Entertainment – Page 92
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NewsITV piloting Jonathan Ross cookery show
ITV is piloting a cookery panel show fronted by talk show host Jonathan Ross.
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NewsITV committed to live Sound of Music event
ITV remains committed to celebrating the 50th anniversary of The Sound of Music amid suggestions that it was originally eyeing an Easter TX date for the live extravaganza.
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NewsTop Gear executive producer resigns
Top Gear executive producer Andy Wilman has resigned from the BBC a month after Jeremy Clarkson’s contract was not renewed.
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NewsJohn Bishop scores BBC1 variety show
John Bishop is to a host a BBC1 Saturday night variety show from Hackney Empire.
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NewsJay Hunt’s entertainment pledge
Jay Hunt has reassured the entertainment community that Channel 4 will not marginalise the genre after rolling the department into its factual entertainment team.
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NewsInitial appoints creative director of Big Brother
Initial has appointed Denis O’Connor to the newly-created role of creative director for flagship format Big Brother.
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NewsZnak & Jones strikes Danish deal
Znak & Jones, the indie co-founded by former Syco Television USA chief Simon Jones, has struck a deal with a judge on the Danish version of The X Factor to produce non-scripted formats in Denmark.
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NewsC4 to merge entertainment and fact-ent teams
Channel 4 is merging its entertainment and factual entertainment teams and will hand control of the super-division to Liam Humphreys.
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NewsC4 unveils election night plans
Jeremy Paxman and David Mitchell will host Channel 4’s election night coverage which will include special episodes of Gogglebox and The Last Leg.
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NewsITV axes Stars in Their Eyes
Harry Hill’s Stars in Their Eyes has been axed by ITV after a single series.
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NewsDavid Flynn to exit Endemol Shine
Endemol UK’s chief creative officer David Flynn is to leave the company after 16 years to seek out a fresh challenge.
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NewsWall to Wall to evolve Voice UK app for 2016
Wall to Wall Television is drawing up plans to evolve its HomeCoach app after more than 10 million virtual cards were traded over the course of The Voice UK series.
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NewsITV evolves Off Their Rockers with disabled pranksters
ITV will evolve its hidden camera show Off Their Rockers with a two-part special starring disabled pranksters.
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NewsClarkson pulls out of Have I Got News For You
Jeremy Clarkson has pulled out of hosting an episode of topical news quiz Have I Got News For You, despite having been cleared to appear by the BBC.
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NewsRugby has knock on effect for X Factor
The X Factor is to be moved to Sunday evenings later this year to avoid a clash with ITV’s coverage of the Rugby World Cup.
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NewsITV cooks up Harry Hill pilot
Red Arrow indie CPL Productions is to bring Harry Hill back to ITV for a cookery show pilot.
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NewsThames hires head of development
Fremantle Media UK indie Thames has hired Superhero Television founder Lucas Green as its new head of development.
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NewsITV2 returns to Release The Hounds
Horror gameshow Release The Hounds is to return to ITV2 for an extended second series.
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NewsKeith Lemon goes Back to the Future
Keith Lemon will step back in time to celebrate the 30th anniversary of iconic 1980s film franchise Back to the Future.
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NewsCBBC to launch TOTP-style live chart show
CBBC has joined forces with Radio 1 to launch a Top Of The Pops-style programme which will reveal each week’s number one at the same time as the Official Chart Show.