All Factual-entertainment articles – Page 104
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NewsFormer Remarkable boss sets up indie
Colette Foster, the former co-managing director of Remarkable Television, has launched an indie three months after revealing she was leaving Endemol Shine UK.
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NewsBravo pilots Lime family business format
Lime Pictures has won a pilot order from US network Bravo for a format in which family businesses will be run by the reluctant offspring of their founders.
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RatingsBig Brother down on 2014
THURSDAY: Big Brother’s Live Final failed to match last year’s climax, as Channel 4’s Married at First Sight built its audience.
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NewsS4C and Sony collaborate on new orders
Welsh-language broadcaster S4C has commissioned two factual entertainment formats as part of a development deal with Sony Pictures Television.
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NewsWatch hands RDF label first commission
RDF Television’s fledgling entertainment label Fizz has won its first commission – a gambling cookery format fronted by Marco Pierre White and Melanie Sykes for Watch.
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NewsSky 1 rethinks 8pm strategy
Sky 1 has pulled back from original 8pm commissions but plans to supersize other areas of the schedule, including year-round drama and comedy, as part of a 20% budget boost.
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NewsLifetime revives Britain’s Next Top Model
Lifetime has revived Britain’s Next Top Model two years after the format was axed by Sky Living.
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RatingsMarried at First Sight weds 1.8m
THURSDAY: A solid audience committed to Married at First Sight, but the controversial Channel 4 format lost out in the slot overall.
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NewsC4 pilots budget holiday format
Obsessive Compulsive Cleaners indie Betty will task two thrifty families to put together the cheapest holiday package in a pilot for Channel 4.
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NewsAttaboy drives off with first ITV order
ITV has ordered a motoring series from Wheeler Dealers indie Attaboy TV as it revs up its strategy to attract more male viewers.
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NewsC4 taps Very British Problems Twitter feed in UK first
James Corden, Ruth Jones and Jonathan Ross are among the celebrities who have signed up to share their ‘very British problems’ after Channel 4 ordered a series based on the Twitter feed of the same name.
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RatingsNo fireworks for Clarkson's Top Gear finale
SUNDAY: Jeremy Clarkson’s final episode of Top Gear failed to produce fireworks for BBC2, driving off with an audience that was in line with the rest of series 22.
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NewsAll 4 orders Foster’s-funded short
All 4 has ordered a raft of shorts including its latest ad-funded series in partnership with Foster’s.
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RatingsDon’t Tell the Bride weds 2.8m on BBC1
WEDNESDAY: Don’t Tell the Bride wooed significantly more viewers than it reached on BBC3 following a leap to BBC1 – but it remained well down on the flagship channel’s slot average.
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NewsTwofour lands an ITV double
Twofour bagged two pieces of business from ITV ahead of being acquired by the commercial broadcaster this week.
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NewsTLC aims to build on UK hits
TLC is aiming to improve the gender parity of its audience with original UK commissions fronted by “relatable” British talent.
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NewsNow magazine editor to lead Loose Women
Now magazine’s Sally Eyden has been appointed as editor of ITV’s long-running daytime panel show Loose Women.
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NewsBen Fogle to front BBC2 fishing contest
Ben Fogle will lead a band of eight amateur anglers across four continents to compete in a fishing challenge for BBC2.
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NewsClarkson snubs Top Gear comeback offer
Jeremy Clarkson has claimed he turned down an offer to return to his old job on Top Gear last week, days before Chris Evans was appointed to the role.
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NewsITV pilots fixed-rig daytime format
Educating… indie Twofour is primed to take the fixed-rig format into daytime after piloting a cookery show for ITV.