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RatingsHattie carries on with biggest ever BBC4 audience
WEDNESDAY: BBC4 has recorded its highest audience to date with a drama about late Carry On actress Hattie Jacques.
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NewsRise to debut Storyville docs at Sundance
BBC Storyville has commissioned two new films from Rise Films that will offer unprecedented access to the Irish traveller community and modern day heroes on the streets of Chicago.
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NewsPrincess promotes execs
Princess Productions has named its new heads of entertainment and daytime.
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NewsCountrywise gets an hour
Countrywise is to be extended into hour-long episodes and receive a budget boost as ITV looks to capitalise on the show’s popularity.
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NewsTCI round-up: BBC1 fills daytime schedule
Four indies will tackle issues such as consumer scams and dangerous roads for BBC1, while Topman finances a music show over on Channel 4 and ITV1 orders a drama about murderer Fred West.
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NewsClassic to deliver five more years of Postman Pat
CBeebies has extended its deal with Classic Media to air Postman Pat for another five years.
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NewsMcGovern’s Accused sold abroad
BBC1 drama Accused has been sold to broadcasters in Australia and Canada as part of a new raft of deals by All3Media International.
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NewsC4 launches drama writing course
Channel 4 drama is launching a new screenwriting course for 12 aspiring writers, helped by the creator of Misfits and a director of This is England ’86.
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NewsMPs to grill prospective BBC Trust chair
The prospective chairman of the BBC Trust will face a grilling from MPs before taking the job.
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NewsITV online commissioner latest departure
Kate Bradshaw, ITV.com’s deputy managing director and head of online commissioning, has left the commercial broadcaster as it continues a restructure of its commercial and digital divisions.
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NewsC4 extending news following Coulson resignation
Channel 4 is to extend tonight’s news programme and repeat an investigation into phone hacking following Andy Coulson’s resignation as the prime minister’s communications chief.
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RatingsAmerican Idol struggles without Cowell
THURSDAY: American Idol returned to ITV2 for the launch of its tenth season, without Simon Cowell, and drew less than half the audience of the previous series.
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NewsSky revives voting on mobiles
Sky has brought mobile voting back to TV screens for the first time since 2007 with talent show Got To Dance.
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Ratings10 O’Clock Live launches with 1.4m
THURSDAY: Channel 4’s satirical news show 10 O’Clock Live made a decent debut with 1.41m viewers – but was no match for Question Time.
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NewsLove poaches Oprah exec for US push
Love Productions has poached the programming and development executive of the Oprah Winfrey Network to spearhead its growth strategy in the US.
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NewsMiranda triumphs at British Comedy Awards
TV viewers crowned Miranda Hart the Queen of Comedy in a public vote.
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NewsBBC apologises for QI Hiroshima joke
The BBC has apologised to Japanese viewers after the country’s embassy complained to the corporation over jokes broadcast on quiz show QI.
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NewsSky commentators sexist remarks recorded
Sky Sports football presenters Andy Gray and Richard Keys have been left red-faced after being recorded criticising a female assistant referee and saying they “probably don’t know the offside rule”.
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NewsLicence fee bid for Scottish digital channel
Plans to set up a new digital TV channel for Scotland should be funded through a “fairer redistribution” of licence fee cash, according to a group of media experts.
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RatingsBritish Comedy Awards amuse 2.5m
SATURDAY: The British Comedy Awards laughed along with more than 2.5m viewers in its new home on Channel 4.