All Entertainment articles – Page 115
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Ratings
The Voice rises 500,000
SATURDAY: The Voice UK gained half a million viewers, thrashing a poor second outing for Stars In Their Eyes.
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Features
The hunt for the next big entertainment formats
Co-development and keeping it local could be the answer
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Ratings
Celebrity Big Brother opens with 4m peak
WEDNESDAY: Celebrity Big Brother returned to Channel 5 for an eighth series with a peak of almost 4m viewers, 1m more than the previous series opener.
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Podcast
Talking TV: BBC1’s entertainment quest & Charlie Higson
Talking TV returns from a short sabbatical with a bounty of goods, including the story behind BBC1’s forthcoming Harry Hill comedy drama Professor Branestawm.
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News
Formats due ‘next big wave’
Come Dine With Me creator Nell Butler has called on broadcasters to replicate UKTV’s Formats Lab scheme to inspire the next generation of formatted programmes.
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Comment
TV oddities are my guilty pleasure
More than ever, 21st century TV is the equivalent of the freak show, says Steven D Wright
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News
Miranda Hart commits to BBC1 entertainment format
Miranda Hart has committed to hosting a BBC1 entertainment show – but there are doubts over whether it will be a direct revival of The Generation Game.
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News
BBC1 entertainment show’s unusual back story prompts special deal
The BBC has secured a greater slice of the rights to Electric Ray’s forthcoming Saturday night gameshow Prized Apart to reflect the unusual way the show came about, Broadcast has learned.
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The Broadcast Interview
Antonia Hurford-Jones, Sky Living
Sky Living director reveals plans to defrock the channel of its fluffy image.
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News
Entertainment shows fail diversity test
The vast majority of primetime entertainment shows are failing to refl ect the diversity of the British population, according to the first findings of a major Broadcast-backed study.
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The Broadcast Interview
Elaine Bedell, ITV
Outgoing chair Elaine Bedell recalls her favourite moments and tells Chris Curtis why ITV’s revival strategy works
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Comment
Singing contests turn to tech
ITV can learn from Rising Star’s debut in the US, says Kate Bulkley
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The Broadcast Interview
David Mortimer, NBC Universal
The NBCU exec on searching for the Downton Abbey of unscripted formats