All Entertainment articles – Page 101
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NewsHarry Hill plans TV pitching format
Comedian Harry Hill is developing a show about the TV pitching process and has issued a call to members of the public to submit their ideas.
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NewsITV to 'sprinkle showbiz' onto Voice
ITV has unveiled plans to reinvent The Voice by preserving “the show the audience loves” but “with even more show business sprinkled on it”.
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RatingsThe Chase outruns BBC1
WEDNESDAY: ITV gameshow The Chase gripped an audience of almost 4m viewers – enough to beat every single show on BBC1 apart from its news bulletins.
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RatingsCBB launch slides to 2.3m
TUESDAY: Celebrity Big Brother’s January opener slipped for the fourth consecutive year – but remained strong enough to outperform ITV, Channel 4 and BBC2.
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NewsLet It Shine to set standard for BBCS
The executive producer of BBC Studios’ entertainment format Let It Shine has acknowledged there is a “lot riding on it” becoming a success as the division prepares to commercialise.
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RatingsMichael McIntyre dominates Christmas Eve
Michael McIntyre’s Big Show smashed its first series’ average, while We’re Going On A Bear Hunt performed well on C4 and The Witness For The Prosecution struggled to match previous Agatha Christie adaptations.
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RatingsStrictly triumphs on Christmas Day
Strictly Come Dancing’s festive special clinched the Christmas Day ratings battle, but the combined ratings for The Queen’s Speech ultimately took the crown.
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NewsTuesday's Child lands BBC1 singing format
Tuesday’s Child has landed its first peak-time BBC1 show – a Saturday night music format inspired by the hit film Pitch Perfect.
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VideoUltimate Beastmaster, Netflix
The SVoD service’s first move into unscripted entertainment formats
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RatingsApprentice bows out with 6m
SUNDAY: The Apprentice recovered from last year’s worst performing final since 2005 to hook 6m.
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RatingsStrictly ends on four-year high
SATURDAY: BBC1 dominated Saturday night’s viewing as Strictly Come Dancing glided to a close with almost 1m more viewers than last year’s final.
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NewsSyco strikes Chinese formats deal
Syco Entertainment and Chinese indie Star China have inked a three-year co-production deal for global entertainment formats.
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NewsDave reloads gaming format
Dave is to supersize Dara O Briain’s Go 8 Bit by ordering two ten-part series of the video gaming panel show.
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NewsC4 lines up major tenders
Channel 4 has kicked off a multimillion pound tender drive covering three major sporting opportunities and a “major entertainment format”.
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NewsThe battle for Saturday nights
ITV’s The Voice and BBC1’s Let It Shine set for high-profile shiny floor entertainment clash
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RatingsNew low for Royal Variety Performance
TUESDAY: ITV’s Royal Variety Performance sunk to a new low and failed to dent the final episode of BBC1’s serial killer drama Rillington Place.
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RatingsX Factor struggles to compete
SUNDAY: The X Factor final entertained 1.5m fewer people than last year’s climax after struggling to match the competition from Planet Earth II.
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NewsMentorn promotes Robot Wars exec
Robot Wars executive producer Andrew Robertson has been promoted to Mentorn Media head of entertainment.
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VideoThe Voice, ITV
Having poached the show from the BBC, ITV is bringing back The Voice UK in January