All articles by Robin Parker – Page 109
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Hancock & Joan scoops triple Bafta nomination
BBC4 drama Hancock & Joan leads the way in this year's Baftas with three nominations.
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Virgin Media calls time on Trouble
Virgin Media Television will close its youth channel Trouble on 1 April, kickstarting an overhaul of the Living portfolio.
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Big Brother and The X Factor broke sponsorship rules
Ofcom has castigated a string of high-profile shows, including Big Brother and The X Factor, for brand sponsorship that tipped over into advertising messages.
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Gold to reopen Fawlty Towers
Fawlty Towers star and co-writer Connie Booth is to break her 30 year silence on the BBC1 sitcom in one of two specials for UKTV channel Gold.
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Fremantle US faces ex-staff lawsuit
FremantleMedia North America is facing a lawsuit from former employees who claim they were forced to work up to twenty hours a day with no statutory breaks or overtime.
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Scottish Parliament lobbies for national channel
The Scottish Parliament is to put pressure on the UK government to greenlight a proposed dedicated digital TV channel for the nation.
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Primeval to get the Twitter treatment
ITV is planning to engage the ‘Twitterati' in a mass live conversation about Primeval for the duration of the first episode of the drama's third series.
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Cohen: Make catch-up TV pay-per-view
On-demand services should introduce ‘micropayments' from 5p to£2 for catch-up views of big shows to recoup money lost through falling TV advertising revenues, FremantleMedia chief executive Tony Cohen has proposed.
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Digital Britain won't force mergers
Lord Carter has downplayed the role that Channel 4's future plays in his Digital Britain review, insisting the government will not “force any marriages” between broadcasters.
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BBC to make£400m cuts
The BBC is poised to make£400m of “painful” cuts over the next three years, with savings to include executive pay freezes and lower fees for top talent.
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Indies: the great divide
The gap between big and small indies has never been greater, Broadcast's Indie Survey 2009 has revealed.
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Great Escape for Ramsay in C4 Indian quest
The famously carnivorous Gordon Ramsay will get a taste of pure Hindu vegetarianism in a gastronomic quest across India for Channel 4.
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US comedian pens pilot for C4 Showcase season
Arrested Development star David Cross has written a sitcom pilot for Channel 4's second Comedy Showcase season.
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RTS success for C4 and The Devil's Whore
Channel 4 drama The Devil's Whore cleaned up at the RTS Programme Awards last night with three prizes including best drama serial.
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Peep Show to return for seventh series
Channel 4 has commissioned a seventh series of Bafta-winning sitcom Peep Show, whose writers picked up an RTS Award last night.
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Global outbreak for Brooker's zombie drama
Endemol has sold Charlie Brooker's Big Brother zombie horror Dead Set to four international territories.
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Gavin and Stacey to end after third series
BBC comedy Gavin and Stacey will definitely end after its third run, co-writer James Corden has confirmed.
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BBC pulls Horne & Corden gun sketch
The BBC has pulled a sketch from repeats of the first episode of Horne & Corden in which the duo perform a spoof anti-gun crime dance, in the wake of the shooting of 15 children in a German school this week.
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BSAC adds voice to product placement criticism
The British Screen Advisory Council has joined the myriad voices criticising the government for retaining the ban on product placement, branding its decision an act of “fundamentalist nostalgia”.