All Banijay articles – Page 80
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C5 takes on UKTV in UK storage format battle
Channel 5 is going head-to-head with UKTV in the storage space after the broadcasters commissioned similar series.
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BBC3 to breathe new life into zombie genre
BBC3 may be on the chopping block but it plans to innovate ahead of its move online with a Release The Hounds-style crossgenre zombie gameshow.
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ITV to 'rest' Law and Order: UK
The future of long-running ITV drama Law and Order: UK has been thrown into doubt after Bradley Walsh announced he was leaving the series.
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Behind The Scenes
The Island With Bear Grylls, C4
As C4’s survivalist adventure draws to a close, two of the castaway crew talk about life in front of the camera
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DSP prepares for Mars mission
Darlow Smithson Productions has gained exclusive access to film the Mars One space mission, which will send a number of astronauts on a one-way trip to the Red Planet.
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Shine Now VoD launches on Roku set-top boxes
Shine Group wants to give more international consumers direct access to its content on a variety of digital platforms after launching VoD service Shine Now.
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C5 revamps homes for £5k with Linda Barker
Former Changing Rooms presenter Linda Barker is to overhaul dated homes in a new Channel 5 format.
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Comment
Big distributors must think small
Producers need the personal touch in an increasingly consolidated market, says Endemol’s Mark Lawrence
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Ratings
The Complainers rings up 1m
Channel 4’s three-part doc The Complainers failed to muster a huge crowd on Tuesday – only narrowly outperforming the finale of The Mentalist on Channel 5.
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Shine launches Roku channel
Shine has launched a VoD channel on streaming service Roku that offers access to shows including Educating Essex and Got To Dance.
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Richard III reinterment to air live on C4
Channel 4 is to broadcast the reburial of Richard III live from Leicester Cathedral after the former King’s descendants lost a High Court battle to have him laid to rest in York.
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C4 heads back to The Island
Channel 4 has commissioned a second series of survival show The Island with Bear Grylls, although it is yet to decide if it will return as an all-male format.
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From There to Here makes solid debut
Pete Bowker’s BBC1 drama about the fallout from the 1996 IRA Manchester bombing debuted with more than 4.5m viewers on Thursday.
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Del Boys and Dealers takes in 4m
BBC1 ob-doc Del Boys and Dealers pulled in almost 4m viewers on Wednesday, while Episodes’ audience shrunk by around 100,000.
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The Island grows audience to 2.5m
The Island with Bear Grylls grew its audience for a second consecutive week on Monday, securing third place in the key 9pm battleground.
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Masterchef final peaks with 6.4m
The final of Masterchef peaked with 6.4m viewers for BBC1 on Friday, narrowly beating climax of last year’s competition.
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C4 sets up commercial development team
Channel 4 is creating a new commercial development team headed up by Channel 5 exec Emma Derrick.
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Jay Hunt: The Island is not sexist
Jay Hunt has hit back at claims that male-only survival show The Island with Bear Grylls is “inherently sexist”.
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Nat Geo orders World War II docs for global slate
National Geographic Channels International has commissioned two big-budget World War II documentaries as part of its latest slate of global programming.
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Former Lucky Day boss joins Keo
Lucky Day Productions founder Damon Pattison has joined Keo Films to head up factual entertainment and formats.