All articles by Katherine Rushton – Page 39
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BBC appoints Horrocks replacement
Peter Horrocks' deputy Mary Hockaday has replaced him as head of the BBC multimedia newsroom.
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Indies bank on Woolfe spending at Five
Indies expect Five to swing back into action with incoming channel controller Richard Woolfe splashing the cash on a handful of statement shows.
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BBC2 brings back Restoration
BBC2 has revived the Griff Rhys Jones-fronted architecture show Restoration for a one-off special, three years after it last aired.
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Five to soften Milkshake! with animation
Five's Milkshake! is to introduce a “softer touch” with a “whimsical” series of hand-drawn animated shorts, about a girl who is friends with a pig and a unicorn.
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BBC defends 'honest' horse slaughter scenes
The BBC has defended its decision to air footage of horses being slaughtered - claiming it wanted to show horsemen's lives “as honestly as possible”.
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Chorion in sale talks with Coolabi
Agatha Christie-owner Chorion is poised to split in two after entering sale talks with listed kids producer Coolabi.
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Shine to head down under
Elisabeth Murdoch's Shine Group has hired Fremantle Media Australia chiefs Mark and Carl Fennessy to head up a new Australian division.
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MPs revive top-slicing threat
MPs and peers reignited the PSB funding debate this week, rejecting media secretary Andy Burnham's favoured partnership between Channel 4 and BBC Worldwide and putting licence fee top-slicing back on the agenda.
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Shine makes TV quiz for BBC1
BBC1 has commissioned Shine Television to make a Buzzcocks-style quiz show about TV.
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BBC forces producers to cut talent budgets
The BBC is compelling producers to pass on budget cuts to on-screen talent, by demanding a minimum pay reduction for some shows' presenters and actors.
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Coltrane steps back into police role for ITV thriller
Cracker star Robbie Coltrane is to return to ITV crime drama in a new thriller told from three different perspectives.
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BBC4 unveils landmark Christianity series
BBC4 is to examine the beginnings of Christianity and what it means to be a part of the religion in a new “landmark” series lined up for the autumn.
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DLT to take C4 execs to the US for drama
The indie behind My Family is flying a pair of Channel 4 executives out to Los Angeles to thrash out ideas for a drama penned by a US writing team.
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C4 to aim Yo Gabba Gabba! at teens
Channel 4 hopes to turn preschool show Yo Gabba Gabba! into a cult hit with students after buying it from RDF Rights for the T4 strand.
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BBC3 viewers to decide Two Pints outcome
BBC3 is throwing the storyline of Two Pints Of Lager And A Packet Of Crisps open to the audience and asking them to decide the ending of the eighth series.
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BBC names regional heads
ITV's London news editor Stuart Thomas is to head the BBC's East Midland's operation, as one of three new regional heads at the corporation.
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Ofcom 'unable' to fine Ross and Brand over Sachsgate
Ofcom has said it is “unable” to fine Jonathan Ross and Russell Brand for the Sachsgate scandal, leaving the BBC to pay the£150,000 penalty.
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Five's Roary racing to Canada
MipTV: Five preschool series Roary the Racing Car is on the road to Canada following a deal with Treehouse TV.
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Screw turns again for BBC1
BBC1 has commissioned a 1920s-set version of Henry James' classic ghost story The Turn of the Screw.
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The Broadcast InterviewBen Stephenson, controller, BBC drama commissioning
The BBC’s top drama commissioner is happy to engage with his critics but won’t be deflected from offering shows that appeal to all audiences.