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NewsC4 plans sex education doc and transports women to The Island
Channel 4 has ordered a one-off documentary series about sex education in schools and is to bring back The Island for two series featuring both male and female contestants as it refreshes its factual entertainment slate.
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RatingsThe X Factor wobbles on second outing
SUNDAY: The X Factor faltered in its second outing after making a promising start on Saturday evening.
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RatingsThe X Factor underway with 9.5m
SATURDAY: Simon Cowell’s return to The X Factor helped add around 300,000 viewers to last year’s opener as the competition got underway with 9.5m viewers.
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RatingsMrs Brown sets three year high for WDYTYA
THURSDAY: An appearance by Mrs Brown’s Boys star Brendan O’Carroll helped BBC1 format Who Do You Think You Are? to over 5m viewers - its biggest audience in three years.
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NewsEdinburgh TV Festival’s key commissions
Broadcast picks the most interesting and significant shows unveiled at Edinburgh TV Festival
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NewsBBC3 cooks up chicken shop sitcom
A sitcom set in a fried chicken shop, produced by Bwark and Two Brothers Pictures, is one of three comedies green-lit by BBC3.
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RatingsThe Village stumbles to record low
SUNDAY: BBC1 drama The Village pulled in its lowest audience to date on a quiet evening for television.
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RatingsSinger Takes It All bows out on 700k low
FRIDAY: The Singer Takes It All bowed out on Channel 4 with a low of fewer than 700,000 viewers as BBC1 pensioner sitcom Boomers dropped by 1m from last week’s debut.
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NewsDarlow Smithson travels to Victorian workhouse for BBC1
BBC1 controller Charlotte Moore is keen to introduce new angles to the channel’s factual programming, kicking off with a series focusing on the poorest members of Victorian society.
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NewsAutistic gardeners front C4 format
Aspiring gardeners with autism are to star in a forthcoming ‘peer-to-peer’ format from Betty for Channel 4.
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NewsITV2 orders Keith Lemon sketch show
ITV2 has ordered a brand new sketch show starring Leigh Francis’ Keith Lemon produced by Fremantle Media’s Talkback.
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NewsDiscovery readies Shocking Love season
Discovery is launching a season investigating rare medical conditions with a number of UK-originated documentaries and a new format from Bear Grylls.
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NewsC4 and Renegade take fixed rig to Africa
Renegade Pictures is to use a fixed rig to capture life in an Ethiopian tribe in a 4 x 60-minute series for Channel 4.
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NewsE4 orders Chewing Gum comedy series
Retort has been commissioned to produce a comedy series for E4 about a God-fearing twenty-something woman dealing with growing up.
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NewsBBC2 orders first transgender comedy
BBC2 is preparing to launch what it claims is Britain’s first transgender sitcom and has bagged Jack Whitehall’s Backchat, its second BBC3 comedy.
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NewsVice seeks food ideas for Munchies channel
Vice has called out for fresh food ideas from traditional TV producers as its online channel Munchies moves out of beta.
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NewsGreat British Menu heads to TF1
Optomen’s cooking format Great British Menu is to be remade in France following a deal between broadcaster TF1 and indie Pernel Media.
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RatingsCelebrity Big Brother stutters for C5
MONDAY: Celebrity Big Brother got underway on Channel 5 with a peak of 2.7m, around 600,000 viewers down on the launch of last summer’s series.
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RatingsThe Village dips below 4m
SUNDAY: BBC1 drama The Village slipped to below 4m as Channel 4’s latest Richard III documentary outperformed ITV’s World War I series.
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NewsGordonstoun opens gates for Sky 1
Sky 1 is heading to Prince Charles’ alma mater Gordonstoun for its latest ob-doc.