All articles by Marian McHugh – Page 9
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NewsC4 restructures streaming team as chief sets out strategy
Kiran Nataraja hires ITVX exec and makes bundle of promotions
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NewsBBC follows young Gazans in ‘truly observational’ film
Single from Hoyo Films sheds new light on life inside humanitarian ‘safe zones’
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RatingsGladiators falls to 3.6m on return
FRIDAY AND SATURDAY: BBC1 and ITV1 duke it out for Saturday night supremacy
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NewsCulture secretary rules out general taxation to fund BBC
But Lisa Nandy also criticises licence fee and promises ‘radical and creative’ new approach
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RatingsPatience dips to 860k
WEDNESDAY: Channel 4 drama loses nearly half of audience from last week’s opener
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NewsC4 to examine ‘supermarket snobbery’ in prime time experiment
Belfast-based High Rock will conduct experiment on supermarket perceptions in three-part series
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RatingsJamie Oliver examines school dyslexia support for C4
Chef and campaigner to front hour-long single on subject ‘close to his heart’
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RatingsLove Island: All Stars beats ITV2 debut
MONDAY: Second series opener of dating format matches final part of BBC2’s 7/7 doc
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NewsCulprits indie taps Film4 and Meta alum
Anna Higgs joins Character 7 as managing director with exec producer Carly Conway promoted
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NewsSTV Player snaps up US Bridge of Lies
50 episodes of Beat the Bridge now available on streamer with remaining 50 to come later this year
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RatingsThe Good Ship Murder picks up nearly 1m
FRIDAY AND SATURDAY: Return of Channel 5’s murder-of-the-week series smashes slot average
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NewsScreen Ireland appoints former Element Pictures exec as head of TV
Kate McColgan takes over from Andrew Byrne to manage screen body’s TV slate
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NewsNorma Percy delves into Israel-Palestine conflict for BBC2
Three-part series to untangle the events that led to deadly attacks
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NewsC4 orders fast turnaround LA fires doc
Inferno: LA on Fire will show full scale of the flames and examine the cause
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RatingsSandi Toksvig’s woodland adventure starts with 690,000
THURSDAY: Mothership series debuts ahead of indie’s previous C4 offering
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RatingsPatience gets under way with 1.4m
WEDNESDAY: Channel 4 drama opens ahead of The Couple Next Door and The Gathering
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NewsPiers Morgan leaves News UK to drive YouTube expansion
Broadcaster agrees deal with media company to share ad revenue
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NewsSister’s Jane Featherstone urges UK tax incentive reform
Scripted veteran also argues for greater BBC support and for industry to urgently ‘embrace’ AI
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NewsJane Featherstone calls for industry-focused AI training
Sister chief also tells MPs that BBC should get greater support
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RatingsEntertainment returners help ITV dominate Saturday night
FRIDAY AND SATURDAY: Sixth run of The Masked Singer achieves biggest launch since 2022 with 4m