All articles by Robin Parker – Page 102
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NewsC4 opens up web archive
Channel 4 is to make 4,000 hours of shows from its 27-year archive available for free online.
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NewsC4 plans Dubplate Drama finale
Channel 4’s interactive music drama Dubplate Drama is to end after three series.
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NewsC4 under fire over BB live feed axe
Big Brother fans have attacked Channel 4’s decision to run this year’s show without a live feed on E4.
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NewsBig Brother housemates set for gruelling start
Channel 4 is promising the “most diverse and cosmopolitan” Big Brother line-up for the 10th series of the reality show.
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NewsBBC Trust under fire over pay scrutiny
A government report into BBC radio production efficiencies has been overshadowed by a spat with the BBC Trust over whether presenters’ salaries should be made public.
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C4 tells disabled people How to Look Good Naked
Channel 4 has ordered a three-part run of How to Look Good Naked featuring people with disabilities.
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BBC goes for Gold in Worst team’s Olympics spoof
The BBC is lining up a mockumentary about the 2012 Olympic Games from the writers of The Worst Week of My Life.
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Behind The ScenesMy Monkey Baby
In producing My Monkey Baby, Jaine Green took a hands-on approach to animal parenting
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The Broadcast InterviewQ&A: Endemol
Global format factory Endemol has forged its own transatlantic alliance as UK and US teams come together to brainstorm the next big thing. Robin Parker speaks to the men in charge.
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NewsGovernment launches review into kids on TV
The government is preparing a major public consultation on the use of children in TV shows such as Britain’s Got Talent, which last week saw 10-year-old semi-finalist Hollie Steel break down on live TV.
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NewsC4 and BBCW deal: favourite, but not sealed
A Channel 4 and BBC Worldwide joint venture looks set to win government backing, but the two parties are yet to sign a draft proposal less than two weeks ahead of the Digital Britain report.
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NewsHollyoaks tackles drink online
An online Hollyoaks spin-off is taking centre stage in a government strategy to use web drama to get youth-oriented campaigns to their target audience.
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Pact kicks off indie roadshows
Pact is extending a helping hand to struggling indies with a series of roadshows over the next month.
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NewsBBC4 needs more Answers
BBC4 has commissioned 13 more episodes of offbeat quiz show We Need Answers following a three-part trial run.
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NewsTern Digital debuts iPhone game spin-off
Tern Digital is launching an iPhone game based on its Channel 4 educational show KNTV.
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NewsCITV orders more Emu
Anarchic puppet Emu is to return to ITV1 for a second run following its revival two years ago.
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NewsBBC1 extends lifeline to Britain's villages
BBC1 is set to transform the fortunes of six villages in a primetime Lottery-funded series.
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NewsC4 to adapt Thatcher satire
The League of Gentlemen’s Jeremy Dyson is adapting Jonathan Coe’s satirical novel What a Carve Up! for Channel 4.
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NewsC4 hails Twitter experiment success
Channel 4 and Windfall Films are celebrating after interactive show The Operation: Surgery Live became the most popular topic on Twitter during its final episode.
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NewsPozzitive opens comedy vault
Rare photos and clips of comedians ranging from Steve Coogan and Armando Iannucci to Robbie Coltrane and Simon Pegg feature in an online ‘comedy encyclopaedia’ launched today.