More News – Page 3825
-
News
Superstars (BBC1) - Paul Hoggart, The Times
'The original series was a big ratings hit, but I confess it left me cold.'...
-
News
Superstars (C4) - Alun Palmer, Daily Mirror
'For an hour at least, viewers of a certain age were transported back to their flickering black-and-white sets and ...
-
News
Cutting Edge: Beauty Queens and Bloodshed (C4) - James Walton, Daily Telegraph
'Cutting Edge explained in gripping detail what happened when these two regimes met - and it did so in such a way t...
-
News
Cutting Edge: Beauty Queens and Bloodshed (C4) - Christopher Matthew, Daily Mail
'After last night's documentary, one can't imagine any self respecting young woman wishing to be associated in any ...
-
News
Cutting Edge: Beauty Queens and Bloodshed (C4) - Robert Hanks, Independent
'The thing I admired about it was the way it found and kept a grip on a streak of black humour: not in terrifically...
-
News
When Michael Portillo Became a Single Mum (BBC2) - Charlie Catchpole, Daily Star
'He oozed niceness as he struggled to feed four Merseyside kids for a week on a budget that would be loose change f...
-
News
When Michael Portillo Became a Single Mum (BBC2) - Gareth McLean, Guardian
'This was a sweet and gentle film, rather than an urgent and political one.'...
-
News
When Michael Portillo Became a Single Mum (BBC2) - Jim Shelley, Daily Mirror
'It was the most cynical, shameless attempt yet by Michael Portillo to re-invent himself.'...
-
News
When Michael Portillo Became a Single Mum (BBC2) - James Walton, Daily Telegraph
'In short, they wanted to entertain us with a posh bloke out of his depth up North.'...
-
News
When Michael Portillo Became a Single Mum (BBC2) - Joe Joseph, The Times
'Michael Portillo was taking part in, essentially, a version of Wife Swap.'...
-
News
When Michael Portillo Became a Single Mum (BBC2) - Peter Paterson, Daily Mail
'It gives one a warm glow that Michael Portillo should take the trouble to learn for himself what it's like to mana...
-
News
Fremantle buys Aussie company
Fremantle media has bought Australian TV production company Crackerjack to develop Antipodean versions of Talkback formats such as How Clean is Your House?, writes Michael Rosser
-
News
Pye resurfaces at Sony
Former Granada senior executive Chris Pye has resurfaced with a new role as vice-president of worldwide formats at Sony Pictures Television International (SPTI), writes Michael Rosser.
-
News
Founder leaves Chrysalis' IDTV
Another senior executive from the Chrysalis TV Group has quit, a month after former Granada chief executive Steve Morrison and his management team took over the company, writes Colin Robertson.
-
News
Carlton to make kids series with Spanish animator
Carlton International and Spanish animation company Zinkia Entertainment have teamed up on a new pre-school TV property, Pocoyo, which has already been commissioned by ITV. The show, which uses Pixar-style 3D CGI animation, centres around a young child called Pocoyo, and a host of other characters. Fifty-two x 7-minute episodes ...
-
News
Ragdoll in global deals for boobah
Teletubbies indie Ragdoll has sold broadcasting rights for its latest kids series, Boobah, to Canal+ in France, where the show will air from January, and ABC Australia, where it will premier in the spring. Boobahlaunched on CITV and GMTV in ...
-
News
Granada's Allsop leaves to be consultant
Granada controller of format sales and acquisitions Malcolm Allsop is leaving the company to work as an independent consultant in the international arena. Allsop, who as Anglia's director of programmes was responsible for launching The Vanessa Feltz Showfor ITV, also discovered Trisha Goddard in Australia ...
-
News
LNN clinches distribution deal with BBC
LNN Factuals has signed an exclusive deal with BBC Worldwide for the format and distribution rights to Trading Treasures. The antiques challenge show has teams of contestants clearing their homes of unwanted collectables and selling them at boot fairs and flea markets. The winning team ...
-
News
Nick Jr pins down three new shows
Nickelodeon UK has made three acquisitions for its pre-school channel Nick Jr. Angelina Ballerina, a 39 x 30-minute series from Hit Entertainment featuring the voices of Judi Dench and her daughter Finty Williams, I Spy, a 26 x 30-minute show ...
-
News
C4 snaps up latest touchstone cop show
Channel 4 has acquired the free-to-air and pay-TV rights to Touchstone Television's new FBI drama, Line of Fire. Written and directed by Rod Lurie, whose credits include The Contenderand The Last Castle, ...