All Indies articles – Page 649
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RatingsWolf Hall usurped by Celebrity Big Brother
WEDNESDAY: Wolf Hall was just shaded by the live Celebrity Big Brother eviction, as The Jump continued to perform well for Channel 4.
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NewsBen Cavey opens comedy label
Tiger Aspect head of comedy and entertainment Ben Cavey has launched his own label, which will specialise in developing sitcoms for up-and-coming comedy talent.
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FeaturesBest International Programme Sales: The X Factor UK
The X Factor UK had never been sold to international broadcasters as a finished series, despite being on air for more than 10 years.
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FeaturesBest Daytime Programme: Couples Come Dine With Me
Shiver presented itself with a difficult task in creating a spin-off of one of the most successful formats of the 21st century, but triumphed as the first series of Couples Come Dine With Me performed well in Channel 4’s daytime schedule.
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FeaturesBest Drama Series: Happy Valley
Such was the impact of Happy Valley when it aired in April 2014, it was used as one of Charlotte Moore’s ripostes to criticism of BBC One.
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FeaturesBest Documentary Series: Bedlam
Other shows in this category may have attracted more viewers or generated more column inches, but Bedlam tackled mental health with a rare mixture of honesty and humour.
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FeaturesBest Children's Programme: Operation Ouch! Goes Back In Time
Maverick TV has a long track record of successful spin-offs, and proved it can apply the formula to children’s programming with this stand-out episode of its medical format.
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FeaturesBest Entertainment Programme: Ant & Dec’s Saturday Night Takeaway
The popular Geordie duo have made it two Broadcast successes in a row (and three in total) after retaining the Best Entertainment Programme crown for ITV’s Saturday night format.
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NewsCelebrity Big Brother takes over Twitter
Channel 5’s Celebrity Big Brother steamrolled the competition on Twitter in January – accounting for eight of the top ten most tweeted about shows.
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NewsBoundless hires The Undateables exec
The Undateables producer Sarah Spencer has become Boundless’ second hire in less than a month.
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Ratings10,000 BC transports 1.5m
MONDAY: Channel 5’s survival reality show 10,000 BC made a strong start at 10pm, as The Jump held off a Big Brother Live Bombshell at 8pm.
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NewsITV options physical game show
ITV has picked up the UK rights to Belgian physical gameshow format Eternal Glory and is piloting a car-focused panel show as it continues its attempts to appeal to male viewers.
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NewsMad Fat Diary draws to a close
E4 has ordered a third and final series of comedy-drama My Mad Fat Diary.
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NewsLion Scotland appoints MD
Lisa Hazlehurst has been promoted to the newly created role of managing director of Lion Scotland.
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NewsTern hires Lion Scotland creative director
Tern TV has hired Andrew Snowball, the creative director of Lion Scotland, to the newly created role of director of features and popular factual.
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RatingsFortitude launch captures 700k
THURSDAY: Sky Atlantic’s heavily-promoted drama Fortitude made a successful debut, securing an overnight audience of over 700,000 viewers.
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RatingsMidsomer eats into Wolf Hall
WEDNESDAY: ITV’s Midsomer Murders returned for its 17th series with an audience that took a bite out of Wolf Hall, which lost 1m viewers.
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FeaturesBroadcast Awards at 20: Who Do You Think You Are?
Jane Root on the 2006 Best Popular Factual Programme winner
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FeaturesBroadcast Awards at 20: Peter Fincham
The former chief executive of Talkback on receiving the first Best Indie award
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FeaturesBroadcast Awards at 20: Jane Featherstone
The former chief executive of Kudos on its 2007 win