More Edinburgh TV Festival News – Page 4037
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French Leave (C4) - Jim Shelley, Daily Mirror
'French leave must be Channel 4's idea of the perfect programme. Property abroad meets cooking - nirvana!'...
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French Leave (C4) - Charlie Catchpole, Daily Star
'Just one reservation. Eked out over 10 weeks, this could be pretty thin fare.'...
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NewsGrade joins TV Corp board
Former Channel 4 chief executive Michael Grade is to join the board of Robot Warsmaker Television Corporation, writes Leigh Holmwood.
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NewsMolinare sold for£10
Struggling facility Molinare, the post arm of The TV Corporation, has been bought in an MBO for just£10, writes Sam Espensen.
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Everyman - When the God Squad Came to Town (BBC2) - Gerard O'Donovan, Daily Telegraph
'Director Ken Kirby made little or no effort to investigate the wider Eden organisation, dodging the most obvious q...
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Whatever Turns You On (C5) - Joe Joseph, The Times
'Whatever Turns You On (Five) is a television series that treats the entire world as if it is the backseat of a car...
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Whatever Turns You On (C5) - Thomas Sutcliffe, Independent
'It was all very titillating - in all kinds of ways. Whatever Turns You On (Five) - a programme almost entirely abo...
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Supersonic: The Concorde Story (C5) - Christopher Matthew, Daily Mail
'Once it hit its stride James Routh's film was a dream journey, not just for overgrown schoolboys like me and Brans...
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Emmerdale (ITV1) - Jim Shelley, Daily Mirror
'Emmerdale (ITV1) ended its sensational love triangle between Charity, husband and Chris and, her, um, cousin Cain,...
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Emmerdale (ITV1) - Charlie Catchpole, Daily Star
'This was a terrific episode, gripping, skilfully plotted and superbly acted, with Amory in true pantomime villain ...
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NHU is guinea pig for full digital production
Production teams at the BBC's Natural History Unit in Bristol will be first BBC staff to test a BBC Technology production system designed to modernise the way programmes are made by the corporation, writes Will Strauss.
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Liverpool indies get£6m boost
Indies in Liverpool have been given a major fillip following a£6m cash injection into the city's local television and film businesses, writes Paul Revoir.
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Celeb dogs to raise money for BBC charity
The BBC is to drum up interest in its next Children in Need appeal with a series that will attempt to uncover which celebrity has the best dog, writes Leigh Holmwood.
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Trouble orders hidden camera magic show
Flextech teen channel Trouble has ordered its biggest ever commission with a 10-part magic show from Endemol comedy arm Zeppotron, billed as 'David Blaine meets Trigger Happy', writes Rosemary Gallagher.
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Kudos shuffles top
Kudos, the indie behind BBC1 spy drama Spooks, has hired Daniel Isaacs as general manager as part of a top-level reshuffle. Isaacs joins from indie Hewland International, where he was head of commercial affairs for four years. In other moves, producers Stephen Garrett and Jane ...
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Ulster bucks trend
Ulster TV has continued to buck the trend within the ITV group by growing its net television advertising revenues in the six months ending 30 June by 1%, compared with a
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Hayes heart slot
DJ Danny Pietroni is leaving the evening slot on Chrysalis Radio's flagship Heart station to make way for 25-year-old Paul Hayes, who takes on the 19.00-22.00 Monday to Thursday slot from the end of January. Hayes has hosted a regular late show on the group's Galaxy Network as well as ...
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Animal Planet in major relaunch
Animal Planet International is relaunching and has overhauled its commissioning and acquisition strategy in a move that could give UK indies better access to the channel in 70 countries, writes Rosemary Gallagher.
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CBBC given youthful makeover
The BBC's digital kids channel CBBC is to be given a younger focus to make it more accessible to younger children and close the gap with pre-school companion channel CBeebies, writes Leigh Holmwood.
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Five deal with Chorion will bring Blyton's classics to TV
Five is poised to bring the classic children's stories of Enid Blyton to life after forging an alliance with the owner of the rights to the author's works, writes Michael Rosser.