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NewsC4 sports commissioner to step down
Channel 4 is on the hunt for a sport commissioner after Jamie Aitchison decided to leave the broadcaster after three years.
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NewsEd Richards uncertain about future of local TV
Outgoing Ofcom chief executive Ed Richards has argued that it could take up to four years to assess whether Jeremy Hunt’s vision for local television has been a success.
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NewsCBBC conjures up The Worst Witch return
CBBC is planning to resurrect nineties children’s TV programme, The Worst Witch.
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RatingsMake Leicester British moves 1.3m
MONDAY: Channel 4’s Make Leicester British was unable to match the audience generated by its Bradford predecessor, as Micky Flanagan’s cycling travelogue overtook Sky 1’s slot average.
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NewsWGAE calls for boycott of Saturday Night Takeaway remake
The Writers Guild of America (WGAE) has urged its members not to work on ITV’s US remake of Saturday Night Takeaway until it has reached a deal over working conditions.
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NewsBBC2 doubles Two Tribes order
BBC daytime has doubled its order of Remarkable Television quiz show Two Tribes for BBC2.
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NewsUKTV operations and technology boss steps down
UKTV operations and technology director Ben Hine is leaving the broadcaster as it restructures the division and creates three new roles.
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NewsFood Network calls for Kitchen Superheroes
Scripps Network UK is to serve up cooking format Kitchen Superheroes as part of a six-figure brand deal agreed with kitchen appliance firm Kenwood.
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NewsBBC re-hires sacked staff at a cost of £10m
The BBC has spent more than £10m on redundancy packages for staff it has gone on to re-employ.
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NewsC4 racks up record eight Grierson gongs
Channel 4’s much-garlanded Educating Yorkshire has added two more awards to its tally at this year’s Grierson Awards.
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NewsSky Arts moves into foreign comedy
Sky Arts has picked up its first foreign comedy and a new Scandinavian drama in its latest international acquisitions raid.
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RatingsDownton Abbey delivers 8.3m
SUNDAY: The penultimate episode of Downton Abbey came close to rivalling its series high opener.
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NewsC4 plans live theatre broadcast on election night
Channel 4 has commissioned Twofour to produce a live broadcast of a play set in a polling station as part of its election night coverage.
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RatingsStrictly hits series high
SATURDAY: Strictly Come Dancing achieved another series high, peaking with 10.5m viewers, while The X Factor steadied its audience from last week.
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RatingsCitizen Khan returns with 2.9m
FRIDAY: BBC in-house comedy Citizen Khan returned on BBC1 with an audience in line with the second series opener last year despite moving to an earlier slot.
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NewsArthur Williams explores remote locations with Blast!
Arthur Williams is to explore remote regions which can only be accessed by the air in a Blast! Films documentary for Channel 4.
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NewsStrictly Come Dancing embraces Vine
Strictly Come Dancing has generated a record number of Vine video views and plans to adopt Twitter’s live content editing tool for the show’s final.
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NewsC4 signs formats commissioner from Pulse
Channel 4 has bolstered its formats commissioning team with the hire of former Pulse Films and ITV Studios exec Danny Carvalho.
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PodcastTalking TV: Tom Bradby & BBC Productions
The latest edition of Talking TV hears from ITV political editor Tom Bradby about The Great Fire and considers the latest update on the BBC’s plans to transform its production division.
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Ratings24 Hours In A&E returns with 2.4m
THURSDAY: 24 Hours In A&E returned solidly for Channel 4 as BBC1 natural history series Life Story dipped by around 400,000 viewers.