All articles by Michael Rosser – Page 4
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NewsSarah Wright adds Sky Movies role
Sky Entertainment acquisitions boss Sarah Wright has been promoted and will take on Simon Rexworthy’s duties on Sky Movies.
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NewsBBC to revive Food and Drink
Classic culinary series Food and Drink is to be relaunched fronted by celebrity chef Michel Roux Jnr.
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RatingsParade’s End loses 30% of debut audience
BBC2 drama Parade’s End lost more than 900,000 viewers on its strong opening episode.
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RatingsStrike Back returns with 385k
Strike Back returned with a vengeance on Sky 1 but could not match the opener of the previous series.
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RatingsCelebrity Juice returns with 1.5m
ITV2 comedy panel show Celebrity Juice beat BBC2 and Channel 4 on its return – but was more than half a million down on its last series debut.
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NewsBanijay moves sales base to London
French formats firm Banijay is relocating its distribution headquarters from Paris to London.
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NewsPeter Smith named Cineflix Studios CEO
Peter Smith, the former president of NBCUniversal International, has been named chief executive of Cineflix Studios.
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RatingsBBC3’s Bad Education schools 930k
Bad Education, the new school sitcom starring Jack Whitehall, continued to perform strongly for BBC3.
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NewsSky Living’s Gates set for US remake
Gates, the new Sky Living comedy starring Gavin & Stacey’s Joanna Page, is being piloted for US audiences by NBC.
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RatingsJulia Davis’ Hunderby launches with 110k
Sky Atlantic’s new macabre comedy from Julia Davis doubled the channel’s usual audience figures on its debut.
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NewsITV escapes heat over N-word song lyrics
Ofcom has ruled that a use of the N-word broadcast on ITV Yorkshire’s Calendar News has been appropriately dealt with by the broadcaster.
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NewsUTV pre-tax profits rise by 3%
UTV Media, the broadcaster behind TalkSport and Northern Irish broadcaster UTV, has seen its pre-tax profits rise by 3% during the first half of the year.
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RatingsTouch of Cloth tops 500k for Sky1
A Touch of Cloth, the new spoof crime drama from Charlie Brooker, performed strongly for Sky1 on its debut.
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RatingsParade’s End tops 3m on debut
BBC2’s new period drama Parade’s End, starring Benedict Cumberbatch, managed to beat all-comers on its Friday night debut.
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NewsBBC2, Sherlock and Talkback win Edinburgh awards
BBC2, Sherlock and indie Talkback all picked up top prizes at Edinburgh’s Channel of the Year Awards.
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NewsMoffat teases Sherlock 3
The team behind Sherlock have revealed filming details of its third series – including three clues about the forthcoming episodes.
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RatingsWaterloo Road scores low marks after Scotland move
BBC1 school drama Waterloo Road has recorded its lowest launch figures to date after relocating to Scotland.
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NewsWalliams to star in BBC1 school sitcom; more new commissions
Little Britain comedian David Walliams has created a new school-based sitcom for in which he will star as a chemistry teacher - one of several new comedy, drama, factual and entertainment commissions for BBC1.
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NewsITV2 acquires three US sitcoms and supernatural drama
ITV2 has snapped up a trio of US comedies and the spooky new drama from the producer behind the Vampire Diaries.
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RatingsCBB tops 2m with Jasmine exit
The live eviction of Jasmine Lennard from Celebrity Big Brother topped the 2m mark and drew the second highest audience of the run for the Channel 5 reality show.