All ITV articles – Page 163
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NewsITV poaches Tom Giles from BBC
Former Panorama editor Tom Giles has been appointed as ITV’s controller of current affairs.
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NewsBroadcasters snap up Bear Grylls
Bear Grylls’ ITV series Mission Survive is to travel to 150 countries after a swathe of broadcasters, including Discovery, acquired the celebrity endurance format.
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NewsShiver examines Animal Births for ITV
ITV has ordered a series about the birth of animals from Shiver and recommissioned several existing formats from ITV Studios’ factual arm.
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NewsITV orders Winston Churchill biopic
Sir Michael Gambon is to take on the role of Winston Churchill for an ITV drama based on his second tenure as prime minister.
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RatingsBritain’s Got Talent goes live with 8.9m
MONDAY: The first live Britain’s Got Talent semi-final of 2015 lost 700,000 viewers on the equivalent episode last year.
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NewsITV ends interest in The Weinstein Company
ITV has ended its interest in a deal to buy the TV arm of The Weinstein Company (TWC).
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NewsHungry Bear wins extended 1,000 Heartbeats order
ITV has ordered an extended second series of Hungry Bear Media game show 1,000 Heartbeats.
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RatingsBritish Soap Awards stumbles to 4.2m
THURSDAY: The British Soap Awards took place in front of an audience of 4.2m viewers – its smallest audience on record.
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RatingsITV struggles as The Island ends well
WEDNESDAY: Bear Gryll’s survival documentary The Island bowed out with a series average of 2.4m viewers as ITV suffered a tough night and was overhauled by Channel 5.
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NewsITV looks beyond Downton Abbey
ITV has taken a major step into the post-Downton era by ordering three high-end dramas that it hopes will ease the departure of the country house smash.
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RatingsMartin Clunes ITV animal doc dips below 3m
FRIDAY: Martin Clunes’ latest factual series for ITV got off to an underwhelming start as A League of Their Own returned to Sky 1.
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NewsIn brief: Pact names vice chair; ITV2 re-orders sketch show
Hat Trick’s Paul Cohen lands Pact role, while Keith Lemon’s Kardashians are set to return
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RatingsBBC4 drama 1864 underway with 640k
SATURDAY: Britain’s Got Talent continued to smash the competition for ITV as Danish drama 1864 got underway on BBC4 with 640,000.
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NewsITV lines up Queen Victoria drama from Mammoth Screen
Former Silver River head Daisy Goodwin is to make her screenwriting debut with a Queen Victoria biopic for ITV.
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NewsITV stands ground on pay demands
The pay dispute between ITV and the joint unions rumbled on at the company’s AGM yesterday, with its senior execs standing their ground on the issue.
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NewsITV orders school swap experiment
ITV has commissioned a 2 x 60-minutes series that will ask state and private school teachers and pupils to swap places.
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NewsITV orders Peter Pan adaptation and Yorkshire period epic
ITV has ordered two high-end dramas: and adaptation of Peter Pan with Fortitude star Stanley Tucci as Hook; and epic series set in the “wild west” of the Yorkshire Dales in the 19th century.
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NewsITV on-screen performance a 'key focus'
ITV will make boosting audience share a “key focus” for 2015 after its main channel’s ratings fell 6% in the first three months of the year.
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NewsKeshet UK arm wins dating order from ITVBe
Israeli production company Keshet has won its first commission based on IP developed in the UK: a workplace dating format for ITVBe.
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NewsUnions plan protest at ITV AGM
The National Union of Journalists, Bectu and Unite will stage a protest at ITV’s annual general meeting on Thursday as members go on strike over pay.