All articles by Balihar Khalsa – Page 77
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Oxford Scientific’s Evans to head factual at Seneca
Alain de Botton’s Seneca Productions has recruited Oxford Scientific Films’ Joe Evans as managing director to oversee growth of the company’s factual output.
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NewsBBC turns to flagship brands for IPTV trial
The BBC is trialling IPTV projects around Dragons’ Den, Mastermind and EastEnders as it begins developing a content strategy for the platform.
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ITVS’ Acharya to join DLT as comedy producer
Comedy specialist Rohan Acharya, who is credited with co-developing BBC3 sitcom White Van Man, has joined DLT Entertainment from ITV Studios.
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NewsE4 orders sketch show and US sorority series
E4 has asked 12 Yard Productions to reveal the traditions and initiation tests of American sororities and has ordered a comedy duo sketch show as part of a slate of commissions.
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NewsC4 fund backs indie pop singer’s online venture
Channel 4’s Alpha Fund has backed the lead singer of indie pop band Belle and Sebastian, Stuart Murdoch, for an interactive project as one of a range of investments.
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RatingsCatfish hooks True Stories biggest More4 audience
TUESDAY: More4’s True Stories documentary Catfish reeled in the strand’s biggest ever audience beating the competition on Channel 4.
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NewsManford steps down from 8 out of 10 Cats
C4 comedy quiz show 8 out of 10 Cats is losing team captain Jason Manford to new ITV series Show Me The Funny.
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RatingsNews audiences surge in wake of Bin Laden’s death
MONDAY: News of Osama Bin Laden’s death saw viewers flocking to news channels with Sky News almost tripling its audience.
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RatingsC4's Gypsy wedding special beats BBC1
THURSDAY: Channel 4’s spin-off of Big Fat Gypsy Weddings in honour of the royal nuptials put in a strong performance beating BBC1.
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RatingsCelebrity Juice gets highest ever audience of 1.48m
THURSDAY: Keith Lemon’s panel show Celebrity Juice squeezed in its biggest audience to date pulling in 1.48m viewers (7.1%).
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RatingsEssex wins biggest ever audience
WEDNESDAY: Constructed reality programme The Only Way is Essex reached dizzying heights clocking its biggest ever overnight audience.
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NewsObjective to pilot new gameshow for C4
Objective Productions, the indie behind gameshow The Cube, has been given the green light to pilot a gameshow for Channel 4 based on testing people’s reflexes.
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RatingsKatie picks up while Two Pints of Lager returns
TUESDAY: Sky Living’s Katie picked up on the last fortnights’ performance while BBC3’s long-running sitcom Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps returned with a double bill.
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NewsScarlet’s Trafford to head factual team at Keo
Paula Trafford, the former managing director of Scarlet Television, is joining Keo Films’ senior management team as head of popular factual and features.
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NewsDanes to roll out Big Art Project across platforms
Public art initiative The Big Art Project, which was originally produced for Channel 4, has been ordered by Danish public service broadcaster DR to run across TV, radio and online.
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NewsLee Mack lands Saturday night show for BBC1
Comedian Lee Mack is to front a Saturday night BBC1 variety series in which members of the public will perform with celebrities.Lee Mack’s All Star Cast will be co-produced by Endemol’s Zeppotron and Mack’s own company, Arlo Productions. Each week, Mack will welcome a celebrity guest, a stand-up comedian and ...
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RatingsMisbehaving Mums to Be loses 500,000
THURSDAY: BBC3’s Misbehaving Mums to Be lost more than half of its audience compared with last week’s debut, as a Richard E Grant doc put in a mediocre performance for BBC4.
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RatingsMillion Pound Drop appeal falters
FRIDAY: Channel 4’s The Million Pound Drop Live returned to its lowest ever audience for the start of its longest run to date.
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NewsC4 set to show alleged Sri Lankan war crimes
Jon Snow is to front a post-watershed Channel 4 documentary featuring harrowing new footage that appears to document alleged war crimes that took place in the closing weeks of the Sri Lankan civil war in 2009.
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RatingsGlee gets second lowest audience of series
MONDAY: US teen-comedy Glee scored its second lowest audience of the series on E4 while Game of Thrones on Sky Atlantic also lost viewers.