All Factual-entertainment articles – Page 106
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News
The Apprentice producer hired by Wall To Wall
Long Lost Family indie Wall To Wall has appointed The Apprentice’s showrunner Cate Hall as an executive producer.
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Ratings
C4 celebrates Gypsy Christmas
TUESDAY: Big Fat Gypsy Christmas performed well for Channel 4, adding 600,000 to the audience for last year’s festive special Carols and Caravans.
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Ratings
Lows for The Apprentice and I'm a Celebrity
WEDNESDAY: I’m A Celebrity…Get Me Out of Here! slipped to a second low in consecutive nights as The Apprentice also fell to its worst performance of the series.
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News
Formats due ‘next big wave’
Come Dine With Me creator Nell Butler has called on broadcasters to replicate UKTV’s Formats Lab scheme to inspire the next generation of formatted programmes.
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News
Ricochet chases next Supernanny after Thorogood hire
Ricochet is hoping to create another Supernanny-style hit following the hire of ITV factual commissioner Katy Thorogood.
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Ratings
The Apprentice and I'm A Celebrity hit by clash
WEDNESDAY: The Apprentice and I’m a Celebrity both shed a million viewers as they clashed for the first time at 9pm, and Channel 5’s Can’t Pay? We’ll Take It Away finished its ten-part run by beating Channel 4.
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Behind The Scenes
Micky Flanagan’s Detour De France, Sky 1
A star prepared to leave his vanity at the door and try anything on camera was a real boon
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Ratings
Great British Bake Off final is year's biggest show
WEDNESDAY: The Great British Bake Off bowed out with 12.3m last night - the biggest overnight audience of the past twelve months.
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Podcast
Talking TV: Bake Off & Rising Star
The latest edition of Talking TV hears about The Great British Bake Off’s recipe for success and asks why ITV pulled the plug on Rising Star.
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Behind The Scenes
Bad Bridesmaid, ITV2
Casting a comedian as the bad bridesmaid has forged a new hybrid format, writes Amy Dallmeyer.
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News
C4 plans sex education doc and transports women to The Island
Channel 4 has ordered a one-off documentary series about sex education in schools and is to bring back The Island for two series featuring both male and female contestants as it refreshes its factual entertainment slate.
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Behind The Scenes
I Wanna Marry 'Harry', Fox
Secrecy was vital to convince a group of girls that they were impressing Prince Harry, says David Tibballs
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The Broadcast Interview
Helen Warner, ITV
ITV’s director of daytime is confident that Good Morning Britain can succeed where Daybreak failed
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The Broadcast Interview
Tom Brisley, Iain Pelling & John Smithson, Arrow Media
The trio are revelling in their independence as they gear up to take TV into space
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Features
Northern Ireland: Factual Entertainment
As drama production booms, is fact ent still Northern Ireland’s biggest strength
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Comment
Flash the trash or aim for the stars?
Steven D Wright ponders the conundrum of whether your output matters after you’re dead