ARG).
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NewsBBC1 rests Secret Fortune in National Lottery shake-up
BBC1 has opted to rest National Lottery show Secret Fortune and commissioned a new format from FremantleMedia UK’s Thames Scotland.
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NewsBBC1 takes Talpa comedy panel show to series
David Walliams, Frank Skinner and Micky Flanagan are to star in a BBC1 Saturday night comedy entertainment show about patriotic knowledge.
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NewsC4 orders full Man Down series from Avalon
Avalon Television has been commissioned to make a full 6 x 30-minute series of Greg Davies comedy Man Down, which was piloted by Channel 4 earlier this year.
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NewsRichard Herring writing BBC2 sitcom
Stand-up comic Richard Herring is developing a BBC2 historical sitcom set in pre-revolutionary Russia.
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NewsBBC3 orders Lee Nelson’s Well Good Show successor
BBC3 is aiming to build on the success of Lee Nelson’s Well Good Show by ordering a new Simon Brodkin comedy character vehicle.
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NewsFounders step down from Flame TV
Flame Television founders Barbara Altounyan and Roger Bolton are stepping down from their roles at the Avalon Group-owned indie after 13 years.
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NewsFlame TV firms up two-year output deal with the BBC
Flame TV has secured a two-year output deal with BBC Daytime that will guarantee it 45 hours of content.
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The Broadcast InterviewAndy Zaltzman: blowing his own bugle
On reaching a landmark 200th edition of his satirical podcast The Bugle, Andy Zaltzman talks to Michael Rosser about its global appeal - and surviving on voluntary subscriptions.
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NewsWalliams to front BBC1 Talpa format
David Walliams, Frank Skinner and Greg Davies have signed up to feature in Talpa’s new format for BBC1 – a panel gameshow about patriotic knowledge.
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NewsGreg Davies to star in C4 sitcom
Stand-up comedian Greg Davies is to write and star in a new sitcom pilot for Channel 4.
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NewsBBC to pilot second Talpa format
BBC1 is to follow up The Voice UK with a second entertainment format from Talpa - part of a two-year development deal between the BBC and John de Mol’s company.