All Editorial articles – Page 26
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NewsSky 1 hunts new factual talent
Sheffield Doc/Fest: Sky 1 plans to use the 8pm slot that was previously home to The Simpsons to break new popular factual presenting talent.
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NewsSpecialist factual feels the pinch in peak
Sheffield Doc/Fest: Channel 4 has to “raise its game” in specialist factual and deliver more “polarising” programming if it is to compete in peaktime, according to commissioning exec Ralph Lee.
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NewsBroadcasters outline doc wishlists
Sheffield Doc/Fest: ITV1 is looking to commission several blue-chip documentary singles from top-end film-makers for 9pm.
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NewsTax relief heads up doc makers' demands on MPs
Sheffield Doc/Fest: Documentary producers are to lobby politicians to offer tax relief for public service programming as part of a shortlist of demands to bolster factual output.
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NewsMore than 100 BBC senior managers to go
The BBC is to axe more than 100 of its senior managers in a bid to slash its pay bill by a quarter over the next three and a half years.
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NewsBBC archive could be decades away
The BBC is to launch an online catalogue of every programme it has broadcast by the end of next year - but could take decades to release a full online archive.
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NewsWogan still king of breakfast
Q3 RAJARS: Sir Terry Wogan has again been crowned the king of breakfast radio, extending his lead over rival Chris Moyles and attracting a weekly audience of 7.8m.
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NewsHeart leapfrogs Capital to take second spot in London
Q3 RAJARS: Heart has leapfrogged sister station 95.8 Capital to become London’s second most popular radio station behind Magic.
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NewsBelow the Radar to profile Gerry Adams
BBC Northern Ireland has lined up a profile of Sinn Féin president Gerry Adams from Ten Alps indie Below the Radar.
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RatingsViewers choose Life over murder
Sir David Attenborough made a triumphant return to TV last night, with his latest BBC1 wildlife series Life enchanting 6.5m (26.4%) at 9pm.
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RatingsDoc Martin buoyed by X Factor frenzy
ITV1 surged ahead on Sunday night, with Doc Martin picking up 506,000 more viewers, while more than 837,000 people deserted BBC1’s Emma after last week’s first episode.
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RatingsX Factor triumphs with first live show
ITV1 won the Saturday night ratings battle for the fourth week in a row, with The X Factor edging out Strictly Come Dancing and Casualty with an average of 11.3m viewers (43.8%) over two hours from 8pm.
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RatingsTrue Blood seduces 1.6m
Channel 4 had mixed fortunes with its double-bill of HBO big-hitters last night, with vampire fantasy True Blood luring in 1.6m (10.2%) but Iraq war drama Generation Kill mustering interest in just 399,000 (6.5%).
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NewsBBC plans Casualty webisode
Casualty is to get its first web-only episode at the end of this month.
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RatingsCriminal Justice picks up speed
The second episode of BBC1’s stripped five-part Criminal Justice comfortably outperformed ITV1’s The Fixer with 4.7m viewers (19.9%) last night.
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NewsHat Trick brings Israeli panel format to BBC2
MIPCOM: Hat Trick Productions is adapting Israeli news panel show format The Bubble for BBC2.
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NewsBBC daytime gets more Pointless
BBC2 has ordered a second 30-part run of Endemol daytime quiz show Pointless.
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NewsMeet the Natives heads Stateside
MIPCOM: Keo Films has won its first US commission with an adaptation of Meet the Natives for the Travel Channel and National Geographical Channels International.
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RatingsITV1's Blue Murder trumps Criminal Justice
The return of Criminal Justice pulled in 4.4m viewers (18.9%) for BBC1 last night, but ITV1 inched ahead in the 9pm drama battle with Blue Murder attracting 4.6m (19.7%).