All articles by Michael Rosser – Page 10
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ITV2 on top with BGT and TOWIE
A line up of BGT highlights, Peter Andre and TOWIE helped ITV2 dominate much of the evening in multichannel.
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Parthenon wins US order for Forensic Firsts
Parthenon Entertainment has secured a commission with US broadcaster Smithsonian Channel for a new six-part series about forensic investigations.
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C5 acquires JJ Abrams thriller Person of Interest
Channel 5 has secured the exclusive UK rights to JJ Abrams crime thriller Person of Interest.
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Eddie Izzard runs to Sky1
Sky1 has fired the starting gun on a new documentary series in which comedian Eddie Izzard attempts to run 27 marathons in 27 days across South Africa.
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Jubilee to air live across Asia and Middle East
ITN’s coverage of the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee celebrations will be broadcast live across Asia and the Middle East on ITV Granada.
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RTE boards Rival surf series
Rival Media is to produce a reality series about teen surfers for RTE Ireland.
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BGT's Pudsey helps ITV2 top 500k
Britain’s Got Talent may be over for another year but a highlights show featuring canine winner Pudsey helped ITV2 draw an audience of more than half a million viewers.
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Blockbusters returns with 250k
Classic quiz show Blockbusters returned after an absence of more than a decade and managed to pull nearly four times the usual audience figures for Challenge.
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Voice results dip to 6.3m
The Voice UK continued to lose viewers for its latest results show – while Planet Earth Live was down more than half a million on its debut.
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Episodes returns with 1.2m
Matt LeBlanc comedy Episodes returned for a second series but struggle to match the pull of the first.
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Absolute hands Frank Skinner extra hour
Frank Skinner has signed to Absolute Radio for another year and will extend his Saturday morning show.
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NBCUniversal acquires majority stake in KidsCo
NBCUniversal International has acquired a controlling 51% stake in international children’s channel KidsCo.
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BBC drama sweeps Bafta Craft awards
Sherlock, Great Expectations and Frozen Planet each picked up a trio of awards at the British Academy Television Craft Awards last night.
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Hincks promoted to Endemol Group president
Endemol UK chief executive Tim Hincks has been upped to president of Endemol Group.
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Friday Night Dinner beats Gervais comedy at Rose d’Or
Channel 4 comedy Friday Night Dinner has been named best sitcom at the Rose d’Or Festival, beating Ricky Gervais’ latest BBC comedy Life’s Too Short.
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Sky Atlantic and Canal+ on board Bridge remake
Sky Atlantic and French broadcaster Canal+ have joined Kudos Film and TV in its planned adaptation of Scandinavian crime drama The Bridge.
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Parthenon sells 200 hours across Europe
Parthenon Entertainment has secured 200 hours of sales across Germany and Central/Eastern Europe with its kids’ and factual programming.
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eOne kicks off UK push with $30m Canada co-pro
Thandie Newton is to star in an undercover cop drama that marks the first UK-Canada co-production for Entertainment One.
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Got Talent falls to series low
TUESDAY: Britain’s Got Talent took a tumble for the latest batch of semi-finals.
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C4 orders Derek series from Ricky Gervais
Channel 4 has commissioned a full series of Ricky Gervais’ Derek, after the pilot drew more than 3 million viewers.