All Drama articles – Page 299
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RatingsUkip docu-drama elects 1m
MONDAY: C4’s Ukip: The First 100 Days mustered just over 1m viewers, while Manchester United’s win over Preston North End peaked with almost 7m on BBC1.
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NewsUkip docu-drama draws 1,000 complaints
Channel 4’s docu-drama about the first few months of an imagined Ukip government has generated 1,000 complaints since it aired yesterday evening.
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FeaturesEastEnders: broadcasting live from Albert Square
Ahead of this week’s 30th anniversary EastEnders specials, BBC Studios & Post Production operations manager Geoff Ward reveals the challenges involved in delivering the soap live.
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NewsUkip docu-drama stokes controversy
Channel 4’s docu-drama Ukip: The First 100 Days has stoked controversy – drawing criticism from Nigel Farage and nearly 80 complaints to the broadcaster and Ofcom.
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RatingsIndian Summers C4's best drama launch in five years
SUNDAY: Channel 4’s big budget epic Indian Summers transported almost 3m viewers to become the channel’s best performing drama in nearly five years.
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NewsSky Atlantic re-enters The Tunnel
Sky Atlantic is bringing back Anglo-French crime drama The Tunnel for a second series.
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NewsNick Hornby and Anthony Horowitz pen BBC1 dramas
Nick Hornby is to pen his first television drama for BBC1 while Anthony Horowitz is to return to the channel after more than a decade with an investigative thriller.
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VideoVIDEO: UKIP: The First 100 Days, C4
Watch the trailer for Raw TV’s fictional documentary about UKIP’s first 100 days in power.
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FeaturesTraining in drama: solving the skills problem
Drama experts examine what can be done about the growing shortage of skilled TV production crew
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NewsAll3Media secures global buyers for C4’s Indian Summers
All3Media International has closed seven deals for forthcoming Channel 4 drama Indian Summers.
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CommentComment: Channel 4 drama is here to be different
As C4 head of drama, it’s a badge of honour to open Broadcast and see you have appalled a TV critic
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NewsAmazon grabs Outlander for UK
Amazon has acquired the UK rights to Left Bank Pictures’ sci-fi period drama Outlander.
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NewsBBCW strikes Wolf Hall deals
Thomas Cromwell is set to travel the world after BBC Worldwide struck a slew of international sales for period drama Wolf Hall.
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NewsObjective seals umbrella deal with fledgling indie
Objective Productions has inked an umbrella deal with Vox Pictures and will share in the fledgling drama indie’s profits in exchange for back office support.
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CommentChannel 4’s drama push isn’t working
Broadcaster is struggling to get the balance right, says Maggie Brown
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FeaturesBest Single Drama: Common
Jimmy McGovern’s 90-minute drama Common, which told the story of a young man standing trial for murder under complicated circumstances, was a “jaw-dropping drama that never did the predictable” and an “outstanding exposition of a complex theme”, according to the judges.
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FeaturesBest Original Programme: Glasgow Girls
Glasgow Girls may not be the highest-profile show to win a Broadcast Award this year, but it is one of the most distinctive.
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FeaturesBest Drama Series: Happy Valley
Such was the impact of Happy Valley when it aired in April 2014, it was used as one of Charlotte Moore’s ripostes to criticism of BBC One.
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CommentComment: Fortitude success shows Sky is on the right path
Drama has demonstrated the ambition and quality viewers can expect
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NewsBFI: high-end TV spend hits £600m
More than 80 TV productions with a total spend of over £600m benefited from the UK’s high-end TV tax break in 2014.