All Fizz TV articles – Page 4
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CriticsLoaded; Mind the Age Gap; Panorama
“It’s a fun premise and has lots of potential, but isn’t laugh out loud – yet.”
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FeaturesDiscovery: strategic rethink
Discovery’s 2016 kicked off with Marjorie Kaplan settling into her role as president of global content, with grand plans to expand local commissions into global formats and scout for auteur-led, premium content.
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FeaturesA remarkable survivor
It’s been 25 years since Jools Holland ambled into shot and introduced the first artists to appear on Later – a quartercentury of steadfastness in a world of music that never stands still.
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FeaturesSingle drama: Ellen
Ellen is a touching, brutal and unforgettable rendering of the life of an isolated and vulnerable 14-year-old girl. In the words of one judge, it was “an extraordinary, beautifully written, directed and performed film that haunted me for days”.
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NewsDiscovery: commissioning threatened by carriage row
Discovery has warned that it could be forced to cut commissioning a result of its “unprecedented” carriage row with Sky.
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NewsC4 lifts the lid on Crystal Maze revival
The number of young viewers that watched Channel 4’s The Crystal Maze celebrity revival last year was a driving force behind the decision to bring back the cult gameshow for a supersized series.
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NewsBristol's Bottle Yard to host rebooted Crystal Maze
The new series of rebooted Channel 4 gameshow The Crystal Maze will be made at The Bottle Yard Studios.
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NewsThe Crystal Maze supersized by C4
Channel 4 has commissioned a supersized order of cult gameshow The Crystal Maze following its successful revival last year.
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NewsWinkleman pilots C4 podcast remake
Strictly Come Dancing host Claudia Winkelman has fronted a non-TX pilot adaptation of hit podcast Do the Right Thing for Channel 4.
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RatingsCrystal Maze locates 3m
SUNDAY: The revival of cult gameshow The Crystal Maze smashed Channel 4’s slot average but could not beat BBC1 and ITV dramas Poldark and Tutankhamun.
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FeaturesThe Crystal Maze
Design branding and titles for a Stand Up To Cancer celebrity re-boot of the cult 90s gameshow
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CriticsTV Critics: British Sitcom; Cold Feet; Panorama
“The programme distinguished itself by not taking a simplistic view of the past.”
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NewsChannel 4 refreshes Crystal Maze
RDF-backed entertainment indie Fizz is to make its reboot of cult Channel 4 gameshow The Crystal Maze “relevant and refreshed” for a younger generation.
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CommentNetflix rides to the rescue
Horse mystery drama is a sign of fresh opportunities for kids’ indies, says Peter White
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NewsTLC seeks wedding formats
TLC is keen to build on its slate of one-off talent-fronted documentaries and is eyeing its own Don’t Tell The Bride-style wedding format.
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NewsRDF indie lands Crystal Maze order
RDF’s fledgling entertainment indie Fizz is to produce the return of cult gameshow The Crystal Maze for Channel 4.
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Behind The ScenesUndressed, TLC
It’s 9am on day one of our auditions. The casting team are briefing a room of diverse women aged between 19 and 62 in preparation for their interviews, to be filmed in their bra and pants.
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CriticsTV Critics: Flowers; Game of Thrones; Horizon
“By the end of the hour Flowers had blossomed in to that rare thing on TV: something original.”
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NewsTLC joins naked dating trend
UK pay-TV channel TLC is to remake Italian dating format Undressed.