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NewsINFOGRAPHIC: Gogglebox
Click to see the consolidated success of the fifth series opener of Channel 4’s TV-watching format.
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NewsShed of the Year returns to C4
Channel 4 is to extend its coverage of the annual Shed of the Year contest with a four-part recommission for Plum Pictures.
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NewsLBC presenter handed ITV series
LBC Radio presenter James O’Brien has signed up to front a topical debate show for ITV Daytime in the run up to the election.
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RatingsBanished locks up slot with 3.4m
THURSDAY: BBC2 period drama Banished won the 9pm slot but just fell short of Wolf Hall’s debut audience in January.
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NewsBroadcasters stand firm on leaders’ debates
The BBC, ITV, Channel 4 and Sky have held firm on their original plans for the proposed election debates – raising the possibility of prime minister David Cameron being empty-chaired if he fails to participate.
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NewsBBC questions 25% indie quota
The BBC has raised concerns about its ability to continue commissioning 25% of its content from qualifying indies amid seismic market consolidation.
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RatingsFirst Dates pulls best ever audience
FRIDAY: Channel 4 enjoyed a successful evening as First Dates pulled in its best ever audience and Gogglebox continued to dominate the 9pm slot.
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NewsEndemol Shine merges global formats support divisions
Endemol Shine Group has merged its international formats support operations and has appointed former Shine TV creative director Lisa Perrin to run the new entity.
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CriticsTV Critics: Poldark; Call the Midwife; Indian Summers
“A beautifully filmed Sunday night romp with a nice bit of substance.”
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NewsThree River Fiction hires drama exec
Three River Fiction, the drama division of Jonathan Drake’s indie, has hired former Emmerdale writer Ben McGrath as development producer.
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NewsHorror Channel heads to Freeview
The Horror Channel is to be made available in around 17m extra homes after striking a deal to launch on Freeview.
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RatingsPoldark makes strong start
SUNDAY: Poldark got underway with almost 7m viewers to become BBC1’s best performing Sunday drama launch since The Muskeeters.
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NewsEuston Films options Tana French best-sellers
FremantleMedia UK indie Euston Films has optioned three murder mystery novels by Tana French as it establishes its development slate.
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RatingsTake Me Out loses 10% of audience
SATURDAY: Take Me Out’s seventh series ended with 400,000 fewer viewers than last year, as The Voice UK remained the top-rated Saturday night show.
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NewsOfcom diversity record 'shabby'
Former RTS boss Simon Albury has branded Ofcom’s diversity record “shabby” in evidence to the media regulator’s PSB review.
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NewsINFOGRAPHIC: Twitter trends
Click for the latest data from Kanter Media about who is tweeting about TV in the UK.
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NewsBBCW hires Twenty Twenty producer
BBC Worldwide has appointed Twenty Twenty executive producer Kirsty Hanson as commissioning executive for its recently-launched international channel BBC Earth.
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NewsBroadcast’s International Rising Stars open for nominations
Broadcast will celebrate talented young British execs making their mark in international TV with an awards cocktail event at Mip TV.
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NewsKevin Spacey to front CNN White House doc
Kevin Spacey is to front a documentary series about the White House for CNN, produced by Raw TV.
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NewsMP tells Rona Fairhead to resign
Public Accounts Committee (PAC) chair Margaret Hodge has called on BBC Trust chairman Rona Fairhead to resign over her handling of the HSBC tax evasion scandal.