All ITV Studios articles – Page 59
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NewsBig Talk preps SAS drama
Rev creator James Wood and Spooks writer Rupert Walters are to take on the SAS after Big Talk Productions optioned a book about the regiment’s clandestine operations.
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NewsITV lines up 5 Gold Rings
ITV Studios indie Possessed has partnered with John De Mol’s Talpa on a physical gameshow for ITV – the Big Brother creator’s first original show for the network.
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NewsITVS bolsters entertainment team
ITV Studios entertainment boss Angela Jain has bolstered her senior team, appointing a creative director of development and director of entertainment in the north.
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NewsITVS entertainment head departs
ITV Studios’ Sumi Connock creative director of entertainment is leaving the company after almost eight years.
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NewsThe Garden's Wise sets up VR indie
The Garden’s director of programmes David Wise is leaving the ITV-owned indie to set up a virtual reality start-up.
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RatingsCrimewatch locks up 3m
MONDAY: BBC1’s Crimewatch reboot of bowed out with 3m while BBC2’s new impression show Morgana Robinson’s The Agency made a slow start.
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RatingsStrictly beats X Factor as Gogglebox struggles
WEEKEND: Strictly Come Dancing outperformed The X Factor on Saturday – while Gogglebox slumped to halve its audience from the previous series opener.
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NewsVictoria to reign again for ITV
ITV has commissioned a second series of ratings smash Victoria from Mammoth.
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NewsITV plans This Morning live event
ITV daytime stalwart This Morning is to be turned into a live visitor experience.
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FeaturesTimmer & Keane, Mammoth
Mammoth Screen’s husband-and-wife team begged Kevin Lygo to avoid a Victoria-Poldark clash - but both shows have become Sunday night winners, they tell Robin Parker
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RatingsCold Feet settles with 5m
MONDAY: Cold Feet slipped by around 1m viewers to fall below ITV’s slot average as BBC4’s British Sitcom doc beat Tattoo Fixers on Holiday.
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RatingsVictoria extends lead over Poldark
WEEKEND: ITV’s Victoria stretched its lead over BBC1’s Poldark as Joanna Lumley also boosted the commercial broadcaster.
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RatingsCold Feet triumphs for ITV
MONDAY: The reboot of Cold Feet smashed ITV’s slot average as Crimewatch got off to a slow start on BBC1.
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NewsSplash! contestant makes complaint against Twofour
Twofour has received a letter from solicitors representing a former contestant on ITV’s diving format Splash! who claims he sustained life-changing injuries during the competition.
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NewsOSF hires development Hot Shot
Natural history producer Oxford Scientific Films (OSF) has poached BBC Studios development executive Michael Philo.
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NewsFriday Night Dinner in third attempt to break US
CBS is planning to remake Channel 4 comedy Friday Night Dinner – the third time the Big Talk series has been attempted in the US.
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NewsBBC2 slate led by Nigel Farage mockumentary
A comedy from The Inbetweeners creator Damon Beesley and a mockumentary starring Kevin Bishop as Nigel Farage are among the latest slate of BBC2 shows.
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NewsJed Mercurio drama leads BBC1 orders
Charlotte Moore has ordered a raft of dramas for BBC1 including a six-part series from the creators of Line of Duty.
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NewsITV2 hunts stripped event to accompany Love Island
ITV2 has ordered a “bonkers and eccentric” scripted comedy series from Big Talk Productions and is hunting a ‘real-time’ event to accompany Love Island.
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RatingsSpotless struggles for ITV
SATURDAY: ITV’s one-off gameshow Spotless entertained just over 1m viewers in its primetime slot.