All Entertainment articles – Page 112
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NewsItaly opens up to UK formats
Bigger commissioning appetites among Italian pay-TV broadcasters, including Sky and Discovery, are offering an increased opportunity for UK formats in the country, particularly shiny-floor shows and factual entertainment formats.
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NewsJim Pullin: a league of his own
Jim Pullin, the Bafta award-winning executive producer of A League Of Their Own, has died at the age of 57.
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NewsDeal Or No Deal banker’s indie wins first order
Possessed, the ITV Studios label set up by Deal Or No Deal banker Glenn Hugill, has won its first series commission and has assembled an executive team to create risk-taking formats.
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NewsObjective wins retro C4 commission
Objective Productions has revealed its first commission following the departure of chief executive Andrew Newman – a full series building on two-part documentary It Was Alright in the 70s.
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NewsAdam Crozier: BBC entertainment must be distinctive
ITV chief executive Adam Crozier has revealed he is comfortable with the BBC producing and airing entertainment formats such as Strictly Come Dancing so long as they are “distinctive”.
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NewsAudible funds third series of Crackanory
UKTV has agreed a deal with Amazon-owned digital audio service Audible to fund the third series of Crackanory.
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RatingsPrized Apart bows out with under 3m
SATURDAY: BBC1 gameshow Prized Apart bowed out with a performance narrowly above series average after only breaking the 3m viewer mark during its opening episode.
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NewsYou’re Back in the Room to return for ITV
ITV has ordered a second series of Tuesday’s Child hypnosis format You’re Back in the Room.
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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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RatingsJohn Bishop bows out with 3m
SATURDAY: The John Bishop Show bowed out with 3m viewers on BBC1 as ITV’s boxing coverage drew a peak crowd of almost 2.5m.
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RatingsBig Brother down on 2014
THURSDAY: Big Brother’s Live Final failed to match last year’s climax, as Channel 4’s Married at First Sight built its audience.
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NewsWild Things let loose for second Sky series
Sky 1’s mad-cap physical gameshow Wild Things is to return to for an extended second series.
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NewsSky 1 rethinks 8pm strategy
Sky 1 has pulled back from original 8pm commissions but plans to supersize other areas of the schedule, including year-round drama and comedy, as part of a 20% budget boost.
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RatingsKasabian gig draws 380,000
FRIDAY: BBC3’s T in the Park coverage peaked with over 380,000 as Kasabian took to the stage.
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NewsOfcom probes The Voice
Ofcom has launched an investigation into the use of strobe-lighting during the final of The Voice UK.
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NewsWayne Garvie slams Vardanis' Strictly Come Dancing claims
A row has broken out over the creation of entertainment juggernaut Strictly Come Dancing, with former BBC exec Wayne Garvie rubbishing claims by Fenia Vardanis that she was responsible for the success of the format.
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NewsITV orders two Fremantle daytime formats
FremantleMedia has won picked up two ITV Daytime shows - a quick-fire Sean Fletcher-fronted gameshow and a quiz involving a circular ice table.
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RatingsThe Last Leg returns with 1m
FRIDAY: The Last Leg returned to Channel 4 with just over 1m viewers, while the Women’s World Cup and Glastonbury helped BBC3 to a strong night.
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RatingsKanye West lifts Glastonbury close to 2m
SATURDAY: Kanye West’s performance at Glastonbury drew a crowd of almost 2m to BBC2 as England’s victory in the Women’s World Cup scored over 1.5m viewers.
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Behind The ScenesCBBC Official Chart Show
Our young production team had no previous experience of working in television, but stacks of ability and the confi dence to take on anything we threw at them, says Steve Wynne