All Sony Pictures Television articles – Page 14
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NewsPrized Apart axed by BBC1
BBC1 has axed Electric Ray’s entertainment show Prized Apart after a single series due to its poor ratings performance.
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NewsC4 postpones Benchmark after poor start
Channel 4 has put Paddy McGuinness-fronted gameshow Benchmark on hold after its first nine episodes generated poor ratings.
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NewsS4C and Sony collaborate on new orders
Welsh-language broadcaster S4C has commissioned two factual entertainment formats as part of a development deal with Sony Pictures Television.
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RatingsPrized Apart loses 500k viewers
SATURDAY: BBC1 gameshow Prized Apart lost half a million viewers on its second outing.
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NewsLeft Bank pitches ‘Downton meets Deadwood’ to Amazon
The Crown producer Left Bank Pictures is in talks with Amazon about a “Downton Abbey meets Deadwood” drama.
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The Broadcast InterviewWayne Garvie, Sony Pictures
Sony’s Wayne Garvie talks to Peter White about the US company’s desire to find the next Millionaire, boosting scripted in the UK and the dangers of messing with terms of trade
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NewsITV2 returns to Release The Hounds
Horror gameshow Release The Hounds is to return to ITV2 for an extended second series.
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NewsUS network GSN eyes Man Vs Fly
US network GSN is developing a TV version of Gogglebox Entertainment’s online fly-swatting format Man Vs Fly.
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RatingsDCI Banks returns with 4m
WEDNESDAY: DCI Banks kicked off a new series 2m short of its previous opener, while BBC1’s Comic Relief Bake Off series bowed out with a peak of 7.2m.
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NewsC4 lines up Paddy McGuiness-fronted daytime format
Paddy McGuiness has signed up to host a new Channel 4 daytime gameshow where members of the public help contestants win thousands of pounds.
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NewsAmazon grabs Outlander for UK
Amazon has acquired the UK rights to Left Bank Pictures’ sci-fi period drama Outlander.
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NewsIrish format The Takeover heads to C4
Channel 4 has ordered a UK version of Irish business format The Takeover after striking a deal with Sony Pictures Television.
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NewsClass of ’92 take lead role in Salford FC doc for BBC1
Former Manchester United players including Ryan Giggs and Paul Scholes are to star in a three-part Electric Ray documentary for BBC1 about their acquisition of non-league Salford City FC.
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NewsNetflix’s The Crown to shoot from July
The Crown, Netflix’s £100m biopic of Queen Elizabeth II, is due to start filming in the UK this July according to director Stephen Daldry.
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NewsSony names UK distribution boss
Sony has appointed Mark Young to head up its TV distribution business in the UK following Kylie Munnich’s move to Sky Vision.
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NewsSony acquires Australian indie Playmaker
Sony Pictures Television has bought Australian drama indie Playmaker Media, the production firm behind BBC4 acquisition The Code.
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NewsYoung War Widows profiled by ITV
An ITV documentary is to explore the effects of war on three young women whose soldier husbands were killed in Afghanistan.
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RatingsBBC4 waltzes off with 1m
MONDAY: Len Goodman’s An Intimate History of Dance helped BBC4 record its second biggest show of the year and smash competition from BBC2.
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NewsNetflix confirms Left Bank’s The Crown
Netflix has confirmed the arrival of its first original show from the UK, a £100m biopic of the Queen.
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NewsElectric Ray highlights inequality for C4
Sony-backed indie Electric Ray is to make a studio show for Channel 4 in which host Richard Bacon will shine a spotlight on inequality in Britain.