All articles by Liz Thomas – Page 5
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NewsTop-level reshuffle at This Morning
ITV Productions has promoted This Morning editor Anya Francis to executive producer as part of an editorial re-shuffle on two of its key daytime shows.
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NewsBBCW sells People's Quiz around Europe
BBC Worldwide has sold the Fever Media format The People’s Quiz to broadcasters in Spain and Belgium.
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NewsTitter ye not with comedian dramas on BBC4
BBC4 is dramatising the lives of leading British comedy figures including Frankie Howerd, Hughie Green and Steptoe and Son with Trevor Eve, Jason Isaacs and Ken Stott all starring in the special tribute season.
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FeaturesTime to topple the old order?
BBC drama is well known for making costume classics - but is it doing so at the expense of more modern fare?
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NewsDineley powers into new media role
Casanova and Colditz producer Power has promoted Mark Dineley to vice president of digital media as part of a strategy to boost new media revenue streams.
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NewsUK Writers Guild to demonstrate
The Writers’ Guild of Great Britain is to hold a public demonstration this week in support of the American screenwriters strike.
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NewsBBC1 to revive 1970s plague drama
The BBC is making a modern version of the cult 1970s drama series Survivors.
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NewsITV1 marks 50 years of Queen’s Xmas speech
ITV1 has secured exclusive access to the entire archive of the Queen’s televised Christmas messages for a documentary to mark the 50th anniversary of the first TV broadcast.
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NewsHD Freeview moves a step closer
BBC, ITV, Channel 4 and Five have signed a preliminary agreement to deliver high definition channels on Freeview by the completion of digital switchover.
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FeaturesInterview with Chris Tarrant
The TV veteran tells Broadcast how former employer Capital lost its way and why British TV is the best in the world.
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NewsMcLoughlin to star in Xmas show as part of ITV deal
Coleen McLoughlin will make her first appearance since signing a presenting deal with ITV on Star Traders: the Christmas Challenge.
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NewsITV to celebrate Friday Night Live
ITV is to mark the 20th anniversary of the Channel 4 Saturday/Friday Night Live shows with a one-off production.
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NewsNoel Fielding to front The Wall
BBC3 is lining up comic Noel Fielding to present new Friday night live-style entertainment strand The Wall.
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NewsITV bags Craig Doyle
ITV has poached Grandstand and BBC Sport presenter Craig Doyle as part of plans to expand its own reporting team to tackle a bumper year of live sport next year.
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NewsITV to appoint brand managers
ITV’s director of global content Dawn Airey today revealed that the broadcaster would be appointing brand managers on key programmes in order to maximise revenue both in the UK and internationally.
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NewsITV Productions to make fewer docs
ITV Productions will make less documentaries and one-off programmes and will instead concentrate on drama, factual entertainment and entertainment series it can exploit internationally.
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NewsChoir of celebrities sings festive classics
ITV1 is to air a two-part seasonal entertainment special featuring a celebrity choir singing viewers’ favourite Christmas classics in aid of the Prince’s Trust.
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NewsNews at Ten to lead relaunched ITV1
ITV1 will relaunch next year with News at Ten at the heart of the schedule, executive chairman Michael Grade has confirmed.
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FeaturesWhat is C4 for?
Broadcast asked a variety of industry figures for their views on what C4 stands for now and in the future.
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NewsTWI to cut 130 jobs
Sports giant TWI is set to axe more than 130 posts as part of a stringent cost-cutting drive to help boost profits.