All articles by Matthew Campelli – Page 4
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First Dates hooks up 2m
MONDAY: Stand Up To Cancer’s First Dates special performed solidly but was unable to beat Friday’s charity-themed Gogglebox.
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SNP demands more funds from Tony Hall
Scottish culture secretary Fiona Hyslop has urged Tony Hall to launch new channels and invest more of the licence fee north of the border at a meeting with the director general.
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Colette Foster lifts lid on Birmingham indie
Colette Foster, the former Remarkable Television co-managing director, hopes to spark a renaissance in TV production in Birmingham with the launch of hew new indie, Full Fat Television.
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Gogglebox helps C4 beat BBC1 at 9pm
FRIDAY: C4’s Stand Up To Cancer-inspired Gogglebox trumped BBC1, but just lost out to ITV’s England Euro 2016 qualifier.
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C4 eyes Richard Osman nostalgia quiz
Richard Osman is to front a Channel 4 quiz show pilot that tests star guests’ knowledge of 1980s and 90s pop culture.
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Clarkson & co begin filming Amazon show
Jeremy Clarkson and his former Top Gear colleagues have begun filming their new series for Amazon, kicking off with a race between three of the world’s fastest supercars in Portugal.
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Unforgotten grips 4.7m
THURSDAY: ITV drama Unforgotten got underway with a healthy audience that won the 9pm slot.
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Coba calls for external BBC governance
The BBC’s proposal to create a unitary board – with director general Tony Hall as chief executive – to oversee governance has been blasted by the pay-TV sector.
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ITV orders Titchmarsh antiques gameshow
Alan Titchmarsh has signed up to present his first-ever gameshow – a competitive antiques format for ITV Daytime.
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France 5 to air More 4 Charlie Hebdo doc
Ten Alps indie Films of Record has sold its hard-hitting More 4 documentary about the Charlie Hebdo attacks in Paris to French broadcaster France 5.
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GBBO becomes biggest show of 2015
WEDNESDAY: The Great British Bake Off final became the highest-rated show of the year, contributing to a stellar night for BBC1.
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C4 locks up fixed-rig prison doc
Channel 4 will give a young offenders’ institute the fixed-rig treatment in a hard-hitting documentary series earmarked for 2016.
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Barb to extend TV Player Report
Devices such as Xboxes and connected TVs are next on the agenda for Barb as it attempts to ramp up the data collection for its TV Player Report.
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C4 backs Newman and Ali G
Sacha Baron Cohen and former Objective boss Andrew Newman have launched a comedy and entertainment indie backed by Channel 4’s Growth Fund.
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ITV confirms Peston hire
ITV has confirmed that Robert Peston has made the switch from the BBC to become its political editor and host of his own Sunday morning political talkshow.
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South African SVoD service strikes ITV deal
ITV Studios Global Entertainment has sold over 100 hours of scripted content to South Africa as exports to the continent continue to grow.
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Doc Martin outscores Wayne Rooney
MONDAY: BBC1’s Wayne Rooney documentary struggled to outscore Doc Martin in a strong 9pm slot.
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ITVS inks format deal with Korean firm
Raw TV’s The Secret Life of Students and Come Date with Me are set to be re-made for the South Korean market following a deal between ITV’s distribution arm and local broadcaster CJ E&M.
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Whittingdale indicates BBC should not investigate complaints
John Whittingdale has made the strongest suggestion yet that the BBC will be stripped of its complaint handling processes.
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Downton overshadows From Darkness
SUNDAY: BBC1 drama From Darkness struggled to compete with Downton Abbey.