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NewsIngenious boss launches £150m fund
Ingenious Ventures chief executive Patrick Bradley has exited the company to establish a £150m media and entertainment investment fund.
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RatingsTom Daley tops BBC3 porn doc
Tom Daley’s ITV2 travelogue held off competition from a BBC3 pornography documentary on a quiet Thursday night.
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NewsCBBC revs up Mario Kart-style racer
CBBC is launching a Mario Kart-style racing game featuring characters including Hacker and Dodge and Wolfblood’s Rydian.
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NewsKim Shillinglaw lands BBC2 role
BBC science and natural history commissioner Kim Shillinglaw has been confirmed as the new controller of BBC2 and BBC4.
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NewsSyco chief executive steps down
Syco Entertainment chief executive Charles Garland is to leave the company after three years.
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NewsKim Shillinglaw: what you need to know
Rarely is the race to become a channel controller so clear cut. Kim Shillinglaw was the only name on BBC insiders’ lips while BBC2 was hunting for a new boss, and, sure enough, the science and natural history commissioner has landed the role.
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RatingsWar saga captures viewers
Numbers can be like people. Occasionally, they interlope and confuse: the first time I heard The Special AKA belt out their African liberation anthem, and perhaps affected by the party atmosphere, I warbled lustily about three Nelson Mandelas.
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RatingsMary Berry batters rivals
Mary Berry does a nice line in butter-wouldn’t-dare-melt demureness, but when it comes to ratings, the Queen of Buns is a killer – as all but the denizens of Weatherfield found out on Monday.
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RatingsWalking Dead rise for Fox
If ever the dead walked, there would be something inexorable about them. Arms held stiffly out in front, hollow eyes, a lowing groan as they marched on, determinedly bent on some ghoulish, nefarious deed.
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RatingsE4 is back with a Bang
It’s likely that E4 whirled a jig of delight when The Big Bang Theory was awarded three more seasons.
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RatingsEndeavour’s solid return
One of the space shuttles is called Endeavour. Some years ago, I watched it launch into the Florida yonder with mad, fiery urgency, catapulting towards the stillness of space. I can’t imagine melancholic Endeavour Morse launching into any yonder but there are times when his fiery urgency boils over.
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NewsMichael McIntyre Chat Show to return
The Michael McIntyre Chat Show is set to return for a second series on BBC1.
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RatingsBGT draws record debut crowd
Britain’s Got Talent returned for a seventh series on Saturday with its biggest launch ratings on record.
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NewsThe Village set for US remake
Peter Moffat’s BBC historic drama The Village is to be remade in the US by Sundance and Paramount TV.
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NewsNutopia finds Jesus with CNN
Jane Root’s Nutopia is to explore the life of Jesus with a new six-part commission from CNN.
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CriticsTV Critics: Amazing Greys; The Guess List; Dirty Weekenders in France; The Crimson Field
“How refreshing to see a programme showing that older people rule.”
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NewsBBC launches local radio training scheme
The BBC has begun a hunt for 45 aspiring local radio journalists to join its biggest ever apprenticeship scheme.
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RatingsThe Masters hooks 2.4m
Bubba Watson’s victory in the Masters helped BBC2’s golf coverage peak with an audience of 2.4m on Sunday.
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RatingsWarwick Davies travelogue transports 2.7m
Weekend Escapes with Warwick Davies got underway with 2.7m viewers on Friday, down on his previous outing for ITV.
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NewsJeremy Kyle Show rapped for treatment of 17-year-old
ITV has been censured for the “humiliation and distress” caused to a 17-year-old guest on The Jeremy Kyle Show.