All Drama articles – Page 301
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NewsITV to boost drama to halt ratings slump
ITV is to boost its spend on drama to tackle its worst ratings performance in 15 years.
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NewsNigel Pickard joins Nevision board
Nigel Pickard has joined the board of drama financiers and producer Nevision after stepping down as chief executive of Zodiak UK Kids and chair of The Foundation last year.
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NewsJane Tranter and Julie Gardner launch Bad Wolf in Wales
BBC Worldwide’s US production chiefs Jane Tranter and Julie Gardner will launch their drama indie Bad Wolf next month with backing from the Welsh government.
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NewsSky Arts orders first Amplify projects
Sky Arts has commissioned the first projects from its £1m-per year Amplify initiative.
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VideoVIDEO: Drama on ITV
A peek at some of ITV’s autumn dramas including Jekyll and Hyde, Frankenstein and the final series of Downton Abbey.
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RatingsPartners In Crime arrests 6.5m
SUNDAY: BBC1’s Agatha Christie adaptation Partners In Crime made a strong start, becoming the channel’s biggest new drama launch since Poldark.
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NewsTen Alps invests £250,000 in revived Chrysalis Vision
Ten Alps will invest £250,000 in the resurrected drama producer Chrysalis Vision by 2017.
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NewsITV Studios America hires scripted boss
ITV Studios America has hired former Endemol Studios chief executive Philippe Maigret as it continues to boost its scripted arm.
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NewsSky acquires Charles Manson drama
Sky Atlantic has acquired David Duchovny-fronted US drama Aquarius after striking a deal with ITV Studios Global Entertainment.
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RatingsWitnesses unable to outperform The Returned
WEDNESDAY: Channel 4’s French thriller Witnesses got underway with an audience around one third the size of The Returned - as Desi Rascals doubled its figures following a leap to Sky 1.
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NewsITV renews The Americans for Encore
ITV has picked up series three and four of The Americans for Encore seven months after it decided against renewing the show for its main channel.
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Behind The ScenesCuffs, BBC1
First-time director and former rally driver Nick Rowland is in the hot seat for the climax of BBC1’s pacy crime series. Adrian Lobb visits him on set
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NewsBentley wins supernatural ITV drama
Bentley Productions has landed its first non-Midsomer Murders drama for ITV since Ultimate Force – a two-hour special based on Neil Spring’s The Ghost Hunter novel.
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RatingsThe Outcast wins competitive 9pm slot
SUNDAY: BBC1 drama The Outcast fought off competition from Joanna Lumley on ITV and Channel 4’s Humans to triumph in a hotly-contested 9pm slot.
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NewsC4 in talks over second run of Humans
Channel 4 is in talks over a second series of Humans after the Kudos show became its best-rated drama in more than 20 years.
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NewsWatch picks up Secrets and Lies
Watch has acquired Ryan Phillippe and Juliette Lewis-fronted US drama Secrets and Lies.
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NewsC5 acquires Tutankhamun drama
Channel 5 has made its most significant acquisition from sister broadcaster Spike since it was bought by parent company Viacom.
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NewsSky 1 beefs up comedy with The Muppets
Sky 1 has landed three comedy-led series, including exclusive rights to The Muppets in the UK and Ireland, as part of a 20% increase in original content on the channel.
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FeaturesDrama: hits and misses
Will the low ratings of BBC1’s Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell force a retreat into safer territory? Paul Whitelaw examines why acclaimed dramas don’t always connect with viewers
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NewsITV orders Tutankhamun drama
Howard Carter’s discovery of the tomb of iconic Egyptian pharaoh Tutankhamun will be dramatised in a four-part series for ITV.