All Broadcasters articles – Page 519
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NewsIn brief: C4 orders & CBBC drama
Betty secures Channel 4 factual commission while CBBC orders third series of Leopard Drama’s Eve.
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NewsITV axes Bear Grylls: Mission Survive
ITV has cancelled Bear Grylls: Mission Survive after two series amid falling ratings.
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RatingsEngland game outscores the opposition
FRIDAY: England’s Euro 2016 warm-up match against Australia took a chunk out of Love, Nina and Gogglebox.
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NewsSky Atlantic orders King Bert sitcom
Sky Atlantic has ordered an all-star comedy series about a compulsive liar from David Walliams and Miranda Hart’s indie King Bert.
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RatingsTop Gear reboot splutters for BBC2
SUNDAY: All-new Top Gear spluttered at the starting line, launching with the show’s worst series debut audience in a decade.
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RatingsBGT final hits 10-year low
SATURDAY: Britain’s Got Talent bowed out with its lowest audience for a final in the show’s 10-year history.
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RatingsViewers leave BBC EU debate
THURSDAY: BBC1’s first EU debate failed to resonate with viewers, while Channel 5’s documentary Inside Britain’s Biggest Mosque also fell flat.
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NewsTerms of trade will remain intact
Pact has heralded a victory after culture secretary John Whittingdale decided against making changes to the terms of trade.
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NewsReally orders first original programme
UKTV channel Really has ordered its first ever original programme - a high volume, primetime spin-off of BBC1 daytime show Helicopter Heroes.
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NewsIn brief: DLT drama & RTS Scotland Awards
DTL is developing a UK version of hit Argentinian drama Perfidia, while the RTS Scotland Awards winners have been unveiled.
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NewsFifth Gear set for fourth home
Fifth Gear is gearing up for a move to its fourth new home after coming to an end on A+E Networks.
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NewsRaise the Roof wins C4 property format
Channel 4 has commissioned a daytime property format from Love It or List It indie Raise the Roof.
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NewsEncore plans period prostitute drama
Alison Owens and Debra Hayward’s indie Monumental Pictures has won its first commission - an eight-part ITV Encore drama exploring the dark world of prostitution in 18th century London.
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NewsBBC reveals Olympics plans
The BBC has fired the starting gun on its Rio 2016 coverage – revealing plans to offer more than 3000 hours of Olympics coverage across multiple platforms.
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NewsDan Brooke: TV 'hideously able-bodied'
Channel 4 diversity guru Dan Brooke has slammed TV as “hideously able-bodied” as the broadcaster bids to increase the volume of disabled talent in the industry.
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NewsLA Screenings: Corden tipped for CBS sitcom
James Corden’s popularity in the US shows no sign of slowing down with the host of The Late Late Show tipped to join CBS sitcom The Great Indoors.
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Behind The ScenesNeil Gaiman’s Likely Stories, Sky Arts
The trick to adapting four unconnected short stories from the pen of cult author Neil Gaiman was to give them a ‘shared grammar’, directors Jane Pollard and Iain Forsyth tell Olly Grant
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NewsITV lines up Talpa entertainment format
ITV is continuing its push to mine Talpa’s rich vein of entertainment shows after ordering a talent contest based on its international format Challenge Me.
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NewsBBC extends Alice Webb and Joe Godwin’s roles
BBC children’s boss Alice Webb and Academy director Joe Godwin have had their roles extended under changes announced by director general Tony Hall.
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RatingsSecret Life Of The Human Pups lacks bite
WEDNESDAY: Secret Life Of The Human Pups’ bark proved bigger than its bite, as Channel 4’s heavily trailed documentary failed to pull in a big audience.