All Hat Trick Productions articles – Page 7
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News
BBC2 closes in on SNL-style show
BBC2 is preparing the last of its late-night variety pilots in the next few weeks – paving the way to launch a show this summer.
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Ofcom dismisses Isis Housewives complaints
Ofcom has decided not to investigate complaints made against BBC2 sketch show Revolting after it included an Isis-themed parody of the Real Housewives franchise.
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C4 launches fake news season
Channel 4 is heading into the post-truth world with a season dedicated to fake news.
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Hat Trick & Jed Mercurio team up for HG Wells drama
Hat Trick and Line Of Duty creator Jed Mercurio are working on an adaptation of HG Wells’ The Time Machine to mark the 150th anniversary of the sci-fi pioneer’s birth.
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Revolting star defends Real Housewives of ISIS sketch
The creator of BBC2 comedy Revolting has defended an ISIS-themed sketch parody of the Real Housewives franchise after the Hat Trick-produced show received a number of complaints online.
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Video
Outnumbered Christmas Special, BBC1
Festive return of the popular Hat Trick Productions’ sitcom.
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News
Hat 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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Brexageddon duo return to BBC2
BBC2 has ordered a hybrid satirical sketch and prank series starring The Revolution Will Be Televised and Brexageddon duo Heydon Prowse and Jolyon Rubinstein.
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Sacha Baron Cohen shortlisted for SNL-style BBC2 format
Sacha Baron Cohen and Andrew Newman are going head-to-head with Hat Trick and Princess Productions to win a Saturday Night Live-style format on BBC2.
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BBC3 unveils latest comedy feeds
Hat Trick and Happy Tramp Productions are among four indies that have been commissioned to produce six new BBC3 pilots for its Comedy Feed strand.
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Hat Trick plots Brexageddon satire for BBC2
The Hat Trick team responsible for BBC3’s The Revolution Will Be Televised is to produce a fast-turnaround satirical comedy for BBC2 reacting to the Brexit fallout.
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Ratings
Love, Nina loses out to The Secret
FRIDAY: BBC1’s Nick Hornby adaptation Love, Nina struggled to compete with the conclusion of ITV’s dark thriller The Secret.
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News
ITV defends The Secret
ITV has defended its “proud history of factual dramas” after The Secret was criticised in parliament.
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Ratings
HIGNFY ends Gogglebox’s dominance
FRIDAY: Have I Got News For You returned to BBC1 and loosened Gogglebox’s stranglehold on the Friday night 9pm slot.
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Features
Hot Picks: The Secret
What could make two pillars of the community – a well-respected dentist and a Sunday school teacher – ditch their normal lives to become cold-blooded killers? That’s the question posed by Hat Trick’s three-part drama for ITV, The Secret.
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Ratings
Boomers beaten by Gogglebox
FRIDAY: Boomers returned to BBC1 with a wobble and was unable to fight off the juggernaut that is Gogglebox.
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Features
Special Recognition: Have I Got News For You
Have I Got News For You is TV’s most popular satirical news format… allegedly.
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Hat Trick lands killer dentist drama from ITV
James Nesbitt will play a real-life dentist-turned-killer in ITV’s latest drama produced by Hat Trick Productions.
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Podcast
Talking TV - BBC3 special: Jimmy Mulville & Jon Thoday
Jimmy Mulville and Jon Thoday visit Broadcast towers for a Talking TV special, where they discuss their mission to save BBC3.