All Genre articles – Page 27
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RatingsStrictly hits 11.9m peak
WEEKEND: Ed Balls’ departure on Strictly Come Dancing helped the dancing format to its highest audience of the year, while Michael McIntyre continued to beat The X Factor.
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NewsWainwright awarded Wellcome Screenwriting Fellowship
Happy Valley writer Sally Wainwright will develop stories exploring science and health
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NewsC4 orders money-saving pilots
Britain’s post-Brexit attitude to spending and employment are to come under the microscope after Channel 4 ordered two pilots from Blink Films and RDF.
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NewsCreative Skillset hunts aspiring series producers
Creative Skillset is hunting for the next generation of series producers after launching its scheme for aspiring executives for the second year running.
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NewsTransparent co-founder joins Thinking Violets
Transparent Television co-founder Richard Hughes is to join Remy Blumenfeld’s indie Thinking Violets.
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NewsE4 orders confessional cab format
VH1’s confessional cab ride format Walk Of Shame Shuttle is headed to E4.
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RatingsStrictly retains 11m peak
SUNDAY: Strictly Come Dancing retained its 11m peak from last week as I’m a Celebrity and Planet Earth II fell slightly, while Andy Murray’s victory in the ATP’s World Tour Finals was watched by more than 5m.
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NewsRaised By Wolves fundraiser fails
Channel 4 sitcom Raised By Wolves is unlikely to return after Caitlin and Caroline Moran failed to secure sufficient funds from their crowdfunding campaign.
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NewsHat Trick's The Secret triumphs at RTS NI awards
Hat Trick Production’s The Secret and Erica Starling’s Find Me A Family were among the winners at the Royal Television Society’s second annual Northern Ireland Programme Awards.
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NewsC4 orders OAP wedding doc
Channel 4 will follow three OAP couples set to tie the knot in a one hour documentary.
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NewsWall to Wall boosts drama division
New Tricks producer Wall to Wall has made two new hires to boost its drama division.
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NewsBBC extends Wimbledon contract
Wimbledon will stay on the BBC until at least 2024 after the broadcaster and the All England Club extended their partnership by four years.
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RatingsSecret Life of the Zoo back with 1.5m
THURSDAY: The second series return of Channel 4’s The Secret Life of the Zoo fell below the 8pm slot average while ITV’s I’m a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here continued to dominate at 9pm.
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NewsBaby Cow swoops for Zadie Smith novel
Baby Cow, the indie co-founded by Steve Coogan, is developing a television adaption of Zadie Smith’s latest novel Swing Time.
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NewsITVS' Tall Story lands second order
Tall Story Pictures, the ITV Studios label run by Francis Hopkinson, has scored its second commission since a rebrand “put some air” between it and the rest of ITV’s drama units.
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NewsITV reveals entertainment plan
ITV is hunting for entertainment formats with the potential to go viral as it seeks to change the tone of the channel with a raft of new weekday and Saturday teatime shows.
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NewsFox acquires CBS legal drama
Fox has acquired CBS legal drama Bull which follows the work of a consulting firm dedicated to criminal trials.
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NewsAbraham: clarity top of my Xmas list
A decision about the future of Channel 4 is top of David Abraham’s “Christmas wish list”, as he claimed clarity was long overdue.
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NewsWhisper hires Top Gear director
Channel 4-backed indie Whisper Films is expanding beyond sports after appointing former Top Gear director Jim Wiseman to launch a factual entertainment division.
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NewsNaked lands E4 makeover pilot
E4 is piloting a makeover format from Simon Andreae’s indie Naked Entertainment.