All articles by Michael Rosser – Page 71
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NewsSilverback CEO quits
ITV Studios-owned Silverback is hunting a new boss following chief executive Anna Carrfors Brakenhielm’s decision to step down.
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NewsAbbott joins Edinburgh TV line-up
Shameless writer Paul Abbott is to deliver the Alternative MacTaggart Lecture at this year’s Edinburgh International TV Festival, joining Michael Grade, Mark Thompson and Stephen Moffat in the line-up.
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NewsBio acquires Six Degrees
A new series that explores connections between celebrities has been picked up by the Bio channels.
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NewsLiving predict more Psychic Sally
Living is bringing its psychic road-trip series back for a second run and will follow the medium as she goes for gastric bypass surgery.
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NewsITV unveils Corrie HD date
ITV has set the date for Coronation Street’s upgrade to high definition, understand to have cost £3m.
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NewsBad Girls and Wives join CBS Drama
CBS Drama has beefed up its offering by adding Footballers’ Wives and Bad Girls to its schedules.
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NewsBBC4 gets Sectioned
BBC4 is to air a new mental health documentary produced by Embarrassing Bodies indie Maverick Television.
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NewsUS revive Randall and Hopkirk
Classic 1960s detective series Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased) is to be revived by US cable channel Syfy.
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RTS honours young filmmakers
The next wave of directors and producers have been honoured at the RTS Student Television Awards.
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NewsHistory orders Superhuman from OTF
The world’s most flexible man is to hunt other extraordinary people with the help of comic book legend Stan Lee in a new series for History.
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RatingsHIGNFY election show amuses 4.7m
An election special of Have I Got News For You pulled in 4.7m (20.2% share) on Friday night.
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RatingsElection coverage draws 6.7m
As the UK woke up this morning to a hung Parliament, early figures indicate that around 6.7m viewers followed last night’s election coverage - with BBC1 winning the biggest audience.
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NewsNat Geo orders oil rig disaster doc
Steadfast Television is to make a fast turnaround documentary about the recent Gulf of Mexico oil rig disaster for National Geographic.
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FeaturesUndercovers
Broadcast shines the spotlight on the new US spy drama from JJ Abrams, Undercovers.
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NewsOutright makes first sale of Blood, Sweat… format
BBC3 factual strand Blood, Sweat and… is to get its first international remake, with young Danes heading to India to investigate working conditions in the country.
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RatingsMore4 finds 190,000 with Erasing David
Erasing David, a new documentary feature about Britain’s surveillance culture, performed strongly for More4 last night.
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NewsWarner Bros launches new movie service
Warner Bros is launching a new service on BT Vision this week that offers hit movies from the US studio’s catalogue.
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NewsConnock to chair RTS North West
Ten Alps chief executive Alex Connock is to take over as chairman of RTS North West and champion indie production in the region.
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NewsCanada lines up Come Dine With Me remake
Hit Channel 4 show Come Dine With Me is to be remade for audiences in Canada.
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NewsTarrant to cover for Wright on R2
Chris Tarrant is to make a return to the airwaves, covering for Steve Wright on BBC Radio 2.