All articles by Marian McHugh – Page 42
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FeaturesThe Piano: Hitting all the right format notes
Already a big hit in the UK and Netherlands, distributor Fremantle is hoping for further success for the format in Spain, Germany and Denmark
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NewsNutopia taps HiddenLight development chief
Nicky Huggett hired as Samantha Fernandes upped to development vice president
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RatingsLudwig clues in 2.7m
WEDNESDAY: BBC comedy drama dominates 9pm but falls short of slot average
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NewsFormer S4C exec resurfaces at Reunion Hotel indie
Non Griffith joins Welsh indie Darlun TV after five years at broadcaster
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RatingsBake Off whips up 3.5m for launch episode
TUESDAY: Channel 4 stalwart returns with opening low but still smashes slot average
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NewsIan Lamarra’s Soho Studios makes first hire
Georgia Wagstaff joins Asylum-backed indie to head development
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NewsSupacell exec joins newly-launched indie as head of drama
Sheila Nortley tapped up for Luti Media founder’s nascent TV production company
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NewsC4 orders pair of branded social series
Commissions for Strong Watch Studios and Spark Media North
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RatingsStrictly picks up extra 1m viewers with first live show
FRIDAY AND SATURDAY: BBC1’s dancing juggernaut eats into The Voice’s audience on ITV1
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NewsBBC moves to set up wellbeing team
Team members include former head of mental health at Film and TV Charity
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NewsFremantle ties with TF1 on competition format
Master of the Game sees 12 celebrities playing detective
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NewsTrio of indies developing Kate Silverton formats for C4
Waddell Media, True North and Keo prep parenting projects for PSB
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NewsWFTV expands leadership programme for second year
BBC’s Dawn Beresford and Argonon’s Laura Bessell among 12 taking part
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NewsRoyal chat show crowns ITV weekend slate
PSB boards Love Monday’s The Royal Beat and commissions new cookery show
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RatingsDress the Nation pulls together 1.1m
TUESDAY: South Shore competition show unable to match sister format Cooking with the Stars
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NewsCulture secretary: centralisation of TV industry should ‘shame us all’
Lisa Nandy to push industry leaders on commissioning content from across the UK
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RatingsMozart docudrama plays out to 720,000
MONDAY: 72 Films three-parter opens ahead of predecessor series on Shakespeare
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NewsRichard Gadd agrees first-look deal with Netflix
Multi-year deal to focus on scripted series from Baby Reindeer creator