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NewsPatrick Holland wins race to be BBC documentaries boss
Patrick Holland, the managing director at Fremantle Media UK label Boundless, has been named head of documentaries at the BBC.
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NewsBT Sport hints at Gary Lineker deal
BT Sport has dropped the biggest hint yet that Gary Lineker is being lined up to front its Champions League coverage later this year.
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NewsBBC and Eurosport track down Diamond League rights
The BBC will air more network coverage of the athletics Diamond League season than ever before as part of rights deals that will run until 2020.
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RatingsCharlie Brooker helps BBC2 beat ITV
Charlie Brooker’s election Newswipe special helped BBC2 beat ITV, while C4’s Ballot Monkeys finished on a high.
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NewsC4 orders celebrity lookalike comedy
Channel 4 is to transform its online non-scripted comedy Lookalikes into a 30-minute special for linear television.
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NewsBBC2 axes Banished
BBC2 has cancelled Banished, Jimmy McGovern’s drama about a British convict prison camp in 18th century Australia, after a single series.
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NewsBlue 2.0 adds Boundless exec Bos
Former Boundless production executive Mark Bos has joined post firm Blue 2.0 as executive director.
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RatingsTop 100 network programmes: 27 Apr - 3 May 2015
Launch of Peter Kay’s comedy benefits from prior release as box set on iPlayer
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RatingsTop 30 shows (BBC2, C4, C5): 27 Apr - 3 May 2015
World Championship Snooker racks up a big score on BBC2
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RatingsTop 30 multichannel programmes: 27 Apr - 3 May 2015
Hip-hop drama Empire is not your average acquisition for E4, but it’s one to watch.
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NewsPolly Hill to become BBC drama controller
BBC head of independent drama Polly Hill will succeed Ben Stephenson as controller of drama at the corporation.
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NewsTwofour developing Educating America
Twofour’s Educating… is heading to the US after cable broadcaster Esquire Network began developing a local version of the docu-series.
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NewsGeneral election 2015: Tory plans for broadcasting
The Conservative Party is on course to win a small majority at the general election. Here is how its plans for the broadcasting industry stack up.
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NewsPeter Fincham ‘holds secret meeting with Top Gear team’
Peter Fincham is reported to have held a secret meeting with former Top Gear presenters Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May, fuelling speculation that ITV will swoop for the stars.
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CriticsTV Critics: Shark; Watchdog At 30; The Game
“Breathtakingly beautiful and, at times, genuinely terrifying.”
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RatingsBBC election coverage triumphs with 7m
THURSDAY: The BBC won the lion’s share of the general election audience as a peak of more than 7m watched the drama unfold before 2am.
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NewsPaul Abbott developing second series of No Offence
Paul Abbott is developing a second series of C4 drama No Offence as he looks to replicate the success of Shameless, according to the show’s executive producer.
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NewsElection 2015: a nightmare result for the BBC?
Broadcast’s news editor Jake Kanter assesses what the general election result might mean for the BBC as it approaches one of the most important moments in its history.