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RatingsViewers warm to Ripper St
It was the end of a long hot day in Western Australia and the street namers’ creative juices were corked.
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RatingsChivalry isn’t dead on BBC4
Every day there’s treachery, manoeuvring and a need to do anything to survive. But enough of TV; it seems medieval England was also a ruthless place.
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NewsLord Sugar leaves YouView
Lord Sugar has left his role as chairman of IPTV service YouView after two years.
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RatingsRichard Curtis malaria drama fails to infect viewers
Richard Curtis’ one-off drama Mary and Martha failed to endear itself to viewers, drawing an audience around 1.5m down on the slot average.
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RatingsSaturday Night Takeaway audience expands
Ant & Dec’s Saturday Night Takeaway built its audience on last week – forcing Let’s Dance for Comic Relief to a new low.
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NewsVirgin to add The Style Network
The Style Network is set to launch with a refreshed look on Virgin Media later this month, after NBC Universal struck a carriage deal with the cable platform.
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RatingsMayday arrives with 6.2m
BBC1 stripped drama thriller Mayday began with a healthy audience - adding nearly 500k to the slot average and stealing a march on ITV’s Mr Selfridge.
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NewsBBC ‘settles 20 bullying and sexual harassment cases’
The BBC has reportedly settled around 20 cases of bullying and sexual harassment with former staff - and included non-disclosure clauses in the deals.
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NewsLocal TV goes live in Norwich
Norwich TV service Mustard TV has become the first of the new wave of local channels to start broadcasting online.
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NewsFifth Freesat Awards opens
Freesat, the digital satellite TV service, has announced that entries are being accepted for the fifth Freesat Awards.
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NewsDerek gets second series
Ricky Gervais’ comedy Derek has been recommissioned for a second series by Channel 4 as the first run comes to an end this week.
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NewsIce Road Truckers breach ‘cause for concern’
History channel’s compliance standards have been labelled as “a cause for concern” by Ofcom after a pre-watershed episode of Ice Road Truckers broadcast 50 swear words.
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NewsGeorge Entwistle changes Pollard evidence
George Entwistle has performed a U-turn on evidence he gave to the Pollard inquiry - admitting he was made aware of ITV’s plans to broadcast an expose on Jimmy Savile before he officially became director general.
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NewsBig Fish Fight hooks 20,000 tweets
Hugh’s Big Fish Fight saw a massive surge in Twitter activity - to over 2,200 messages per minute - after presenter Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall urged viewers to message the UK’s biggest supermarkets.
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NewsCBBC kicks off Blue Peter talent hunt
CBBC is to turn the hunt for a new Blue Peter host into a talent show, as the BBC Trust launches a wide-ranging review of the corporation’s children’s services.
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NewsCBeebies orders Mister Maker spin-off
CBeebies has commissioned an international themed spin-off of its smash hit live action series Mister Maker.
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NewsFox Int'l Channels develops ghost series from Walking Dead creator
Fox International Channels (FIC) is developing a new ghost series from The Walking Dead creator Robert Kirkman.
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NewsFox renews The Following and The Mindy Project
US broadcast network Fox has renewed a raft of freshman series including The Following and The Mindy Project.
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NewsBBC America orders gadget special
US cable network BBC America has ordered a gadget doc from Gawker-owned technology web site Gizmodo and a New York-based Endemol-owned producer.
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NewsParamount moves back into TV with Beverly Hills Cop remake
Hollywood studio Paramount Pictures is moving back into television for the first time in eight years with plans to co-produce a Beverly Hills Cop remake.