All articles by Jake Kanter – Page 160
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NewsVera producer to help aspiring writers
Northern Film & Media is to give aspiring writers the chance to attend a workshop with the producer of ITV1 drama Vera.
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NewsITV to relaunch news website
ITV is set to relaunch its news, sport and weather website as early as March 2012.
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NewsCoach Trip gears up for Christmas special
12 Yard Productions is to produce a special Christmas series of Channel 4’s Coach Trip and has hired a new boss for its Scottish division.
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RatingsBBC1's Hidden ends on low
THURSDAY: BBC1 drama Hidden bowed out with a series low audience of less than 3.7m.
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RatingsFrozen Planet debuts with 6.8m
WEDNESDAY: BBC1’s latest exploration of the natural world, with David Attenborough, broke the ice with an impressive audience on its debut.
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NewsITV follows up Kosher doc and tackles unusual kids
ITV1 is to explore unusual behaviour in children for a new documentary series, and has turned Strictly Kosher – its film about a Jewish community in Manchester – into a two-part series.
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NewsClaudia Lewis returns to Talkback
Claudia Lewis is to return to Talkback Thames to oversee Channel 4 show Four Rooms just months after defecting to Mentorn Media.
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NewsBedell: X Factor criticism is ludicrous
ITV director of entertainment Elaine Bedell has praised The X Factor’s revamped judging panel for attracting younger viewers and branded criticism of the show “ludicrous”.
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NewsCLAC founder attacks HMRC for wasting millions
The founder of embattled TV accountancy firm Christopher Lunn & Company (CLAC) has accused HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) of wasting millions of pounds on an investigation “without foundation”.
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NewsITV1 orders Stephen Fry drama
Stephen Fry’s indie is to make the first Ian Rankin thriller to air on ITV1 since Rebus more than four years ago.
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NewsX Factor producers sidestep Rhythmix legal battle
The X Factor producers have avoided a potentially damaging legal battle after one of this year’s acts agreed to change its name at the request of a charity.
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RatingsYoung Apprentice hires 4m
MONDAY: The new series of BBC1’s The Apprentice spin-off with young people failed to win over a big audience.
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NewsThis Morning rapped over Amanda Holden promotion
ITV1’s This Morning has been rapped for allowing Amanda Holden to plug her association with a WH Smith legal aid campaign.
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RatingsDerren Brown's Assassin takes out 1.8m
FRIDAY: Derren Brown conjured up his biggest audience for Channel 4 in more than a year for a show in which he hypnotised someone into becoming an assassin.
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RatingsKiwi RWC victory scores 6.6m
SUNDAY: More than half the viewing population watched New Zealand clinch the Rugby World Cup.
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RatingsFinal Spooks spies 5.1m
SUNDAY: The final ever Spooks bowed out with a series high audience of more than 5m.
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RatingsX Factor down 2.5m on 2010
SATURDAY: A special rock themed night and in-fighting between the judges could not help revive The X Factor’s ratings - as Strictly Come Dancing closed the gap on the ITV1 show.
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NewsITV1 secures Westlife's final TV appearance
ITV1 is to capture Westlife’s final TV appearance together in a special celebration of the band’s career.
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NewsC4 serves up live daytime cookery show
Channel 4 is lining up its first live daytime cookery show since Mel and Sue’s Light Lunch in 1997.
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NewsITVS hires BBC drama exec
ITV Studios has poached the BBC executive behind The Curse of Steptoe and a Monkey Kingdom producer to join its new drama unit.