All Broadcast Magazine articles – Page 31
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Comment
Scott Bryan: Declining soaps need to find a way to hook younger viewers
The cancellation of Neighbours shows how vulnerable these former stalwarts of the schedules have become
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Features
End Credits: Helen Nightingale on her career in TV
UKTV’s senior commissioning editor on tears, teenagers and charging elephants
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Features
Roundtable: navigating the challenges of the drama boom
Belinda Campbell, Sarah Brown and Tally Garner discuss the impact of high global demand for the genre
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Comment
Peter Bazalgette: A new kind of journalism has come to the fore in Ukraine
Social media videos combined with responsible reporting provide a powerful antidote to fake news and propaganda, says the ITV chair
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Features
Glued to the Screen: Extraordinary Escapes With Sandi Toksvig
It’s the bonding between two women as much as the beautiful locations that makes Extraordinary Escapes so special, says Brendan Hughes
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Time for broadcasters to dare to be different
ITV’s move into the on-demand world signals a new era as PSBs start to push the boundaries
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Behind The Scenes
The Last Bus: scaling up Wildseed Studios’ high-concept drama idea for a Netflix budget
Creator Paul Neafcy and exec producers Jesse Cleverly and Miles Bullough on their killer robots series
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Features
Creative review: Book Of Love, The Tinder Swindler, The Apprentice + more
A look at some of UK post houses’ best recent work
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Features
End Credits: Richelle Wilder reflects on a career in TV
The Adorable Media exec producer on Ronnie Corbett, The Amazing Mr Blunden and getting injured in Cannes
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Ratings
Genres - 28-day consolidated (December 2021)
Including top 10 entertainment, drama and factual
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BBC1 and C5 the big winners in 2021
Channels achieved the biggest growth in share of all the PSBs, with football and drama the main highlights
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Grisly gardeners blossom over time
Sky Atlantic mini-series hits almost 2 million after catch-up, while Gold and More 4 spread the Christmas cheer
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Drama and docs on par for C4 and C5
Ratings for Close To Me and Attack On Pearl Harbour almost identical to their predecessors in channels’ schedules
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Stormy outing for I’m A Celebrity
Second Welsh series fails to live up to previous visit, as Jules Verne lights up BBC1’s festive period
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Explosive start to the year for drama
Trigger Point, The Tourist and Screw perform well as devices, pre-TX and catch-up boost viewing
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Behind The Scenes
The Ipcress File: giving the spy classic a modern spin
Exec producer Will Clarke & director James Watkins on retaining the feel of the 1960s film while giving their ITV adaptation a modern sensibility
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Comment
Jazz Gowans: the West Midlands has tonnes of untapped talent
The region is buzzing and the industry would do well to tap into the opportunities it has to offer, says the Nine Lives Media co-creative director
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The Broadcast Interview
Neil & Rob Gibbons: From Partridge to The Witchfinder
Writer and director twins on their new comedy series along with their plan to set up a production label
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Features
Roundtable: the ups and downs of running a small indie
Sohail Shah, Louis Bamber, Ed Stobart and Emily Dalton discuss the advantages and challenges of running a smaller production business
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Comment
Faraz Osman: Don’t let the UK’s thriving kids’ content sector wither
With the BBC licence fee frozen and the YACF culled, this vital part of the industry needs as much support as it can get