All Broadcasters articles – Page 676
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RatingsYou Can’t Get The Staff serves up 1.6m
TUESDAY: You Can’t Get The Staff served up an above-average audience of 1.6m for Channel 4, as the final run of BBC3’s Bad Education bowed out with an audience 25% smaller than its previous outing.
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NewsSpun Gold makes poverty doc for C5
Channel 5 is to explore poverty through the eyes of children in a one-off documentary from Spun Gold.
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NewsRona Fairhead: licence fee does not need fixing
Newly-installed BBC Trust chairman Rona Fairhead has argued that the licence fee is “not a problem that needs to be fixed” as the government prepares to consider all options for the corporation’s future funding during charter renewal.
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NewsFox UK opens Freak Show
The stars of a Venice Beach freak show are to feature on Fox UK after the broadcaster acquired a reality series from Endemol.
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NewsChannel 4 develops Isis drama
Channel 4 is developing a drama exploring the reasons some British-born Muslims are joining the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (Isis) with Liza Marshall’s fledgling indie Archery Pictures.
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NewsOrangutans swing onto Animal Planet
Animal Planet has ordered Meet The Orangutans, an eight-part follow up to its hit series Meet The Sloths.
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RatingsThe Kitchen serves up 900k for BBC2
MONDAY: BBC2 series The Kitchen concluded on a low as Gotham’s second episode fell by half a million viewers.
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NewsR4 comedy commissioner to step down
Caroline Raphael, the BBC Radio 4 commissioner behind shows including Little Britain, is to leave the BBC after 31 years.
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NewsYalli wins C4 gameshow pilot
Yalli Productions is to pilot a gameshow format for Channel 4 in which contestants must agree how to divide up a prize pot into unequal amounts.
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NewsJonathan Ross signs two series ITV deal
Jonathan Ross has signed up for a further two series of his ITV chat show – keeping him on the channel until at least the end of 2015.
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NewsFran Unsworth named BBC World Service chief
BBC deputy director of news Fran Unsworth has been appointed director of BBC World Service group.
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NewsR1’s Big Weekend in 'serious' editorial breach
The BBC Trust has ruled that Radio 1’s Big Weekend seriously breached the corporation’s editorial guidelines after acts including Lily Allen swore during their live sets.
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NewsFrankenstein first order for ITV Encore
ITV has ordered its first original commission for Sky pay-TV channel Encore, a Sean Bean-fronted drama about Frankenstein.
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NewsC4 and Box TV head to Platform Festival
Channel 4 has teamed up with Box TV and events company Live Nation to broadcast a series of performances from Manchester’s Platform Festival.
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NewsBBC America boards London Spy
US cable network BBC America has boarded Working Title Television’s BBC2 thriller London Spy.
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RatingsOur Girl bows out with 3.7m
SUNDAY: BBC1 war drama Our Girl bowed out with a series average of 3.8m - as Strictly regained its Sunday night ratings lead over The X Factor.
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RatingsGogglebox hits record peak for Stand Up to Cancer
FRIDAY: Kate Moss, Naomi Campbell and Noel Gallagher helped Gogglebox to a record high of 4.3m as part of Channel 4’s Stand Up To Cancer event.
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NewsFrankel film under starter's orders for C4
Oxford Scientific Films will explore the story of legendary racehorse Frankel in a Channel 4 documentary ahead of Royal Ascot next year.
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NewsCeri Thomas confirmed as Panorama editor
Ceri Thomas, the BBC’s former head of news programmes, has been confirmed as the permanent editor of Panorama.
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RatingsStrictly widens gap on The X Factor
SATURDAY: Strictly Come Dancing waltzed off with a series high, beating The X Factor by 1.5m viewers.