All W articles – Page 3
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Behind The Scenes
999 Rescue Squad, W
Our drone proved invaluable in capturing the aftermath of stabbings, a murder, fires and accidents, says Matt Richards
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News
UKTV to boost indie hours by a third
Romesh Ranganathan and Jon Richardson spearhead originals push
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News
UKTV's W buys property formats from Cineflix Rights
Cineflix Rights has sold more than 200 hours of lifestyle and crime programming to UKTV, Sky and CBS Reality.
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Behind The Scenes
Get Me To The Church, W
Finding six courageous couples willing to risk missing their own wedding was hard enough, but the friends they took with them had to be dynamite on camera too, says Sarah Veevers
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News
UKTV orders first W shows
UKTV has ordered its first shows since rebranding W including a factual entertainment format fronted by Amanda Holden.
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News
Watch rapped over Derren Brown swearing
UKTV has found itself in hot water after Watch aired an expletive-laden Derren Brown special before the watershed.
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Comment
Why Watch became W
Despite some hits, Watch’s identity had become insistent. We needed to refocus on the viewer, writes Steve North
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Comment
Will Watch’s new chapter bring fresh breakout hits?
UKTV will hope that rebrand plus new orders will put W on the map, says Stephen Arnell
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News
Poll: what do you think of the new Watch logo?
Share your thoughts on the new look for UKTV’s entertainment channel.
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News
Watch rebrands and secures EastEnders repeats
UKTV entertainment channel Watch is being rebranded as W and has snatched the rights to air narrative repeats of EastEnders following the closure of BBC3.
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Ratings
Honey I Bought The House makes room for 91,000
MONDAY: Honey I Bought The House got off to strong start for Watch, as The Muppets debuted on Sky 1 with nearly 400,000 viewers.
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News
Watch sends The Call Centre boss to India
Liberty Bell is sending the star of The Call Centre to India for Watch, months after it hired the exec producer of the BBC3 show.
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News
UKTV snaps up Disney dramas
UKTV has acquired a raft of high-profile Disney dramas including a Criminal Minds spin-off.
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News
Watch secures first AFP deal
Marco Pierre White and Blur bassist Alex James are to front Watch’s first advertiser-funded show.
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Cox, Dent and Ellis-Bextor front Watch docs
Sara Cox, Grace Dent and Sophie Ellis-Bextor are heading to Watch after the pay-TV broadcaster commissioned three authored documentaries from Cactus TV.
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News
Watch hands RDF label first commission
RDF Television’s fledgling entertainment label Fizz has won its first commission – a gambling cookery format fronted by Marco Pierre White and Melanie Sykes for Watch.
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Features
World's Most Talented, Watch
UKTV wanted our show to be ‘big and global’ - so we recruited an international panel of vloggers to act as our jury, says Suzanne Readwin
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News
Watch poaches Syfy boss Adam Collings
UKTV has poached Syfy boss Adam Collings to take on the new role of head of programming for Watch.
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Ratings
Honey I Bought The House draws 80,000
TUESDAY: Honey I Bought The House, the first pilot in UKTV’s Formats Lab initiative, opened its doors to fewer than 100,000 viewers, as The Missing sunk to a low.