All articles by Miranda Blazeby – Page 51
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NewsPact calls on C4 to boost kids shows
Pact chief executive John McVay has called on Channel 4’s remit to be sharpened to better cater to young children.
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NewsOfcom appoints C4 deputy chairman
Ofcom has appointed MT (Mary Teresa) Rainey as deputy chairman of Channel 4.
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NewsBBC's Money for Nothing heads to US
Scottish indie Friel Kean Films is developing its BBC daytime format Money For Nothing for America.
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NewsSarah Beeny enters Four Rooms
Sarah Beeny is to replace Anita Rani as host of the fifth series of Channel 4’s factual format Four Rooms.
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NewsC4 secures free-to-air sales
Peep Show and Spaced are among a number of programmes included in a raft of Channel 4 distribution deals.
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NewsITV's Scott and Bailey draws to a close
ITV detective series Scott and Bailey will not return after its current three-part special.
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RatingsHome Fires continues Undercover dominance
SUNDAY: ITV’s Home Fires continued to dominate BBC1’s Undercover as the battle of the crime dramas continued.
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NewsITV swiftly recommissions The Durrells
ITV has recommissioned The Durrells, just two episodes after the launch of the family drama.
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RatingsMuslim doc draws 1.2m to C4
WEDNESDAY: Channel 4’s Trevor Phillips-fronted documentary What British Muslims Really Think easily beat slot average, while the return of ITV’s crime solving duo Scott and Bailey triumphed at 9pm.
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NewsPlum sends Morgan to jail for ITV
Plum Pictures managing director Stuart Cabb has hailed a “brave move” by ITV to greenlight a series in which Piers Morgan interviews some of America’s most notorious female murderers.
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NewsDust settles on ITV restructure
Siobhan Greene is to become ITV’s Saturday night supremo as the dust begins to settle on director of television Kevin Lygo’s major commissioning overhaul.
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NewsPulse lands Random Acts series
Channel 4 shorts strand Random Acts is to relaunch this spring backed by a three year partnership with Arts Council England.
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NewsTOWIE commissioner leaves ITV
The Only Way Is Essex commissioner Claire Zolkwer is to leave ITV after Peter Davey was named head of comedy entertainment during the broadcaster’s major restructure.
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NewsE4 doc follows party planner for the rich
The lives of the world’s richest partiers will be put under the spotlight in an E4 documentary.
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NewsSimon Dickson expands Label1 team
Former Dragonfly managing director Simon Dickson’s factual indie Label1 has expanded its production and development teams as it begins production on its first commission.
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NewsOfcom raps C4 over sexually explicit music
Ofcom has rapped Channel 4 for broadcasting music containing sexually explicit lyrics at 7am during its winter sports coverage.
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NewsOfcom probes Countdown and Good Morning Britain
Ofcom has launched investigations into perennials Countdown and Good Morning Britain after complaints were received about the daytime shows.
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RatingsHIGNFY ends Gogglebox’s dominance
FRIDAY: Have I Got News For You returned to BBC1 and loosened Gogglebox’s stranglehold on the Friday night 9pm slot.
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NewsITV unveils Kevin Lygo’s top team
BBC drama controller Polly Hill, Optomen managing director Sue Murphy and ITV Studios’ Siobhan Greene have been confirmed as the star signings in ITV director of television Kevin Lygo’s new commissioning team.
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NewsFull Fat pioneers ‘full human body rig’ for C4
Colette Foster’s Full Fat TV has landed its second Channel 4 commission – a fixed-rig format which will monitor the human body using forensic filming techniques.