All Roughcut TV articles – Page 6
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NewsMcGuinness secures second Saturday night spot on ITV1
ITV1 is to hand Paddy McGuinness his second Saturday night entertainment vehicle: a celebrity panel show based on international events and TV clips.
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FeaturesSky plans fresh comedy push
Sky head of comedy Lucy Lumsden outlined ‘phase two’ of the satellite broadcasters’ push into the genre at the Broadcast Business Breakfast held at the Corinthia Hotel this week.
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NewsBattle lines drawn in comedy
Comedy has emerged as a key battleground after this year’s Edinburgh festival, as BBC1 and ITV1 unveiled new initiatives to fend off Sky’s latest offensive in the genre.
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CommentOfcom can hold its head high
The hacking scandal has silenced critics of the broadcasting watchdog.
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CommentTrollied / Body of Proof / TA and the Taliban
Touchpaper’s Rob Pursey and Law & Order: UK writer Richard Stokes on checkout comedy, dumb cops and war.
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NewsC4 signs up Pappy’s for new run of Comedy Labs
Award-winning sketch group Pappy’s has been snapped up by Channel 4 for its latest run of new comedy talent initiative Comedy Labs.
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The Broadcast InterviewNerys Evans, Channel 4
With more money to spend this year and potentially a new 9pm primetime slot, C4’s comedy commissioning editor is on the lookout for a broad range of talent.
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NewsAtalla and Buxton join forces for 5*'s Silent Library
Ash Atalla’s Roughcut TV is behind Channel 5’s keep-quiet-to-win gameshow Silent Library, the broadcaster has revealed.
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NewsVic Reeves to star in C4 pilot
Vic Reeves and Flight of the Conchords star Rhys Darby are to appear in a new Channel 4 comedy pilot penned by Russell Brand’s former writing partner.
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NewsSky 1 gets Trollied in drive for original UK comedy
Sky 1 has ordered a comedy set in a budget supermarket in the north-west, featuring bored checkout assistants, ineffectual managers and angry customers.
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NewsMr T to search for World’s Craziest Fools for BBC3
Legendary hardman Mr T will front a new comedy-entertainment clipshow series made by Roughcut for BBC3.
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CommentOff Cuts: Happy to be a Misery
You’d have thought winning the BBC Vision Grand Prix award might be cause for celebration, but not for Roughcut.
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CommentCracking Antiques / Heston's Feasts / South Bank Show Revisited
Jon Petrie and Susie Dark on antiques, Bragg and flavoured wallpaper.
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CommentWonders of the Solar System / Undercover Princesses / The Business Inspector
Women in Film and Television’s Kate Kinninmont and Novel Entertainment’s Mike Watts on solar science, royal love and business aid
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CommentJon Petrie, Roughcut TV
Roughcut TV online producer Jon Petrie on his hidden talent, his greatest extravagance and what he’s taken up recently.
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NewsITV2 shows launched on iTunes
ITV has soft launched a range of programmes for download on Apple iTunes, to test whether consumers are willing to pay for online content.
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Miranda / Is it Better to be Mixed Race? / Sell Me the Answer
Tim Sealey and Mike Reilly on rookie comedy, ‘science’ and bartering.
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FeaturesGordon Ramsay Mash-up
An online short created by Roughcut TV featuring an animated Gordon Ramsay.
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CommentPlugging into social networks
In the new multi-platform landscape, producers increasingly need to factor in social network tools to ensure their drama proves a hit, writes Tim Sealey.
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NewsC4 gives all-female sketch show a slot in comedy season
Channel 4 has extended its forthcoming pilots season Comedy Showcase to seven episodes after greenlighting an all-female sketch show from Objective Productions.