All Drama articles – Page 308
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NewsPolly Hill: celebrate British drama
Polly Hill has suggested that the UK is “too British” about celebrating drama success stories, as she hailed the genre’s role in making the case for the BBC’s future.
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NewsStandalone drama stories in demand
Drama executives from ITV, Channel 4 and Sky have issued a call for contemporary stories, as well as episodic, ‘story-ofthe- week’ series.
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NewsDrama bosses hunt episodic shows
Drama executives from ITV, Channel 4 and Sky have issued a call for contemporary stories, as well as episodic, ‘story-of-the-week’ style series.
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NewsBBC drama boss hits back at ITV
BBC drama controller Polly Hill has labelled ITV’s attack last week on the corporation’s distinctiveness as “extraordinary”.
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NewsNBC to remake ITV 'event' drama
ITV drama Collision, which aired in 2009, is being developed for NBC in the States by Eleventh Hour Films.
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NewsDoctor Foster to return to BBC1
BBC1 has ordered a second series of Doctor Foster and handed Jane Tranter’s indie its first commission.
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NewsLewis to end after decade-long run
Inspector Morse spin-off Lewis will end its decade-long run this year after its stars decided to leave the ITV show.
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RatingsSupergirl soars for Sky
THURSDAY: Supergirl took off for Sky 1, as E4’s Big Bang Theory exploded past BBC2, Channel 4 and Channel 5.
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NewsOfcom to investigate Jekyll & Hyde
Ofcom is to open an investigation into ITV teatime drama Jekyll & Hyde after the show racked up over 800 complaints.
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RatingsCuffs arrests 4.2m
WEDNESDAY: Cuffs, BBC1’s first new pre-watershed drama series for eight years, started solidly with 4.2m viewers.
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Behind The ScenesThe Frankenstein Chronicles, ITV
Olly Grant hears how the team behind ITV Encore’s detective spin on Mary Shelley’s Gothic masterpiece recreated 1920s London across 40 Northern Ireland locations
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VideoLondon Spy, BBC2
Working Title’s five-part thriller stars Ben Whishaw alongside Jim Broadbent and Charlotte Rampling.
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RatingsScream Queens spooks 300k
MONDAY: E4’s US acquisition Scream Queens opened up with a solid performance, shocking 80,000 viewers more than the channel’s slot average.
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NewsC4 & AMC developing sci-fi mystery drama
Channel 4 and Breaking Bad broadcaster AMC are developing a sci-fi mystery drama from emerging British writer Tom Moran.
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NewsDoctor Foster helps VoD jump 1m hours
The growing popularity of BBC1 drama Doctor Foster helped grow the volume of viewing to the broadcaster’s on-demand services by over 1m hours week-on-week.
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RatingsThe Returned sheds half its audience
FRIDAY: Channel 4 shows The Returned and TFI Friday slipped as they returned for a second week.
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NewsJekyll and Hyde draws 500 complaints
ITV’s teatime drama Jekyll and Hyde has drawn almost 500 complaints after depicting horror and violence before the watershed.
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RatingsJekyll and Hyde suffers mixed fortunes
SUNDAY: ITV’s new teatime drama Jekyll and Hyde suffered mixed fortunes, as the live judges’ houses experiment failed to pay off on The X Factor.