All Fremantle articles – Page 57
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NewsTalkback to co-pro Berlin Olympics drama
MIPCOM: The characters and controversy of the 1936 Olympics will provide the backdrop to a new miniseries, produced as part of a major drama partnership between TalkbackThames and Berlin-based UFA.
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NewsExec anger as Talkback is handed Webber’s Wizard
BBC entertainment execs are up in arms following the corporation’s surprise decision to hand the production of BBC musical talent format The Wizard Of Oz to indie Talkback Thames.
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NewsBBC1 off to Oz for latest search for star format
BBC1 is looking for a Dorothy and, bizarrely, a Toto the dog as it turns to The Wizard of Oz for in its latest search for a star format.
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NewsITV tries out new Blind Date
ITV has tasked The X Factor producer Talkback Thames with making the successor to Blind Date - speed-dating format Take Me Out.
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NewsX Factor boss defends live audition pressure
X Factor executive producer Richard Holloway has defended the shows new live audition process, rubbishing comments from judge Louis Walsh that the format change adds even more pressure to competitors.
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NewsWalsh: Some X Factor contestants won't cope
X Factor judge Louis Walsh has admitted that not all contestants appearing on the ITV1 show will be able to cope under the strain of the competition.
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NewsX Factor boot camp to be filmed with live audience
X Factor bosses at Talkback Thames and Syco will be shaking up the format further, by holding the “boot-camp” in front of a live audience.
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NewsGrade: We did not pace Boyle well enough
ITV executive chairman Michael Grade has admitted that ITV should have done more to “pace” Scottish singer Susan Boyle, but defended the way contestants on Britain’s Got Talent were looked after on the show.
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NewsBGT under fire over reaction to Hollie’s tears
Britain’s Got Talent producers were too slow to give Hollie Steel a second chance, and closed in on her crying face in a voyeuristic way, industry figures have claimed.
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NewsThe Bill halves its staff and changes its tune
The Bill’s iconic theme tune will be scrapped as part of its 9pm relaunch, which will also see the ITV1 show’s 180-strong production team halved.
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NewsBrown leaves Silver River for Diverse
Alan Brown, who commissioned The Apprentice, produced The Restaurant and revamped Never Mind the Buzzcocks, has joined Diverse Production as creative director.
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NewsTalkback unveils Scottish unit with Hole in the Wall order
Talkback Thames is to open a new production base in Glasgow, headed by BBC Scotland’s former creative director of arts and factual entertainment May Miller, and has bagged a second run of BBC1’s Hole in the Wall as its first commission.
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NewsX Factor auditions go live
The X Factor is to get a Britain’s Got Talent-style makeover, with auditions to be held in front of a live audience for the first time.
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Talkback celebrate Monte Carlo success
Talkback Thames swept the board at last night’s 49th Monte Carlo Television Festival – taking home four of the top awards for its television film, The Shooting of Thomas Hurndall.
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NewsBradshaw: Apprentice row is matter for BBC
New media secretary Ben Bradshaw sparked Tory protests in the Commons today when he insisted the question of whether Sir Alan Sugar should continue to front The Apprentice following his appointment as an advisor to Gordon Brown was a matter solely for the BBC.
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NewsGrade: don't blame BGT execs for Boyle breakdown
ITV executive chairman Michael Grade has rejected claims that executives on Britain’s Got Talent did not do enough to protect runner up Susan Boyle, saying that blaming production staff is “simplistic”.
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NewsGovernment launches review into kids on TV
The government is preparing a major public consultation on the use of children in TV shows such as Britain’s Got Talent, which last week saw 10-year-old semi-finalist Hollie Steel break down on live TV.
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NewsPortillo takes trains back in time for BBC2 daytime
Former Tory cabinet minister Michael Portillo will embark on a series of epic British rail journeys as part of a stripped daytime series for BBC2.
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NewsBurnham: More care needed with talent show contestants
Culture secretary Andy Burnham has called on broadcasters to prioritise their “duty of care” to talent show contestants following Susan Boyle’s admission to the Priory.