All articles by Jake Kanter – Page 90
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NewsITV to revive Birds of a Feather
ITV is to revive classic BBC1 comedy Birds of a Feather after a 15 year absence from British television screens.
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RatingsLong Lost Family finds record audience
Long Lost Family found its biggest audience on record for ITV – as BBC2’s Airport Live took off with nearly 2.6m viewers on Monday.
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NewsToday programme censured over ‘retard’ remarks
A Radio 4 Today programme interview with Prime Suspect scribe Lynda La Plante has been rapped by Ofcom over the writer’s use of the word “retard”.
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NewsBroadcasters investigated over Woolwich coverage
The UK’s major broadcast news providers are to be investigated by Ofcom for their coverage of drummer Lee Rigby’s murder in Woolwich on 22 May.
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RatingsThe White Queen debuts to mixed fortunes
BBC1’s lavish War of the Roses drama The White Queen reigned supreme on Sunday, despite being 600k viewers below slot average.
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NewsITV lines up Christopher Jefferies drama
The Queen writer Peter Morgan is to pen an ITV drama about Christopher Jefferies - the man wrongly linked to the murder of Joanna Yeates in 2010.
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RatingsCats claw in 5m for Horizon
Horizon’s focus on the secret life of cats helped claw in the BBC2 science strand’s biggest audience since 2000 and overshadowed the return of Big Brother on Thursday.
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NewsBBC condemns Iranian threats
The BBC has condemned threats made to the families of its journalists based in Iran ahead of the country’s presidential elections.
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NewsS4C worth £125m to Wales
Welsh language broadcaster S4C has claimed that it creates almost £125m for the nation’s creative economy as it bids to ward off further budget cuts from the government.
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NewsFormer C4 editor Jim Gray returns to the BBC
Former Channel 4 News editor Jim Gray has been appointed by the BBC to lead its current affairs output.
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NewsHall to unveil ‘radical’ plans
Tony Hall is preparing to set out what has been dubbed a “radical” vision for how he will shape the BBC over the next decade in a wide-ranging speech in October.
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NewsDiscovery to end BBC tie-up
Discovery Networks International (DNI) is set to pull the plug on its £150m co-pro partnership with the BBC, putting funding for the corporation’s blue-chip natural history programming at risk.
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NewsWhizz Kid chief to host Sky Arts musician series
Whizz Kid Entertainment chief executive Malcolm Gerrie is to step out from behind the camera to present a Sky Arts series celebrating the careers of influential musicians.
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The Broadcast InterviewMalcolm Gerrie, Whizz Kid Entertainment
The king of live TV on ‘punching through the glass ceiling’ and the wrong side of Russell Crowe.
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NewsBBC4 comedy Up the Women moves to BBC2
Jessica Hynes’ BBC4 suffragette comedy Up the Women will return for a second series on BBC2.
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NewsJulia Bradbury to front ITV daytime quiz
Eggheads producer 12 Yard is to make a daytime quiz for ITV fronted by Countryfile presenter Julia Bradbury.
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NewsBBC World Service budget cut by £2.2m
The BBC World Service’s budget has unexpectedly been cut by more than £2m by the government.
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NewsJonathan Wall completes Radio 5 Live team
BBC Radio 5 live has hired Bauer Media executive Richard Maddock to lead commissioning as new controller Jonathan Wall completes his senior management team.
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NewsGabby Logan to host BBC1 Olympics series
Gabby Logan is to front a BBC1 magazine show examining the legacy of the London 2012 Olympics as part of the corporation’s plans to increase sports participation across the country.
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RatingsThe Fall bows out on high
BBC2’s serial killer drama The Fall murdered the competition on Monday after concluding on a series high.