All Drama articles – Page 265
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FeaturesBest Drama Series: Happy Valley
Such was the impact of Happy Valley when it aired in April 2014, it was used as one of Charlotte Moore’s ripostes to criticism of BBC One.
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CommentComment: Fortitude success shows Sky is on the right path
Drama has demonstrated the ambition and quality viewers can expect
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NewsBFI: high-end TV spend hits £600m
More than 80 TV productions with a total spend of over £600m benefited from the UK’s high-end TV tax break in 2014.
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NewsThe Musketeers poised to return
BBC1 is ready to press ahead with a third series of The Musketeers despite the drama’s below-par ratings.
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CommentThe Twitter verdict: Fortitude
“Well I stuck with #Fortitude and thought it was really good. Except for the pig. Didn’t like the pig bit”
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RatingsFortitude launch captures 700k
THURSDAY: Sky Atlantic’s heavily-promoted drama Fortitude made a successful debut, securing an overnight audience of over 700,000 viewers.
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NewsDownton Abbey to ‘end this year’
Downton Abbey will reportedly close its doors after its sixth series with creator Julian Fellowes ready to concentrate on other projects.
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RatingsMidsomer eats into Wolf Hall
WEDNESDAY: ITV’s Midsomer Murders returned for its 17th series with an audience that took a bite out of Wolf Hall, which lost 1m viewers.
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NewsSky eyes new drama partners
Sky is hunting for more international drama co-pro partners and has targeted broadcasters in Australia and Canada for its next wave of big-budget commissions.
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NewsStephen Lambert targets drama after committing to All3Media
Stephen Lambert has committed his future to All3Media until at least 2020 and plans to launch a drama division at Studio Lambert.
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RatingsBroadchurch hits halfway point with 5.6m
MONDAY: ITV’s Broadchurch hit its halfway point with its lowest ever audience, but leapfrogged BBC1’s Silent Witness to win the 9pm slot.
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NewsBBC Scotland appoints drama boss
Gaynor Holmes has been appointed as the permanent head of drama for BBC Scotland.
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RatingsCucumber pulls in 1.2m
THURSDAY: Russell T Davies’ drama Cucumber failed to sparkle for Channel 4, finishing in last place in the 9pm slot.
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RatingsWolf Hall debuts with 3.9m
WEDNESDAY: Wolf Hall made a regal debut for BBC2, pulling in the channel’s biggest overnight audience for an episode in a drama series in a decade.
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NewsBBC3 orders drama from emerging writer
BBC3’s plans for an online-only future have taken a step forward with the commission of a drama from emerging writer Marnie Dickens.
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NewsSky Arts delivers Stephen Mangan pregnancy drama
Stephen Mangan is to star as a heavily pregnant man in a new one-off drama for Sky Arts.
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RatingsCyberbully hacks into 1.4m
THURSDAY: Docu-drama Cyberbully gripped an audience in line with Channel 4’s slot average while ITV’s Bring Back Borstal slipped below 2m.
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NewsRussell T Davies prepares 1980s AIDS drama for C4
Russell T Davies is developing a drama about British gay men facing the impact of AIDS in the 1980s as the follow-up to his forthcoming Channel 4 series Cucumber.
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Behind The ScenesFortitude, Sky Atlantic
The producers battled limited daylight, snow shortages and polar bears