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S4C drama to celebrate Cardiff city
The director of British gangster film Rancid Aluminium is making a£1.5m Cardiff-based drama series for Welsh channel S4C, writes Michael Rosser.
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ITV commissions 2DTV for fifth run
ITV has commissioned another series of satirical animation show 2DTV from the indie of the same name. The 6 x 30-minute series, ordered by ITV controller of comedy Sioned Wiliam, will feature new celebrities such as rugby hero Jonny Wilkinson. The series, which is due ...
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Maidstone indie wins commissions
Maidstone-based indie Peter Williams Television has been commissioned to make a 6 x 30-minute regional series on crime during the second world war for Meridian. Underworld at War, dubbed the 'factual Foyle's War', was commissioned by Meridian controller of regional programming Mark Southgate. It will be produced and directed by ...
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Top trumps inspires Challenge TV show
Challenge TV has ordered 20 x 30-minute episodes of a comedy panel show from Princess Productions, based on the classic card game Top Trumps. Totally Top Trumps was commissioned by Challenge channel controller Jonathon Webb and will air in April. Sebastian Scott will executive produce ...
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Somethin' else looks at branding sport
Indie Somethin' Else is to chart the history of the brand within the world of sport for BBC Radio 5 Live. The 4 x 30-minute series, Brand It Like Beckham , will run from Monday to Thursday at the end of May. Presented by journalist ...
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Objective makes over E4 dating show
Objective Productions is to revamp its E4 dating show Five Go Dating and will deliver 30 episodes of a new-look programme. Called Four Go Dating, the new run will place four men and four women in two£1.5m loft apartments in London. The two groups will ...
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Endemol UK promotes paradise man
Endemol UK has promoted David Flynn to deputy head of its creative unit. Flynn, who joined Endemol in 1999, has spent the past two years as a development producer working on formats such as the forthcoming ITV reality series Trouble in Paradise. He will report to creative unit head Richard ...
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Tories not to be on panel to find BBC chair
The Tory party has said it will not sit on the scrutiny panel to oversee the selection process for the new BBC chairman. Former Conservative Home Secretary Lord Baker turned down a request from the Commissioner for Public Appointments, Dame Rennie Fritchie, who will chair the panel, after expressing concern ...
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CBM four aim to launch Freesport
Four members of CBM Media - the company that made an aborted attempt to launch a free-to-air sports channel on Freeview - are forming a new enterprise to further develop the idea. The group, comprising Simon Bazalgette, David Bellin, Peter Knowles and Rod Connors, are aiming to launch Freesport, a ...
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Disney rejects hostile bid by Comcast
Walt Disney this week rejected a hostile $66bn (£37bn) takeover bid from US cable giant Comcast and bolstered its portfolio of characters by buying The Muppets from the Jim Henson Company for an undisclosed sum. The deal with Henson, which also includes characters from Bear ...
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Five commissions more 'swap' shows
Five has created its own 'swap' strand, following the success of RDF's Wife Swap and Boss Swap on Channel 4. Controller of special events and pop features Sham Sandhu has commissioned indie Flame TV to produce three 60-minute instalments: ...
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Dunkirk (BBC2) - Peter Paterson, Daily Mail
'An excellent opening installment of the BBC's three-part docu-dram.'...
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Dunkirk (BBC2) - Paul Hoggart, The Times
'Like Operation Dynamo itself, Dunkirk is a chaotic affair, improvised and cobbled together from desperately limite...
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Dunkirk (BBC2) - Rupert Smith, Guardian
'Apart from being informative and inspiring, Dunkirk was also very impressive in technical terms.'...
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Dunkirk (BBC2) - James Walton, Daily Telegraph
'Dunkirk describes itself as 'a dramatised documentary' - a phrase that can signify almost anything. Either way, it...
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Dunkirk (BBC2) - Charlie Catchpole, Daily Express
'Dunkirk continues tonight and ends tomorrow. Don't miss it.'...
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Dunkirk (BBC2) - Robert Hanks, Independent
'In one sense, the flaw in Dunkirk was that it was too well made.'...
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RatingsDunkirk spirit gives boost to BBC2
BBC2's new drama documentary series Dunkirk kicked-off with an impressive 4.8 million (19.8%) but helped draw viewers away from BBC1 as the corporation's main channel had its worst peaktime audience since June 1998.
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The future of ITV news
Staff at Meridian TV are trying to make sense of a 40-page consultation document laying out management plans for a radical restructuring of news and regional programming. It makes fascinating reading, and not only for Meridian employees. Because this is not just a local issue. This document is being described ...