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NewsIn brief: Challenge Cup; Tern; Apple; TVF; The Fall
The BBC has agreed a deal with the Rugby Football League to extend its coverage until 2020, while Channel 4 has handed a Tern daytime format a primetime commission.
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RatingsFear The Walking Dead spooks AMC viewers
MONDAY: Channel 4 fishing documentary The Catch netted 1.5m as AMC launched with zombie spin-off Fear The Walking Dead.
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Behind The ScenesThe Catch, C4
Filming and living aboard a fishing boat for this fixed-rig doc threw up many challenges, but it also made for a very personal experience, says Jim Incledon
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NewsTony Hall ‘mulling radical cost-cutting plans’
Tony Hall is mulling plans to cut a further 3,000 BBC jobs, close two minor TV or radio stations and increase repeats on BBC1 and BBC2, aaccording to The Sunday Times.
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RatingsThe Trials of Jimmy Rose locks up 4m
SUNDAY: The Trials of Jimmy Rose failed to launch with the same fanfare as ITV’s previous drama Black Work but comfortably won the 9pm slot.
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RatingsThe X Factor debut hits nine-year low
SATURDAY: The X Factor returned with its lowest series debut audience in almost a decade after losing nearly 2m viewers on the 2014 launch.
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NewsFremantle to distribute Kudos' Capital
Fremantle Media International has picked up the global rights to Kudos-produced BBC1 drama Capital.
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NewsJay Hunt: consolidation can hurt indie creativity
Channel 4 chief creative officer Jay Hunt has claimed that growing consolidation in the indie sector has had a negative impact on creativity.
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NewsDanny Cohen: all BBC TV channels face cuts
Danny Cohen has guaranteed that BBC2 will not be closed down, but warned that all of the corporation’s television channels will face cuts following its funding deal.
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NewsC4 drama to explore historic sex abuse
George Faber is to produce a Channel 4 drama series which will explore the impact on a fictional public figure after they are accused of historical sexual misconduct.
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NewsBBC2 heads to Leningrad & Versailles
BBC2 has acquired Versailles, the English-language Canal+ drama written by Simon Mirren and David Wolstencroft, and ordered a music series from Reef Television.
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NewsEHRC: diversity quotas 'run risk' of being unlawful
The Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) has cast doubt over the lawfulness of quotas but backed Lenny Henry’s call to ring-fence funds and create diversity databases.
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CommentCasualty at 30
Returning a life-time later to write and direct something that has become a hugely established machine felt a little crazy, says co-creator Paul Unwin
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NewsC4 to track teenage murder investigation
Ten Alps indie Films of Record will track a police investigation into a teenage murder in an ambitious documentary series for Channel 4.
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NewsBBC2 boss: Top Gear fracas was result of ‘human frailty’
BBC2 controller Kim Shillinglaw has claimed that “human frailty” was to blame for the Top Gear fracas that cost Jeremy Clarkson his job.
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RatingsStephen Fry trumped by Big Brother
THURSDAY: The latest series of Celebrity Big Brother opened its doors to a peak audience of 2.6m viewers, easing past competition from ITV’s Stephen Fry travelogue.
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NewsFamily Guy to help launch ITV2 comedy
ITV2 will use US animation Family Guy as a springboard to launch original scripted commissions.
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NewsSturgeon critical of BBC referendum coverage
Nicola Sturgeon has criticised the media’s portrayal of women and claimed the BBC’s coverage of the Scottish referendum was unwittingly but significantly flawed.
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NewsCassian Harrison: BBC4’s £30m budget sparks innovation
BBC4 controller Cassian Harrison has claimed that his £30m budget forces the channel to be more innovative.
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NewsDiscovery hunts car and crime shows
Discovery has kicked off a hunt for cars and crime shows as it bids to cement a move back into its traditional factual heartland.