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NewsRenegade hires BBC factual developer
Renegade Pictures, the indie behind Don’t Tell the Bride, is looking to expand its features and factual entertainment output with two new appointments.
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NewsBBC Sport picks indie partners
BBC Sport has appointed indies Century TV, Input Media and Sunset+Vine to produce its Moto GP, World Bowls and Cricket World Cup coverage respectively.
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NewsFun Lovin' Criminals frontman to replace Lamarr
Fun Lovin’ Criminals frontman Huey Morgan is joining Radio 2, taking the place of Mark Lamarr who quit the station, accusing it of becoming “much less interested in non-mainstream music”.
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RatingsC4’s giant elf nabs top spot
It is no surprise that in this huge week, the top-rating shows appear around the edges of peak; that half of them are brand extensions; and that one of the highest-rating 9pm shows combined food and soap.
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RatingsSinging soap causes a stir
Even if you were visiting from a far-flung galaxy such as NGC 5194 and you looked at the digital top 10, you’d easily discern that something was afoot this week.
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RatingsOut of the Ashes
The Ashes appear to be an early Christmas present for ITV4, while Mad Men, Misfits and Miranda continue to generate generously-sized audiences in the consolidated highlights.
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RatingsTop 100 network programmes
Find out who topped the ratings league table for network programming from 6-12 December and browse the top 100.
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RatingsTop 30 BBC2, Channel 4, Channel 5
Find out the top 30 programmes on BBC2, Channel 4 and Channel 5 from 6-12 December as well as the performance of all the terrestrials across week 49.
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RatingsTop 30 multichannel programmes
Find out the top 30 multichannel programmes for 6-12 December as well as the share of viewing across digital homes.
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RatingsGenre Overview
Browse the top 10 children’s, factual, drama, entertainment, comedy and music & arts programmes for 6-12 December.
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RatingsDemographic Focus
Explore the ratings breakdown demographically across the main terrestrial and multichannel broadcasters for 6-12 December.
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NewsSky workers 'unfairly dismissed'
Satellite TV company BSkyB faces a large payout to two former employees after a tribunal ruled they were unfairly dismissed and subject of sex discrimination.
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NewsWogan calls for BBC to be 'slimmer'
Sir Terry Wogan has called for the BBC to be “slimmed down” and claimed that money being spent on construction work in Manchester and London has left the broadcaster looking like the “British Building Corporation”.
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RatingsRoyal Variety performs to 8.3m
THURSDAY: The Royal Variety Performance, which hit headlines last week after Prince Charles and Camilla’s car to the event was attacked by student protestors, drew an audience of 8.34m (33%) to BBC1.
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NewsITV orders choir doc
ITV1 viewers are to get exclusive access into contemporary music organisation Rock Choir as part of a new documentary series.
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NewsTCI round-up: Fresh drama on C4
Channel 4 is to shoot a new post-watershed drama next year while BBC3 will commemorate ten years of war in Afghanistan.
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RatingsDirk Gently pilot draws 744,200
THURSDAY: BBC4’s comedy drama Dirk Gently, based on Douglas Adams’ novels, launched with a strong audience of 744,200 (3%), as Misfits bowed out with its highest ratings of the series.
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NewsPeep Show gets two more series
Channel 4 has greenlit series eight and nine of Peep Show - its longest running originated comedy.
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NewsMisfits to return for third series
Clerkenwell Films has been recommissioned to make a third series of Misfits.
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NewsViewers prefer TV classics at Christmas
TV viewers would prefer to see repeats of classics than new seasonal shows as they sink into the sofa for Christmas, a new survey claims.