All articles by Michael Rosser – Page 40
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RatingsTorchwood returns with 4.8m
THURSDAY: The return of sci-fi thriller Torchwood trounced the new series of ITV drama Single-Handed but failed to match its previous best.
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NewsSecond chance for Love Thy Neighbour in Spain
Love Thy Neighbour, the reality format that struggled to find an audience on Channel 4 in March, has won a second chance to shine in Spain.
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NewsShine eyes up Aussie format for global push
Shine International is planning a major push on an extreme property series set to launch in Australia this month.
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FeaturesDallas, TNT (US)
Broadcast shines the spotlight on a classic US drama that is making a comeback after a 20-year absence.
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Spalding to leave in FremantleMedia restructure
FremantleMedia is to restructure its Europe and Asia Pacific businesses that will see regional chief executive Simon Spalding leave the company.
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NewsCameras roll on Tony Marchant’s CBBC drama
Production has begun on the first children’s drama from Tony Marchant, the writer behind The Mark of Cain and Garrow’s Law.
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RatingsBBC2 dominates ITV1 with Night Watch
TUESDAY: ITV1 took a beating from BBC2 throughout the evening with a line-up that included wartime drama The Night Watch and an appearance by Hugh Grant on Newsnight.
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Pop Monkey swings into UK
Pop Monkey Productions, the LA-based indie set up by two FremantleMedia execs, is to open a UK office.
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NewsImpossible appoints development producer
Impossible Pictures has hired a former Wall to Wall exec to expand the indie’s specialist factual and factual entertainment slate.
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NewsBBC dramas sold across CEE
The Sinking of the Laconia, Exile and Merlin are amongst a raft of BBC dramas that have been sold into Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) by FremantleMedia Enterprises.
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NewsMarriage Ref pushed back to 10pm
The Marriage Ref, ITV1’s underperforming Saturday night show, is being moved to a 10pm slot for the remainder of the series.
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NewsDallas revival not just a dream
JR, Bobby Ewing and Sue Ellen will all return for a new series of US drama Dallas.
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RatingsNotW hacking gives Newsnight year high
WEDNESDAY: Newsnight drew its biggest audience of the year as further allegations were revealed in the News of the World phone hacking scandal.
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NewsTOWIE sold across Europe
The Only Way Is Essex is to be broadcast throughout Europe following a series of deals by distributor All3Media International.
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NewsPassion secures deals for 200 hours at Discop
Passion Distribution has secured deals with broadcasters throughout Eastern Europe totalling more than 200 hours in the wake of the Discop market in Budapest.
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FeaturesNapoleon Dynamite, Fox (US)
Broadcast shines the spotlight on the new animated adaptation of a cult film.
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RatingsLuther ends on high
TUESDAY: Luther, the BBC1 detective drama starring Idris Elba, ended its second series with its biggest ever audience.
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NewsMike Green named RTS treasurer
Former ITV exec Mike Green has been appointed honorary treasurer of the Royal Television Society.
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NewsSky Atlantic unveils plans for final Entourage
The final season of HBO drama Entourage is to air on Sky Atlantic just one day after its US broadcast.
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NewsC5's Hotel Inspector to front BBC business show
Alex Polizzi, star of hit Channel 5 series The Hotel Inspector, is to front a new show for the BBC about failing family businesses.