All Genre articles – Page 34
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RatingsFleabag and Murder in Successville score with youngsters
SUNDAY: BBC3 comedies Fleabag and Murder in Successville proved a hit with 16-34s on BBC2, while BBC1’s Olympics coverage ended with 6.9m viewers.
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NewsDeal or No Deal axed by C4
Channel 4 has confirmed long-running gameshow Deal or No Deal? is to be axed at the end of this year.
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NewsCBS Reality expands crime slate
Peninsula Films is to make three crime documentary shows for CBS Reality.
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NewsITV orders Sadie Hartley murder doc
ITV has commissioned Raw Cut TV to produce a fast turnaround documentary charting the murder investigation of Sadie Hartley.
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NewsITV orders legal drama from Homeland writer
Homeland writer and executive producer Patrick Harbinson has created a six-part legal drama for ITV.
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NewsTalkback prepares Roald Dahl centenary film
Channel 4 will celebrate the work of Roald Dahl in a 90-minute film marking the centenary of the writer’s birth.
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NewsPlum abandons C4 property commission
Plum Pictures’ Channel 4 property commission Britain’s Best Beach Huts has collapsed following local opposition to the project.
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NewsChannel 4 cancels Raised by Wolves
Raised By Wolves creator Caitlin Moran has launched a campaign to save her sitcom after it was cancelled by Channel 4.
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NewsITV's Formula E coverage stalls
ITV will not renew its contract to broadcast fledgling motorsport Formula E, according to reports.
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NewsBake Off contestant fronts C4 pilot
Great British Bake Off contestant Dr Tamal Ray is to front a health pilot from Love Productions as Channel 4 expands its populist investigative slate.
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NewsC4 drama showcases new female talent
Touchpaper TV is to tell the story of a teenage girl struggling to take control of her life in a 90-minute drama for Channel 4 which includes a host of new female talent on production duties.
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NewsC4: Blaps tackles 'closed shop' of scripted comedy
Taking risks to help emerging talent and wacky ideas break into “the closed shop” of scripted comedy is at the heart of Channel 4’s online Blaps strategy as it prepares to open up its next commissioning round.
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NewsITV tracks Devon and Cornwall police
Potato is to tail Devon and Cornwall police force across its enormous beat for a blue light documentary for ITV.
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NewsRed Planet secures first factual commission
Tony Jordan’s Red Planet Pictures has won its first factual commission a year after launching a division dedicated to the genre.
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RatingsC4's Eden opens with 1.8m
MONDAY: Channel 4’s anticipated social experiment Eden got underway at 9pm but faced tough competition from ITV and BBC1.
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NewsSue Murphy hires spell 'big sense of adventure' for ITV
Sue Murphy’s first hires spell “a big sense of adventure” for ITV’s factual entertainment department, according to senior figures of the TV industry.
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NewsC4 braves fourth series of The Jump
Channel 4 has recommissioned a fourth series of its controversial celebrity winter sports show The Jump.
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NewsLucinda Riley's Seven Sisters set for TV adaptation
US indie Raffaella Productions has optioned British author Lucinda Riley’s seven-book series The Seven Sisters.
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NewsC4 pulls back covers on Airbnb
Outline Productions is to explore the Airbnb phenomenon in a one-off film for Channel 4.
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NewsC4 supersizes The Secret Life of the Zoo
Channel 4 has ordered a supersized version of The Secret Life of the Zoo, more the doubling the length of its original run.