All Broadcasters articles – Page 658
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Behind The ScenesAir Ambulance ER, Sky 1
Finding room to fit cameras among helicopter crews’ kit was a big logistical challenge, says producer Louise V Say.
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NewsBBC Trust: no back door deal on BBC3
The BBC Trust could make a “provisional conclusion” on the future of BBC3 in April and has insisted that there will be no “back door deal” when deciding the channel’s fate.
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RatingsCatastrophe kicks off with 800k
MONDAY: Channel 4 comedy Catastrophe opened up with just under 1m viewers as Broadchurch dipped by a further 400,000 viewers.
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NewsC4 to pilot King Bert porn comedy
Miranda Hart and David Walliam’s fledgling indie King Bert Productions is to pilot a sitcom set in a porn shop for Channel 4.
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Behind The ScenesThe Eichmann Show, BBC2
The trial of the Nazi war criminal was also the birth of mass media, discovered producer Laurence Bowen
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NewsHat Trick and Avalon to make BBC3 bid
Hat Trick Productions and Avalon Entertainment are to make an audacious bid for BBC3 in an attempt to save it as a TV channel.
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NewsBBC and PBS strike factual content deal
The BBC has struck an ambitious partnership with PBS to develop and commission blue-chip natural history and factual programming.
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NewsBBC unveils plans for Victoria Derbyshire show
Victoria Derbyshire’s daytime business programme is to air simultaneously on BBC2, BBC News and online with a host of “digital-first” content.
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NewsSioned Wiliam joins Radio 4 commissioning team
Former ITV comedy controller Sioned Wiliam is to become BBC Radio 4’s comedy commissioner.
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The Broadcast InterviewSharon Horgan and Rob Delaney, Catastrophe
The writers and stars of Channel 4’s sitcom Catastrophe talk to Paul Whitelaw about their transatlantic partnership
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NewsIn brief: Simon Cowell & Supernanny
Hear about Simon Cowell’s latest Fox deal and Jo Frost’s trip to Holland in today’s round-up.
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RatingsFoyle’s War bows out on a low
SUNDAY: The final episode of Foyle’s War struggled in a strong 8pm slot, as ITV’s latest entertainment format Get Your Act Together launched with fewer than 3m viewers.
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RatingsKatie Price boosts Celebrity Big Brother
FRIDAY: The arrival of Katie Price on Celebrity Big Brother boosted the Channel 5 show’s ratings by more than half a million viewers.
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NewsSky Arts delivers Stephen Mangan pregnancy drama
Stephen Mangan is to star as a heavily pregnant man in a new one-off drama for Sky Arts.
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RatingsThe Voice rises 500,000
SATURDAY: The Voice UK gained half a million viewers, thrashing a poor second outing for Stars In Their Eyes.
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NewsBBC R&D tests virtual reality with BBC Philharmonic
BBC R&D has produced a virtual reality pilot of a BBC Philharmonic performance as part of ongoing tests into the format.
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NewsCavanagh handed interim BBC channel exec role
Pointless commissioner Pam Cavanagh has been promoted to acting channel executive for BBC1 and BBC3 on a temporary basis.
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NewsAndy Wilman: 2014 was Top Gear’s ‘annus horribilis’
In an interview with Broadcast’s Talking TV podcast from January, the Top Gear executive producer claimed that the BBC did not fully support the show.
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PodcastTalking TV: Top Gear & diversity
Talking TV returns for its first episode of the year and hears from Top Gear executive producer Andy Wilman on the show’s “annus horribilis”.