All Broadcast Magazine articles – Page 6
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FeaturesBrian And Maggie: How Baby Cow shrugged off co-pro woe
Executive producer Sarah Montieth reveals how this British drama about Brian Walden’s infamous interview with Margaret Thatcher made it to screen
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FeaturesDope Girls: Living the high life in post-WWI London
Shannon Murphy reveals how Bad Wolf drew inspiration from costumes and photos of the era to recreate the hedonistic world of Soho at the end of WWI
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FeaturesUpping the ante for Gladiators series two
Dan Baldwin on how Hungry Bear has gone all out to make the second season more thrilling, with new games and backstage drama
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FeaturesNuanced picture as growth returns in commissioning
Broadcast Intelligence’s Programme Index logged 1,606 commissions in 2024, a 23% jump on the previous year
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RatingsGenre overview tables (October 2024 - 28-day consolidated)
Including top 10 comedy, entertainment and drama programmes
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RatingsITV and BBC find some new big hitters
The likes of Gladiators and The 1% Club are winning lots of new fans while old staples continue to do well
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RatingsDisney’s Rivals way ahead of Penguin
Launch of the Jilly Cooper adaptation pulls in 700,000 more than Sky’s Gotham-set crime thriller.
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RatingsC5 vets finish down on last year
Audience of more than 3 million is some way short of first outing, while C4’s Bake Off is also down
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RatingsBBC1 lands a cosy hit in Ludwig
Show delivers best average for a new drama since 2022, while ITV1’s DI Ray is down on series one
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RatingsShetland tops BBC1 drama launches
Ninth series beats Moonflower Murders, The Listeners and the return of Wolf Hall
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FeaturesUKTV seeks the unexpected for drama and factual refresh
Broadcaster is on the hunt for bingeable, noisy, edgy ideas that can cut through, with novel talent attached
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FeaturesBroadcasters prepare for the AI future
Execs from the BBC, ITN and C4 discuss moving from proofs of concept to integrating the technology into their working practices
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RatingsDrama captures elusive youth
The PSB dramas with the biggest 16-34 audiences so far this year are not what might be expected
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RatingsGenre overview tables (September 2024 - 28-day consolidated)
Including top 10 entertainment, comedy and current affairs programmes
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RatingsLove starts and ends well for E4
New series of MAFS opens with 2.4 million, while Celebs Go Dating wraps with best post-pandemic average
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RatingsC5’s The Teacher struggles to match series one
Audience of more than 3 million is some way short of first outing, while C4’s Bake Off is also down
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RatingsLudwig gets off to a mighty start
Cambridge-set series is BBC1’s biggest drama launch of 2024, while ITV1’s Grace ends in decent form
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RatingsStrictly maintains share as ratings fall
BBC1 show is losing around 500,000 a year as TV audiences decline, but is still way ahead of The Voice UK
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CommentScott Bryan: Why is it so hard these days to find something to watch?
There’s an abundance of choice, but navigating endless platforms is tedious. What we need is Project Kangaroo 2.0