All Broadcasters articles – Page 1144
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NewsBBC recommissions Missing drama
The BBC has recommissioned the critically acclaimed drama Missing for 10 new episodes to be screened next year, making it twice the length of season one.
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NewsToday programme tops broadcast list
The best of British broadcasting has been named as BBC Radio 4’s Today by the influential viewers’ group Voice of the Listener and Viewer.
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NewsSetanta collapse blamed for FA woes
Lord Triesman, chairman of the Football Association, has blamed the collapse of Setanta for difficulties with the development of the National Football Centre in Burton.
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NewsForsyth apologises for race row gaff
Veteran presenter Bruce Forsyth has been forced to backtrack in a formal BBC statement after he said the nation should get a “sense of humour” about the Strictly Come Dancing race row.
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NewsC4 stands ground over ads in 9/11 doc
Real-time 9/11 documentary 102 Minutes that Changed America proved to be Channel 4’s most divisive programme last month, with controversy raging over the level of advertising within its broadcast.
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CommentSeven tips to avoid ITV's self-destruction
Running ITV may seem like taking on a mission impossible - so potential CEOs should read former head of business affairs Andrew Baker’s seven tips to stop the network self-destructing.
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NewsNow Casualty will clash with X Factor
First it was Strictly Come Dancing - now BBC1’s Saturday night drama Casualty will move to a Sunday to go head to head with ITV1’s The X Factor next weekend.
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NewsBishop in pole position for ITV chairman job
Sir Michael Bishop, former chairman of Channel 4 and airline BMI, has become the frontrunner to take the chairman’s role at ITV after Sir Crispin Davis pulled out of the running.
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The Broadcast InterviewHilary Salmon, BBC executive producer
Executive producer Hilary Salmon may be rather reserved, but she’s the woman behind the corporation’s noisiest dramas. Katherine Rushton finds out why she has a lot to shout about.
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NewsShine to revive fortunes of brass band for BBC2
BBC2 hopes to do for local brass bands what Strictly has done for ballroom dancing with a three-part Shine Television series fronted by Sue Perkins.
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NewsMagician Brown to front ‘real-life psychics’ docs
Derren Brown is changing tack with his next series for Channel 4, fronting three ob docs in which he will meet people who claim to have psychic abilities.
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NewsUKTV aquires 11 series of Fifth Gear
UKTV has acquired the rights to a further 11 series of Fifth Gear from All3Media International to play on entertainment channel Dave.
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NewsSky set to take drama from Morrissey indie
Sky 1 is poised to commission a high-end police drama, starring David Morrissey and based on the novels of Mark Billingham.
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NewsO’Grady will not move to Sky 1 as talks break down
Sky 1’s talks with Paul O’Grady to take his eponymous chatshow to the channel have broken down.
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NewsC4 orders second Half
Channel 4 has ordered a second series of RDF Television’s series How The Other Half Live.
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NewsC4 commissioners outline wish list for filling Big Brother gap
Channel 4 has given the first hints of what it will be looking for in 2011 to fill about 250 hours of its primetime schedule previously occupied by Big Brother.
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NewsITV's six-figure offer for England qualifer rejected
Rights holder Kentaro turned down a six-figure sum from ITV to show the highlights of the England World Cup qualifier against Ukraine on a terrestrial station.
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Simpsons enlisted in obesity battle
In a drive to reduce obesity, episodes of US cartoon The Simpsons will be sponsored by the Department of Health.
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NewsCameron calls for independent debates
Televised general-election debates between political party leaders should be organised by a senior independent figure to keep them fair, says David Cameron.