All Hat Trick Productions articles – Page 8
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FeaturesSpecial 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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NewsHat 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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PodcastTalking 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.
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NewsWhose Line Is It Anyway? to get stage adaptation
Phil McIntyre Entertainment, Angst Productions and Hat Trick Productions are to turn Channel 4’s hit improvised comedy Whose Line Is It Anyway? into a stage show.
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Behind The ScenesBallot Monkeys, C4
C4’s Ballot Monkeys had to be filmed close to the wire to keep it topical. The solution? An unusual OB with four crews crammed into four coaches, writes Jimmy Mulville
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NewsJulian Fellowes adapts Anthony Trollope novel for ITV
Downton Abbey creator Julian Fellowes will renew acquaintances with ITV by adapting 19th century novel Doctor Thorne.
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NewsBBC3 move delayed until 2016
Plans to move BBC3 online have been pushed back until 2016 as the corporation waits for a decision on its proposals from the BBC Trust.
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RatingsAlmost 1m vote for Ballot Monkeys
TUESDAY: Channel 4’s quick-turnaround political comedy Ballot Monkeys narrowly failed to break the 1m mark for its opening episode.
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Behind The ScenesEpisodes, BBC2
When Wimbledon Studios went into receivership just before shooting began on Episodes’ fourth series, producer Debs Pisani had her work cut out keeping the production on track
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RatingsHIGNFY outperforms Gogglebox
FRIDAY: BBC1 overtook Channel 4 in the 9pm slot after the return of Have I Got News For You proved more popular than Gogglebox.
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NewsClarkson pulls out of Have I Got News For You
Jeremy Clarkson has pulled out of hosting an episode of topical news quiz Have I Got News For You, despite having been cleared to appear by the BBC.
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NewsC4 orders 'real time' election sitcom
Channel 4 will gear up for the general election with a “real time” satirical sitcom from the writers of Drop the Dead Donkey and Outnumbered.
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NewsHat Trick backs Emma Read indie
Hat Trick Productions has made its first indie investment in eight years after acquiring a stake in the indie launched by former ITN Productions executive Emma Read.
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NewsDanny Cohen: Avalon/Hat Trick BBC3 bid does not stack up
Danny Cohen has publically rejected Avalon Entertainment and Hat Trick Productions’ BBC3 rescue bid, arguing that the £100m takeover plan “does not stack up”.
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Behind The ScenesCritical, Sky 1
Jed Mercurio’s drama would take the audience to places, and show them sights, they’d never seen before
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NewsAvalon and Hat Trick submit ‘alternative’ BBC3 vision
Avalon Television and Hat Trick Productions have submitted their “alternative” vision for BBC3 to the BBC Trust as they bid to rescue the TV channel from closure.
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CommentComment: muddled thinking clouds BBC3 bid
So little of Avalon and Hat Trick’s BBC3 bid adds up. What’s their long-term goal, asks Stephen Arnell.
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NewsAvalon & Hat Trick detail BBC3 plans
Avalon Entertainment and Hat Trick Productions chief executives Jon Thoday and Jimmy Mulville have revealed plans to rebrand BBC3 and run it as an ad-funded service if the corporation accepts their £100m offer for the channel.
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CommentBBC3 buyout bid would have stifled creativity
A talent agency and indie proposing to buy BBC3? How did it come to this, asks comedian Tiernan Douieb