All articles by Katherine Rushton – Page 37
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French in BBC2 minutiae of marriage sitcom
Bafta fellowship-winning comedian Dawn French is to swap her cassock for civvies in a comedy about married life for BBC2.
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Doherty to take fresh focus on food for BBC1
TV pig farmer Jimmy Doherty will visit the country's leading food manufacturers to discover the science behind mass production for his debut BBC1 series.
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At It pair make a break from Eyeworks parent
Eyeworks UK managing directors Chris Fouracre and Martin Cun-ning, who also ran the company under its former guise as At It Productions, have left the company.
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Indies hand BBC a WoCC bashing
External producers land three-quarters of orders in the Window of Creative Competition.
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BBC looking for elusive Grange Hill audience
The BBC is working on ways to “reconnect” with working class children according to children's controller Richard Deverell.
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Almost 90 jobs to be axed from BBC News
BBC News is to axe the equivalent of 88.5 full time posts, with the majority coming from newsgathering.
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Twofour's Joe Houlihan heading to Cineflix
Cineflix Productions has snapped up Twofour Broadcast's director of programmes Joe Houlihan - leading to a staff reshuffle at Twofour.
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BBC working to 'reconnect' with Grange Hill viewers
The BBC is working on ways to “reconnect” with its 'Grange Hill viewers' - but is still not doing enough, children's controller Richard Deverell has claimed.
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Indies and ITV at loggerheads
Major UK indies met last week to discuss their relationships with ITV, which appear to have hit an all-time low.
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BBC doc exposes skin-lightening products
The One Show and Watchdog's Anita Rani is to turn the spotlight on skin-lightening treatments in a one-off documentary for BBC1.
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BBC1 orders ‘PSB take' on The Amazing Race format
BBC1 has ordered an adventure format from the executive producer of Last Man Standing that will ‘abandon' losing contestants in far-flung locations around the world.
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BBC Sport execs shun Salford
Three more senior BBC Sport figures have said they will not go to Salford, on the eve of today's decision deadline for senior managers.
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BBC wants standalone web content
The BBC has pledged to put extra firepower behind standalone web projects as part of a “shot in the arm” for online content producers.
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Morrison handed BBC Academy role
BBC controller of network production Anne Morrison is to take up a new role as head of a cross-discipline training body for the corporation.
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Shine swoops on Nordic indie for £60m
Shine Group has stepped up its global expansion with the£60m acquisition of the Nordic region’s biggest production group, Metronome Film and Television.
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Novel wins first radio commission for Fimbles
CBeebies has handed Novel Entertainment its first-ever radio commission, based around characters from the Fimbles.
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ITV1 to air crime doc on TV appeal phenomenon
ITV1 is to examine the phenomenon of people who make impassioned TV appeals about kidnaps and murderers - and then turn out to have committed the crime.
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Low share price led to Shed MBO attempt
Shed Productions chief executive Eileen Gallagher has for the first time spoken publicly about the failed management buyout attempt of parent company Shed Media and has also signalled plans to poach big-name talent.
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ITV to refresh This Morning
ITV has denied there will be a cull of its This Morning presenters - but admitted it is looking at ways to refresh the programme, including its line up of experts.