All Open Mike Productions articles
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News
C4 reducing The Last Leg run and resting Kirstie’s Handmade Christmas
Shows are latest victims of broadcaster’s cost-cutting measures
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Open Mike preps Chris McCausland C4 travelogue
Blind comedian to front four-parter The Wonders of the World That I Can’t See
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Live at Apollo delayed until 2021
Open Mike’s BBC2 format hit by social-distancing restrictions as Masterchef: The Professionals resumes filming
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Last Leg escapes Ofcom censure
Regulator opts not to censure satirical show over Miriam Margolyes’ comments about Boris Johnson
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ITV wields axe on comedies
Kevin Lygo has no plans to replace Birds Of A Feather or Jack Dee’s Bad Move
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C4 lines up Last Leg Paralympics specials
Broadcaster to air more than 100 hours of live coverage from PyeongChang
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Features
Entertainment programme: The Last Leg
The Last Leg took a giant leap forward in 2016 with a live, daily pre-watershed show reviewing the Rio Paralympics.
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News
Kayvan Novak to front C4 news spoof
Channel 4 head of entertainment Ben Caudell has ordered his first commission – a Kayvan Novak-fronted satirical format from Objective Productions.
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Live at the Apollo moves to BBC2
Live at the Apollo is to move from BBC1 to BBC2 as the latter bids to become more of a home for stand-up comedy.
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Ratings
The Last Leg returns with 1m
FRIDAY: The Last Leg returned to Channel 4 with just over 1m viewers, while the Women’s World Cup and Glastonbury helped BBC3 to a strong night.
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BBC2 reveals satirical election line-up
Jack Dee, Charlie Brooker and Rory Bremner will help BBC2 take an irreverent look at the general election this year through a range of satirical programmes.
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Nick Clegg can’t lift The Last Leg
FRIDAY: The appearance of deputy prime minister Nick Clegg couldn’t swell the audience of C4’s The Last Leg, while BBC1’s Musketeers fell to another low.
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C4 sends Jon Richardson on road trip
Channel 4 is sending comedian Jon Richardson on the road to discover what is takes to be a ‘happy adult’ for its latest order from Open Mike Productions.