All articles by Michael Rosser – Page 3
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NewsThe Inbetweeners Movie 2 confirmed
The creative team behind 2011 box office smash The Inbetweeners Movie have confirmed that a second movie is in production and will be released in cinemas across the UK & Ireland early August 2014.
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NewsMichael Palin: TV production like selling toilet paper
Michael Palin, the travel documentary presenter and Monty Python comedian, has taken a swipe at some modern forms of documentary storytelling.
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NewsMuhammad Ali feature-length phone doc planned
A feature-length documentary centred on recorded conversations of boxing champion Muhammed Ali is being led by a former Who Do You Think You Are? director.
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NewsPinewood Studios' £200m expansion plans rejected
Pinewood Studios’ plans for a £200m expansion have been turned down after being labelled “inappropriate” by the local authority.
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NewsFour Lions pulled from Film4 following Boston blasts
Chris Morris’ satirical film Four Lions, in which four men detonate explosives during the London Marathon, has been pulled from Film4’s schedules following yesterday’s blasts in Boston.
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NewsFresh Meat film in the works
Channel 4 sitcom Fresh Meat is set to be adapted for the big screen, according to co-creator Sam Bain.
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NewsComedy veteran Michael Hurll dies aged 75
Michael Hurll, the man behind some of the best British TV comedy of the last 50 years, has died.
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NewsSky ‘fit and proper’ to hold TV licence
Ofcom has ruled that Sky is a “fit and proper” company to hold a broadcasting licence but criticised former chairman James Murdoch’s conduct in the wake of the phone hacking scandal.
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RatingsMan City defeat nets 6m peak
Manchester City’s defeat at the hands of Real Madrid drew more than 6m viewers to ITV1 – but came close to being tackled by the Great British Bake Off on BBC2.
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RatingsDownton Abbey returns with 8.6m
ITV1’s hit period drama Downton Abbey returned with more than 8.6m viewers – nearly double BBC1’s audience at the time.
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Motive secures £100k RTÉ contract
Irish broadcaster RTÉ has commissioned a documentary special from Motive Television about young people suffering from terminal illness.
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RatingsC4’s Audience tops 1m on debut
Channel 4’s quirky new format, in which 50 strangers help someone make a life-changing decision after following them around for a week, debuted with over a million viewers.
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RatingsLilyhammer nails 400k on debut
New crime drama Lilyhammer, starring Sopranos actor Steven Van Zandt, gave BBC4 a 20% boost to its usual audience figures on its debut.
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RatingsCelebrity Big Brother final down 1m on previous
Julian Clary was crowned winner of Celebrity Big Brother in front of an audience of 2.5m – a million down on Denise Welch’s win in January.
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NewsSky1’s Sinbad voyages to US
Fantasy adventure Sinbad has been acquired for broadcast in the US by Syfy.
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NewseOne buys Alliance for £174m
Entertainment One, co-owner of Peppa Pig and distributor of The Walking Dead, has acquired indie Alliance Films in a deal worth a potential C$272m (£174m).
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RatingsCelebrity Juice dips to 2012 low
ITV2’s Celebrity Juice dropped to its lowest audience in nearly a year while Sky Atlantic’s new landmark doc series about the history of the British Isles debuted with just 66k viewers.
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NewsEx-Cineflix chief Heaney launches rights business TCB
Paul Heaney, the former boss of Cineflix Rights, is launching an international distribution company.
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NewsCineflix Studios’ new boss reveals plans for UK dramas
Pete Smith, the new chief executive of Cineflix Studios, has revealed ambitions to produce major dramas in the UK and hire talent to lead the strategy.
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NewsHarvey Weinstein to deliver Mipcom keynote
Movie mogul Harvey Weinstein is to deliver the keynote address at the Mipcom market in Cannes next month.