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RatingsDramas prove their worth
BBC1’s new four-part thriller Apple Tree Yard began with 7 million viewers after 1.7 million recorded and watched, becoming BBC1’s third highest-rated Sunday 9pm drama in the past 12 months.
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RatingsBleak return for Fortitude
Sky Atlantic’s Scandinavian drama returned but struggled to just 275,000 viewers, less than a third of series one’s launch episode in 2015.
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RatingsHistory lesson boosts BBC4
BBC4’s British History’s Biggest Fibs With Lucy Worsely delivered the best performance of the PSB digital channels with 1.1 million.
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RatingsBBC2 freezes out rivals
BBC2’s best Winterwatch was Monday’s 8pm edition with 3.2 million beating C4’s Dispatches and Food Unwrapped, as well as Channel 5’s Police Interceptors repeat.
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RatingsThe Jump and Good Karma Hospital launch well
SUNDAY: The Jump returned with a peak of almost 3m as ITV’s Good Karma Hotel launched neck-and-neck with the third episode of BBC1’s Apple Tree Yard.
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NewsContent Media acquired by Canadian firm
Content Media Group and five Toronto-based production companies have been bought by a Canadian acquisitions firm.
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VideoTop Gear, BBC2
The motoring format returns with Matt LeBlanc, Chris Harris and Rory Reid on hosting duties.
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NewsBishop lands Nightly Show gig
John Bishop is the latest star booked by ITV to present a week of the forthcoming The Nightly Show, which was piloted with Joe Lycett and Katherine Ryan at the helm.
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NewsBBC Studios exec joins revamped C5 production arm
BBC Studios’ Jeff Anderson has joined Channel 5’s revamped in-house production arm Elephant House Studios as director of factual.
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RatingsSunday success for BBC1
Countryfile, Still Open All Hours and Call The Midwife give channel the upper hand over ITV
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VideoThe Last Kingdom, BBC2
Second series of the Carnival Films historical drama, airing this Spring.
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RatingsUllman fails to capitalise on primetime slot
WEEKEND: Tracey Ullman failed to capitalise on her primetime slot as Celebrity Big Brother bowed out with a series average below 2m.
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NewsBelgium shows head to Walter Presents
Channel 4’s foreign-language drama service Walter Presents has acquired a pair of Belgian crime titles from Attraction Distribution.
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NewsAudio console group sold to French private equity fund
Paris-headquartered private equity firm Astorg has acquired Audiotonix, the parent firm of Calrec, Allen & Heath and Digico.
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NewsLookout Point hires Apple Tree Yard producer
Lookout Point has bolstered its creative team with the appointment of Apple Tree Yard producer Chris Carey.
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RatingsThis week's top 10 ratings by genre
The top 10 factual, drama and current affairs programmes.
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NewsBBCW ties with Snapchat for Planet Earth push
BBC Worldwide is to launch a series of Planet Earth II ‘shows’ on Snapchat ahead of the programme’s North American premiere.
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NewsBlackmagic launches kit for live web broadcasts
Blackmagic Design has unveiled three new products targeted at creators of live content for the web.
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NewsCactus retains Saturday Kitchen
Cactus TV has retained the £5m contract to produce BBC weekend cooking format Saturday Kitchen.
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VideoSS-GB, BBC1
Sid Gentle Films’ five part alternative-history thriller set against a Nazi occupied London.