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RatingsTop Boy debuts with 1.1m
MONDAY: Channel 4’s uncompromising drama about drug crime in East London launched with just over 1m viewers.
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NewsC4 orders 8 Out of 10 Cats Christmas special
Channel 4 has ordered an hour-long Christmas special of panel show 8 Out of 10 Cats.
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NewsThompson: we will listen to public on local radio
RADIO FESTIVAL: Mark Thompson has defended the cuts to BBC Local Radio – but said he will “listen carefully” to responses from listeners.
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NewsTeen Vampires land on C4
US teenagers that adopt the lifestyle of vampires and drink blood are to be the subject of a new Channel 4 documentary.
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NewsBVE to relocate to Excel
Broadcast Video Expo (BVE) together with sister event The Production Show (TPS) will move to the Excel exhibition centre in 2013.
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NewsBBC apologises for "misleading" MP reports
The BBC has apologised on air to Tory MP Andrew Tyrie for insinuating he had been influenced by Downing Street advisers, admitting its news reports “fell below our usual standards”.
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NewsBragg to explore written word for R4
Radio 4 is to broadcast a series fronted by Melvyn Bragg that will explore the history of the written word.
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News10 O'Clock Live to return with shorter format
Channel 4 has ordered a second series of current affairs show 10 O’Clock Live - but cut the format by 15 minutes.
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NewsC4 boosts Britdoc funding
Channel 4 has increased its funding of the Britdoc documentary foundation by a third and extended its funding commitment to 2013.
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NewsShine poaches Warner Bros exec
Shine has poached Warner Bros vice president of sales to head its international formats division.
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Ratings71 Degrees North bows out with 2.6m
TUESDAY: The final of ITV1’s arctic challenge 71 Degrees North received a chilly reception.
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RatingsHim & Her reunite with 620k
TUESDAY: BBC3 comedy Him & Her returned with a strong performance while a new series of E4’s Tool Academy plunged to its lowest ever figure.
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NewsPilger awarded Grierson honour
John Pilger, Hugh’s Fish Fight, Bird on A Wire, and two documentaries about cricket were among the winners at last night’s Grierson Awards.
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NewsITV briefs team on digital news plan
ITV has briefed more than 70 of its regional and national journalists on its digital news plans.
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NewsDebate to examine the future of BBC
Mark Damazer, Peter Bazalgette and Alex Connock will put forward their view on what the BBC should look like a decade from now as part of a Bafta debate later this month.
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NewsC4 acquires Half Ton Killer
Mayra Rosales, a 500 kilogram (78 stone) woman, accused of beating her nephew to death is one of the main characters in a US documentary acquired by Channel 4.
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NewsNUJ calls for no confidence vote in Thompson
The NUJ is calling for a vote of no confidence in BBC director general Mark Thompson – a first in the corporation’s history – describing him as the “architect of [the BBC’s] butchery”.
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NewsBBC2 serves up a festive feast
Food will dominate BBC2’s line up this year, with the channel airing a healthy serving of cooking programmes.
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NewsC4 closes in on record spend
Channel 4 is entering its next phase of creative renewal with a revamp of More 4, a raft of new programming and plans to up its spend to an all-time high of £600m next year.