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NewsWarner snares ITV exec
Warner Bros Television Production UK has snared ITV executive Alexia Edwards as group commercial director.
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RatingsThe Apprentice stumbles to low
THURSDAY: The Apprentice fell to its lowest audience on record as it struggled against fierce competition from I’m A Celebrity…Get Me Out Of Here.
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FeaturesQuality drama tops wishlists
High-end dramas like Victoria and Versailles were big sellers this year, alongside risqué dating formats such as Undressed and Love Island, while consolidation continued.
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FeaturesIndies boom as fears fade
The indie sector enjoyed strong growth as threats to the terms of trade were staved off
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Behind The ScenesTime Commanders, BBC4
Rebooting the format a decade on allowed the use of much more powerful software
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FeaturesRillington Place, BBC1
Picture and audio post of the drama based on the murders carried out by John Christie
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NewsComedy Central revives C4's Your Face Or Mine
Comedy Central UK is reviving Channel 4 gameshow Your Face Or Mine 14 years after it made its debut.
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NewsFrapa prepares format guide
International format protection body Frapa is preparing an updated legal guide for format creators.
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NewsBBC quiz uncertainty as lottery goes online
The future of three of BBC1’s key Saturday night gameshows is uncertain after the broadcaster pulled the live weekly National Lottery Draw from the airwaves.
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RatingsMartin Lewis banks 3.5m
TUESDAY: ITV’s Martin Lewis proved more popular than Channel 4’s Mary Portas in the battle of the finance shows.
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NewsCall The Midwife lands £30m order
BBC1 has committed to a bumper, three series order of Call The Midwife, worth around £30m.
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RatingsGuy Martin transports 2m to China
MONDAY: Guy Martin’s trip to China was unable to transport a bigger audience than his previous visit to India – as BBC2 notched up 1m for its trip to Brixton.
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NewsITV US remakes Korean apocalypse film
Tomorrow Studios, ITV’s joint-venture US drama indie, is remaking hit Korean film Snowpiercer for cable network TNT.
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NewsRaised By Wolves fundraiser fails
Channel 4 sitcom Raised By Wolves is unlikely to return after Caitlin and Caroline Moran failed to secure sufficient funds from their crowdfunding campaign.
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NewsWall to Wall boosts drama division
New Tricks producer Wall to Wall has made two new hires to boost its drama division.
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RatingsI’m A Celebrity slips by 1m
WEDNESDAY: I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here! dropped by just over a million on its third outing, while Black and British: a Forgotten History also slipped by 200,000 on BBC2.
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NewsDragonfly takes fresh approach for factual
Endemol Shine indie Dragonfly is looking to take inspiration from scripted series after Kim Shillinglaw called for a fresh approach to factual programming.
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NewsITVS' Tall Story lands second order
Tall Story Pictures, the ITV Studios label run by Francis Hopkinson, has scored its second commission since a rebrand “put some air” between it and the rest of ITV’s drama units.
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RatingsITV's Tenable settles in with 800k
TUESDAY: Warwick Davies’ daytime ITV quiz Tenable settled down with over 800,000, before England’s friendly clash with Spain peaked with 6.6m viewers.