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RatingsMillion Pound Drop returns with 1.6m
The Time Traveller’s Guide to Elizabethan England bowed out with a series low for BBC2 on Friday as Channel 4’s Million Pound Drop Live returned with 1.6m.
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NewsOfcom flags concerns over C4 News share
Ofcom has raised concerns with Channel 4 over a variety of issues including its declining main channel audience share, its education strategy, and the reach of its news services.
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NewsNetflix orders raft of Dreamworks shows
Netflix has struck a landmark deal with Dreamworks Animation that will see it stream more than 300 hours of exclusive original programming from the Shrek and Kung Fu Panda producer.
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NewsToday programme censured over ‘retard’ remarks
A Radio 4 Today programme interview with Prime Suspect scribe Lynda La Plante has been rapped by Ofcom over the writer’s use of the word “retard”.
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NewsNFTS seeks young entrepreneurs
The National Film and Television School has kicked off the recruitment process for young people to join its 10-month media course.
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NewsMichael Palin: TV production like selling toilet paper
Michael Palin, the travel documentary presenter and Monty Python comedian, has taken a swipe at some modern forms of documentary storytelling.
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NewsMuhammad Ali feature-length phone doc planned
A feature-length documentary centred on recorded conversations of boxing champion Muhammed Ali is being led by a former Who Do You Think You Are? director.
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NewsFake Reaction bags second series
ITV2 has ordered a beefed-up second series of STV Productions’ gameshow Fake Reaction.
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NewsBBC & Sky join FA Cup rights battle
BBC and Sky have joined BT and ITV in the battle to acquire the rights to the FA Cup.
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CriticsTV Critics: Rick Stein's India; The Borgias; The Greatest Shows on Earth
“The culinary wonders of this most magical of countries constantly rang out loud and clear.” Read on for the verdict on last night’s TV.
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RatingsLong Lost Family finds record audience
Long Lost Family found its biggest audience on record for ITV – as BBC2’s Airport Live took off with nearly 2.6m viewers on Monday.
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NewsAmazon enters drama via Michael Connelly cop show
Amazon is moving into original drama for the first time after it greenlit a pilot based on Michael Connelly’s Harry Bosch novels.
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NewsEx Aardman boss Bullough opens digital studio
Former Aardman Animations TV boss Miles Bullough has launched digital start-up Wildseed Studios with a £500,000 fund to invest in multiplatform ideas.
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NewsITV to revive Birds of a Feather
ITV is to revive classic BBC1 comedy Birds of a Feather after a 15 year absence from British television screens.
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NewsPetplan backs Horse & Country series
Horse & Country TV has ordered a six part equestrian series from Cavewood Productions.
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NewsDavid Baddiel developing C4 comedy
David Baddiel is working on his first major TV project for many years – a single-camera sitcom for Channel 4.
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NewsKay Mellor conceives BBC1 antenatal class drama
The Syndicate writer Kay Mellor is to pen a BBC1 drama following the lives of six different couples who attend the same antenatal class.
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NewsITV buys Hatfields & McCoys indie
ITV has acquired its third American indie, paying $30m (£19m) for a controlling stake in Hatfields & McCoys producer Thinkfactory Media.
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NewsBectu sets factual TV code of practice
Bectu launched its code of practice for employers in factual TV at its Freelancer’s Fair yesterday, despite failing to get buy-in from the independent production community.
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CriticsTV Critics: The Route Masters; Something for Nothing; Gibraltar; The Call Centre
“Watching people trying to untangle traffic jams turns out to be only marginally more interesting than actually sitting in them.” Read on for the verdict on last night’s TV.