All articles by Jake Kanter – Page 75
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RatingsEducating Yorkshire schools drama rivals
Channel 4’s Educating Yorkshire edged out disappointing second outings for dramas Breathless and Truckers on Thursday to win the 9pm slot.
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NewsC5 orders four clips shows
Channel 5 has commissioned Objective Productions to run down the 50 best stand-up comedians, children’s TV shows and Christmas movies in a swathe of clips shows.
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NewsMoving On to be first iPlayer drama premiere
Jimmy McGovern’s daytime series Moving On will be BBC1’s first drama to be premiered on iPlayer.
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NewsBBC1’s This Week to be re-tendered
BBC News has gone out to tender with the opportunity to produce satirical weekly politics show This Week.
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RatingsThe Tunnel digs up Sky Atlantic record
The Tunnel arrested Sky Atlantic’s biggest audience for an original UK drama commission on Wednesday - as Emmerdale hit a 12-month high.
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NewsBBC: we’ll curb WWI fatigue
The BBC will carefully map out its four years of World War I (WWI) centenary programming across a number of different events to avoid audience fatigue.
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NewsBBC agrees new Pact terms
The BBC has struck a “groundbreaking” new terms of trade agreement with Pact to reflect the rapid growth of digital content in the UK.
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NewsCBBC orders first playalong gameshow
CBBC has ordered its first second-screen playalong gameshow – a futuristic spin-off of S4C show Y Lifft (The Lift).
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NewsBBC payoffs cost a third more than C4’s
The BBC spent an average of 37% more on senior management payoffs than Channel 4 over the past five years, according to figures obtained by Broadcast.
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NewsBBC reveals WWI centenary plans
The BBC has pledged that its World War I centenary plans will represent the “biggest and most ambitious” collaborative season of programming the corporation has undertaken.
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NewsBBC Salford relocation deals branded ‘excessive’
Relocation packages designed to incentivise BBC staff to move to Salford have been branded “excessive” by a group of MPs.
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NewsBBC to create CBeebies Land at Alton Towers
BBC Worldwide has signed a deal to create a CBeebies-themed area at theme park Alton Towers.
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NewsBBC1 poaches Great British Bake Off
BBC1 will become the home of The Great British Bake Off from next year following its continued success on BBC2.
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NewsClangers revived by CBeebies
CBeebies is to bring back cult animated children’s show Clangers after a 45-year absence from UK television.
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NewsWeakest Link co-creator signs with Millionaire team
Fintan Coyle, the co-creator of The Weakest Link, is to develop new formats with Boxatricks, the IP company run by the launch team behind Who Wants to be a Millionaire?
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NewsBBC re-hires nine payoff beneficiaries
The BBC has given freelance or contractor work to 10% of the top earners that have left the corporation with a payoff in over the past three years.
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NewsBBC2 revisits 1960s doc The Great War
BBC2 has dug up unused footage from landmark 1960s series The Great War for a special documentary.
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RatingsHomeland hits low for C4
Homeland registered its lowest overnight audience ever for Channel 4 on Sunday – as The X Factor recovered from Saturday’s off-key installment with an improved performance.
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RatingsEngland victory scores 9m peak
England’s crucial victory over Montenegro was ITV’s highest-rated World Cup qualifier of the year on Friday.
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RatingsFirst live X Factor hits a bum note
The first live X Factor of the year hit a dodgy note in the battle with Strictly Come Dancing on Saturday - but ITV did enjoy some success with the return of Jonathan Ross.