Most popular and commented – Page 3081
-
NewsBBC orders new Doctor Who for 2012
The BBC has commissioned 14 new episodes of Doctor Who but has yet to decide how they will be scheduled.
-
RatingsJunior Doctors ails on BBC1
TUESDAY: A repackaged version of hit BBC3 series Junior Doctors failed to impress on its transfer to BBC1 while ITV1 drama Injustice lost more than a million viewers.
-
NewsUnique wins Radio 2 breakfast contract
Radio indie Unique has won the contract to produce BBC Radio 2 breakfast show Sounds Of The 60s with Brian Matthews after the strand was put out to tender.
-
RatingsBBC3’s Our War recruits 1.3m
TUESDAY: A new documentary exploring the war in Afghanistan from the soldier’s point of view drew one of BBC3’s biggest audiences in its eight-year history.
-
NewsGallowgate boss Ed Forsdick dies aged 45
Ed Forsdick, managing director of Ant & Dec’s production company Gallowgate, has died suddenly while on holiday.
-
NewsHIGNFY suicide bomber joke sparks 76 complaints
Ofcom has received 76 complaints over a joke about suicide bombers on Have I Got News For You.
-
NewsBaby Cow teams with BBC Comedy North
Steve Coogan indie Baby Cow is to develop comedy scripts for production out of MediaCityUK in Salford with the BBC’s in-house comedy department.
-
News
Nerd hires first director of production
Charlie Parsons-backed indie Nerd has named a former Darlow Smithson and Tiger Aspect producer as its first director of production.
-
NewsC5 orders celeb news from ITN
Channel 5 has ordered ITN Productions to produce two daily entertainment news bulletins for digital channels 5* and 5USA.
-
NewsC4 wins murder trial access
Channel 4 and Windfall Films are planning to create the most ambitious courtroom documentary series on British TV in more than 15 years.
-
NewsDisney XD lands on Scorpion Island
Disney XD has acquired children’s gameshowEscape From Scorpion Island from Zodiak Kids.
-
NewsCineflix sells ITN tsunami docs
Two documentaries about the devastating tsunami that hit Japan in March have been sold by Cineflix International Distribution to broadcasters around the world.
-
NewsRival wins US remake for teen gameshow format
Teen gameshow Power Struggle is set to be remade in the US and will return for a second series in the Middle East.
-
NewsSky makes £600m content pledge
Sky has revealed it spent £380m on UK-originated programming in the year to July 2011 and plans to boost investment to £600m a year by 2014.
-
NewsSnow/Murthy to front C4 docs
Channel 4 News presenters Jon Snow and Krishnan Guru-Murthy are to front Dispatches and Unreported World docs as part of a strategy to boost current affairs output.
-
NewsCITV set to revive Fort Boyard
Former Channel 5 adventure gameshow Fort Boyard is set to be revived as an ITV children’s show.
-
NewsC4 specialist factual to woo male audience
Channel 4 head of specialist factual Ralph Lee has been briefing indies that his department is seeking programmes to attract male viewers to the channel.
-
NewsIsaacs leaves Studio Lambert after rejig
Studio Lambert creative director Jamie Isaacs has left the company after a restructure of the UK arm of the business.
-
NewsITV chiefs concerned at Loose Women’s five-month wobble
Loose Women has stumbled in the ratings since the start of the year, prompting concern among ITV executives.
-
NewsMore 4 and BBC4 set for gypsy docs clash
More 4’s True Stories will go toe-to-toe with BBC4’s Storyville after commissioning a documentary about bare-knuckle fighting in the traveller community.