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RatingsThe Jump returns with 2.3m
SUNDAY: The Jump slipped from last year’s record launch on Channel 4, as Vera outmuscled War and Peace on its return to ITV.
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NewsDCMS eyes radical plans to devolve BBC commissioning power
The government is exploring proposals to hand BBC funding and commissioning power to other organisations to boost public service genres such as arts and children’s.
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RatingsJericho overhauled by Celebrity Big Brother
THURSDAY: Jericho was overhauled by Celebrity Big Brother as the ITV drama slumped to a series low.
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NewsLittle Dot expands Formula E deal
Little Dot Studios has extended its relationship with electric racing series Formula E to produce daily YouTube content updates.
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RatingsReal Marigold Hotel & Sugar Free Farm reel in 3m
TUESDAY: Social experiments The Real Marigold Hotel and Sugar Free Farm delivered over 3m viewers for BBC2 and ITV respectively.
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RatingsMary Berry unable to top previous outing
MONDAY: Mary Berry’s Foolproof Cooking was unable to match the audience that tuned in to the Bake Off host’s previous cooking format.
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NewsEndemol Shine acquires digital firms
Endemol Shine UK has acquired digital production company Electric Robin and online talent management firm OP Talent.
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NewsChannel 5 orders benefits experiment
Channel 5 is to hand three families on benefits £26,000 in a new social experiment from Dragonfly.
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NewsJekyll & Hyde censured by Ofcom
ITV has been rapped after the “violent and graphic” nature of Sunday teatime drama Jekyll & Hyde breached Ofcom rules.
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NewsMagician Ben Hart to front BBC3 Objective series
BBC3 Killer Magic star Ben Hart is returning to the channel with a short-form series featuring a range of ‘life hacks’.
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NewsBBC2 explores East End poverty
Wall to Wall will transform a corner of London’s East End into a Victorian slum for a living history experiment to air on BBC2 towards the end of the year.
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NewsShakespeare to get Philomena Cunk treatment
Weekly Wipe’s Philomena Cunk will provide a ‘comprehensive’ guide to the life and work of William Shakespeare in a 30-minute show for BBC2.
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NewsBBC comedy hit by second exit
The BBC’s in-house comedy unit has suffered its second departure of the week – after it emerged executive producer Ben Farrell is returning to Objective Productions.
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CommentKeeping SVoD in perspective
Netflix and Amazon are about subs not viewers, says Kate Bulkley
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NewsPBS lines up Victoria to replace Downton Abbey
PBS has picked up Mammoth Screen’s Queen Victoria biopic to air in the Downton Abbey slot next year.
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NewsJane Featherstone resurfaces with Sister Pictures
Former Kudos chief executive Jane Featherstone has established Sister Pictures and the company has secured a co-production credit on the third series of ITV’s Broadchurch.
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RatingsCall The Midwife treats 8m
SUNDAY: Call the Midwife and War and Peace lost ground but continued to dominate the evening for BBC1.