All articles by Robin Parker – Page 5
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News
Audio Content Fund extends deadline by a month
Submissions for fourth round of projects totalling £333,000 now due by 27 April
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Comment
The uncanny appeal of audience-free shows
Hosts and talent performing in isolation could very soon become the norm, says Robin Parker
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Ratings
Boris speaks to 28m
Cross-channel emergency address reels in 80% share of viewing to become biggest broadcast since 2012 Olympics
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News
BBC to air self-isolation drama shorts
Writersroom to commission four intimate stories told via video conferencing
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ITV suspends Corrie, Emmerdale and daytime staples
GMB extended as Lorraine and This Morning on pause
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BBC dealt double blow with axe of Glastonbury and Eurovision
Flagship music events have both been cancelled for 2020
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Ratings
C5 gets 1.2m to take Penance
TUESDAY: Stripped drama three-parter launches a whisker ahead of BBC2’s latest cop doc
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News navigates choppy waters
Broadcasters in talks with European peers to establish best practice for coronavirus coverage
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Merman among 2020 Indielab cohort
This Way Up producer and Tom Kerridge’s Bone Soup among 16 companies selected for mentoring scheme, which has been delayed to the autumn
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C4 News hits six-year high
Wall-to-wall coverage of the coronavirus pandemic steers bulletin to 1.3m while BBC1 and specialist channels also enjoy uplift
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Samira Ahmed: broadcasters must take ‘moral line’ on racism
Presenter warns of risks of appearing to normalise prejudice
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BPG crowns The Virtues and Chernobyl
Channel 4’s For Sama and BBC2’s Thatcher doc also recognised at industry awards
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News
Celebrity Race Across the World put on hold
Studio Lambert postpones BBC1 spin-off amid shifting travel restrictions
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Ratings
Five Guys crowded out by Margolyes
TUESDAY: Channel 4 dating format debuts with 760,000 but outperforms among 16-24s
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Race Across the World finds 2m
SUNDAY: Studio Lambert’s returner delivers for BBC2 but is challenged by C4’s Crufts
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Mahon: losing prominence will damage social cohesion
C4 chief issues stark warning over Silicon Valley giants’ bid for ‘control of the TV set’
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Ratings
Maggie Cole troubles 3.2m
WEDNESDAY: ITV comedy-drama and Gold’s new sitcom both mop up older viewers
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BritBox UK orders Spitting Image revival
Avalon secures two-series order for VoD’s service’s first original show