All Indies articles – Page 599
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NewsYouTubers head to CBBC for car makeover format
CBBC has ordered a car transformation series fronted by two YouTube stars from Endemol Shine North following a successful pilot.
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RatingsClunes outmuscles Lumley
TUESDAY: Martin Clunes’ ITV travelogue outmuscled Joanna Lumley’s recent effort as BBC2 failed to muster 1m for Our Dancing Town.
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RatingsC5's Week We Went Wild struggles
MONDAY: Channel 5 survival format The Week We Went Wild got off to a rocky start after failing to capitalise on its sizeable inheritance from Celebrity Big Brother.
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NewsMidnight Oil strikes investment deal
Specialist factual indie Midnight Oil Pictures has secured an investment deal from tech investor Richard Green, following last year’s inaugural Indielab programme.
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NewsAll3Media backs fledgling drama firm
All3Media has invested in Two Halves Pictures, the fledgling indie set up by AD: The Bible Continues producers Gina Cronk and Richard Bedser.
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VideoApple Tree Yard, BBC1
Kudos production of Amanda Coe’s adaptation of the best-selling thriller novel.
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NewsStreetmate rebooted by Channel 4
Channel 4 is reviving classic dating series Streetmate as a daytime format after it aired a one-off special as part of Stand Up To Cancer.
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NewsITV to 'sprinkle showbiz' onto Voice
ITV has unveiled plans to reinvent The Voice by preserving “the show the audience loves” but “with even more show business sprinkled on it”.
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NewsTop 10 features of 2016
Sky’s Gary Davey, Channel 4’s Jay Hunt and a deep dive into Netflix’s content strategy.
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NewsEducating... doc series returns to C4
Twofour’s Educating… documentary is to return to Channel 4 in late 2017 after being rested this year.
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RatingsSix Wives bows out with 3.2m
WEDNESDAY: BBC1’s docu-drama recreating the tumultuous marriages of Henry VIII closed narrowly behind the channel’s slot opposite series finales on BBC2 and ITV
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NewsC4 seeks aspiring northern writers
Channel 4 is seeking three aspiring writers from the North of England to train to become TV writers.
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NewsBanijay formats chief to step down
Banijay Group formats chief Grant Ross is to step down in April after nearly three years with subsidiary Zodiak Media.
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RatingsVicious finale fails to bite
FRIDAY: An hour-long send-off for ITV comedy Vicious sank to its lowest performance yet.
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NewsPrincess joint MD to leave
Princess Productions joint managing director Conor Baily is to leave the Endemol Shine-backed indie after 17 years.
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NewsBear Grylls returns to CITV
CITV has recommissioned a second series of Bear Grylls’ Survival School despite recent cuts to the channel’s original commissioning budget.
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RatingsApprentice bows out with 6m
SUNDAY: The Apprentice recovered from last year’s worst performing final since 2005 to hook 6m.
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NewsFremantle racks up 20bn YouTube views
Fremantle Media is on track to generated 20 billion YouTube views - more than any other producer, TV network or movie studio worldwide, according to chief executive Cecile Frot-Coutaz.
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RatingsThe Big Life Fix lands 1.3m
WEDNESDAY: BBC2’s life overhaul format The Big Life Fix with Simon Reeve grew its audience, adding 183,000 to its debut last week.