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RatingsTop Gear loses 1.5m viewers
SUNDAY: BBC2’s revamped Top Gear shed 1.5m viewers from last week’s opener and was eclipsed by ITV’s coverage of Soccer Aid and BBC1’s Antiques Roadshow.
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NewsHot House backs former Mentorn boss
Mentorn Media’s former specialist factual boss Malcolm Clark has set up an indie with new production incubator The Hot House.
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CriticsTV Critics: Penelope Keith; Wallander; You Saw Them Here First; Escape to the Chateau
“This four-part series began well, but made the elementary mistake of trying to cram in too much.”
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RatingsTop 100 network programmes: 23 - 29 May 2016
Viewing figures for the revamped Top Gear may be down on 2015, but its audience share is up
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RatingsTop 30 shows (BBC2, C4, C5): 23 - 29 May 2016
The best of BBC2’s Chelsea Flower Show was 8pm on Monday (2.9 million/13%).
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RatingsTop 30 multichannel programmes: 23 - 29 May 2016
BBC4’s Storyville: Last Days In Vietnam achieved 460,000/ 2%, with another 30,000 for the Thursday repeat.
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NewsIn brief: Kindle; RTS Student awards
Kindle Entertainment has hired a head of animation and the RTS has unveiled the winners of its Student Television Awards.
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RatingsTop 50 Non-PSB shows: 23 - 29 May 2016
This week’s winner of Sky 1’s 8pm superhero competition is The Flash, which on Tuesday achieved 417,000/2%
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RatingsTop 15 consolidated shows: 16 - 22 May 2016
ITV’s Scandi inspired noir-ish thriller Marcella came to an end on a Tuesday with 6.3 million/ 24% after 1.8 million recorded and watched; the best of the week.
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NewsOfcom raps Channel 4 for Countdown promotions
An episode of Countdown which heavily promoted The Ideal Home Show and P&O Cruises has landed Channel 4 in hot water with Ofcom.
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NewsCouncil approves Elstree expansion plans
Elstree Studios has been granted planning permission for the build of a new 21,000 sq ft TV and film stage.
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NewsMore speakers announced for Media Production Show
A raft of additional industry experts including Buzzfeed founding editor Luke Lewis and DoP Andrew Muggleton have been confirmed to speak at the Media Production Show, which takes place this week.
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RatingsPart-Time Band opens on BBC4
FRIDAY: BBC4 talent contest UK’s Best Part-Time Band struck up with an audience of 300,000.
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NewsLast chance to attend Media Summit
Today is the final chance to book tickets for the Media Summit, which will feature James Purnell’s first major response to the BBC white paper and keynote interviews with Endemol Shine Group chief executive Sophie Turner Laing and her Fremantle Media counterpart Cecile Frot-Coutaz.
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NewsTop Gear consolidates to three-year high
All-new Top Gear piled on 2m viewers through recorded viewing to post its biggest series launch audience since January 2013.
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NewsBBC closes in on entertainment boss
The BBC is closing in on appointing a permanent controller of entertainment after Mark Linsey moved to BBC Studios.
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NewsBlink recruits for popular factual push
Blink Films has hired former Boomerang executive producer Jon Lloyd as its first popular factual creative director to expand its output.
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NewsFormer EastEnders showrunner joins Sony-backed indie
Former EastEnders executive producer Dominic Treadwell-Collins is to join fledgling indie Blueprint Television after it scored investment from Sony Pictures Television.
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VideoVIDEO: Brief Encounters, ITV
Watch the trailer for CPL Productions’ drama based on the autobiography of Ann Summers boss Jacqueline Gold
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CriticsTV Critics: Reg; Handmade by Royal Appointment; Meet What You Eat
“McGovern and co have created a magnificent tribute to their courage and a worthy epitaph for the deceased.”