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RatingsThe Apprentice semi-final recruits 1m
WEDNESDAY: The Apprentice added almost 1 million viewers as it rumbled towards its conclusion while BBC2’s Secrets of the Castle ended on a series high.
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RatingsThe Missing climaxes with series high
TUESDAY: BBC1 drama The Missing concluded with its biggest audience of the series - as Charlie Brooker’s Black Mirror failed to sparkle for Channel 4.
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NewsDrama hit hardest by PSB spending cuts
Drama, nations and regions and the arts were the areas of programming hit hardest by the UK public service broadcasters cutting their content spend by £500m over the past five years.
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NewsBBC1 tracks down second series of The Missing
BBC1 abduction drama The Missing will return for a second series with a fresh story, cast and location.
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NewsBBC dominates British Comedy Awards
The BBC dominated the British Comedy Awards, as Graham Norton and Mrs Brown’s Boys helped it take home seven gongs.
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NewsJo Street made acting BBC daytime boss
Jo Street has become the acting controller of BBC daytime following Damian Kavanagh’s appointment as BBC3 digital controller.
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NewsCBBC prepares comedy sketch show & factual format
CBBC has ordered six in-house series including comedy sketch show Class Dismissed and factual entertainment series The Dengineers.
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RatingsAudiences surge for Gogglebox and HIGNFY
FRIDAY: Gogglebox and Have I Got News For You benefited from the conclusion of ITV’s I’m A Celebrity…Get Me Out Of Here! to register their biggest audiences in weeks.
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RatingsTomorrow’s Worlds transports 700,000
SATURDAY: Tomorrow’s Worlds bowed out with an average of almost 700,000 on BBC2 as Strictly Come Dancing beat The X Factor by almost 1.5m viewers.
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NewsC5 set to sign Football League rights
Channel 5 is set to pick up the rights to Football League coverage from the BBC after earmarking a primetime slot for a highlights show.
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VideoVIDEO: Top Gear: Patagonia Special
Click to watch the trailer for Top Gear’s controversial Patagonia Christmas special in which the team travel across countries including Argentina.
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NewsDon't Tell The Bride leaps to BBC1
Don’t Tell the Bride is set to leap to BBC1 after BBC3 revealed plans to scrap its factual entertainment formats.
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NewsRetransmission fees and terms of trade part of Ofcom review
Ofcom has fired the starting gun on a consultation into retransmission fees and a shake-up of the terms of trade as part of its public service broadcasting review.
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NewsIf Not Us lands debut BBC order
Brighton-based production company If Not Us Films has landed its first BBC commission – a feature documentary about the history of British policewomen.
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RatingsBBC Awards fail to hit high note
THURSDAY: The BBC Music Awards failed to top the performance by The Brit Awards on ITV as the clash between Russell Brand and Nigel Farage on Question Time propelled it to a three year high.
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NewsDamian Kavanagh lands BBC3 role
Damian Kavanagh will be responsible for commissioning traditional, short-form and “new-form” content for BBC3 after being named digital controller of the channel.
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NewsIndustry plans diversity study
The BBC, ITV and Broadchurch indie Kudos have teamed up with the Edinburgh International Television Festival to investigate the lack of diversity among production crews.
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NewsPeter Horrocks to join The Open University
Peter Horrocks, the director of the BBC World Service group, is to join The Open University following his departure from the BBC.
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NewsBBC to adapt J.K Rowling's detective novels
The BBC is developing a TV series based on J.K Rowling’s detective novels The Cuckoo’s Calling and The Silkworm.