More Edinburgh TV Festival News – Page 4027
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Creature Comforts (ITV1) - Charlie Catchpole, Daily Star
'We've finally produced a sitcom which is as funny as anything the Americans can come up with.'...
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Creature Comforts (ITV1) - Thomas Sutcliffe, Independent
'The animals are often funny in themselves? but the real brilliance lies in the way they underplay their lines.'...
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Who Killed Marilyn Monroe? Revealed (Five) - James Walton, Daily Telegraph
'Of course, Who killed Marilyn Monroe? Revealed should have really been called Who Killed Marilyn Monroe? Suggested...
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Who Killed Marilyn Monroe? Revealed (Five) - Gareth McLean, Guardian
'Who Killed Marilyn Monroe? Revealed (Five) was a hodge-podge of conspiracy theory, conjecture and the ramblings of...
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The Human Mind (BBC1) - Joe Joseph, The Times
'We all welcome the happy sight of Professor Robert Winston and his moustache being jolly in a new television serie...
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NewsC4 turns to reality for breakfast slot
Channel 4 is set to replace its outgoing breakfast ratings flop Risewith Endemol UK's hairdresser-based reality show The Salonand repeats of acquired programming such as Friendsand The Simpsons, ...
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NewsFreeview eats into Sky One
BSkyB may be forced to fast forward plans to turn its digital terrestrial channel Sky Travel into a 'Channel 6' mixed genre offering after figures revealed that the growth of Freeview has eaten into Sky One's ratings, writes Rosemary Gallagher.
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NewsLabour evades Kenyon scrutiny
The Labour government has clashed with the BBC again after it refused to allow investigative reporter Paul Kenyon and his production team to attend its party conference this week, writes Leigh Holmwood.
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ITC steps in to save London TV news jobs
The Independent Television Commission (ITC) has intervened to safeguard jobs at London News Network (LNN), after Carlton and Granada proposed heavy cuts to the 105-strong newsroom as part of a plan to merge it into ITN, writes Paul Revoir.
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Chrysalis exec takes flight to C4
One of Chrysalis TV Group's most senior executives has quit the company, less than a month after it was taken over by the management team led by former Granada chief executive Steve Morrison, writes Colin Robertson.
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BBC secures Italian reprieve for TOTP
BBC worldwide has secured a three-year deal with Italian broadcaster Mediaset to screen a regional version of chart show Top of the Popsafter losing its deal with RAI, writes Michael Rosser.
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Fremantle feeds hungarian humor
Fremantle International Distribution has sold more than 200 hours of comedy programming to Hungary, including a raft of series from Men Behaving Badlywriter Simon Nye. The Humor Channel will screen Nye's new series Hardwareand Beastas ...
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TV corp takes celeb formats abroad
The Television Corporation has sold a brace of celebrity-based formats to Poland and Canada, originally made for BBC1 by indie Mentorn. Polish public broadcaster TVP1 has commissioned Do Us a Favourfor a primetime slot and Radio Canada has commissioned 20-part series ...
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Under construction goes to australia
Zeal Television has shifted its Under Constructionformat, devised by Chatterbox, to Australia's Network Ten. The show, which tracks 14 couples over 13 weeks as they work and live together to design, build and furnish a million-dollar dream home, has already achieved success in Germany on ...
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Indigo wins rights to Snailsbury Tales
Indigo has secured the international rights outside the UK, Australia and Benelux, for Maverick Entertainment animated series Snailsbury Tales. The 26 x 10-minute series has already aired on the BBC, RTE Ireland and ABC in Australia. The adventure series was executive produced by the BBC's ...
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McKerlie hiring no conflict, says BBC
The BBC has moved to allay fears raised by the post facilities community about the hiring of former BBC Factual and Learning (F&L) relationship manager, Andrew McKerlie by The Farm Group's new facility, Uncle, writes Sam Espensen.
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New blood for Resolution
Post-production facility Resolution has added two editors to its team of staff editors.
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Rugby World Cup is all a dream
Ahead of the Rugby World Cup later this month in Australia, Nervo and Knox Creative has produced an on-air campaign for the tournament for ITV. Shot entirely in studio on Super 16, the titles explore the aboriginal idea of dream-time - that there are two realities; one in which we ...
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Fired Up Chemical Bros tribute
Fired Up Television has produced an hour-long documentary about the The Chemical Brothers, called Block Rockin' Beats, to celebrate the band's 10th anniversary. To be broadcast on Channel 4, it features interviews with Chemical Brothers collaborators and fans including Noel Gallagher, Fatboy Slim and Bernard ...