All articles by Robin Parker – Page 110
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BBC and ITV hunt 'ordinary lives' dramas
TV Drama Forum: BBC and ITV drama commissioners are on the lookout for more contemporary series about ordinary lives.
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Kosminsky: Where is the BBC's mischief?
TV Drama Forum: Writer and director Peter Kosminsky has launched a blistering attack on the BBC, claiming it has abandoned troublemaking drama and is stifling creativity through an emphasis on “top-down” commissioning.
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Video: Andy Duncan, chief executive, C4
Footage from the Broadcast Interview with Channel 4 chief executive Andy Duncan.
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BBC names Scottish ent commissioner
Alan Tyler has been named the BBC's new Glasgow-based executive editor of entertainment commissioning as part of the corporation's shake-up of network programming from the nation's and regions.
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C4: no guarantees on programming budget
The worsening advertising market could force Channel 4 to cut its 2009 programming budget further after it emerged that the broadcaster had already shaved off an extra£25m at the start of this year.
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Musical prodigies in C4 recital
A renowned teenage classical composer will recruit the best musical prodigies from around the world to perform his latest concerto for a Channel 4 series.
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C4 disability drama to poke fun at reality TV
Channel 4 has commissioned a mockumentary about six disabled characters spending a Shipwrecked-style year on a desert island.
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BBC2 lands first fruit of James May's Plum deal
James May will build a Plasticine garden at the Chelsea Flower Show - part of the first commission from an exclusive deal the presenter has signed with Plum Pictures.
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Brydon to host BBC1 quiz
Rob Brydon is to take over as host of BBC1 panel game Would I Lie To You? when it returns for a third series.
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The Broadcast InterviewAndy Duncan, Channel 4
Channel 4’s boss tells Robin Parker that the BBC must give commercial PSBs a break if a “mixed ecology” is to continue funding creative programming.
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Prince Charmings seek UK romance
Executive producer Nick Parnes on assembling a group of foreign princes looking for love.
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Okonedo to star in BBC4's Mrs Mandela drama
Winnie Mandela is the latest real-life figure to get the BBC4 biopic treatment in a one-off drama from Diverse Production.
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Blinkbox beams up Andromeda
TV website Blinkbox has secured the rights to full-length episodes of sci-fi shows such as Andromeda and US reality show My Bare Lady after signing deals with Fireworks International and Zig Zag Productions.
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Pact opens doors to digital and distributors
Pact is extending its membership to digital content producers and distributors for the first time.
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Ed Crick scores Bullseye job
Zodiak Entertainment-owned indie Bullseye Television Production has appointed Ed Crick as managing director.
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Duncan: Licence fee to outstrip ad revenue by£1bn
The BBC's licence fee revenues are set to outstrip commercial rivals' advertising revenues by almost£1bn this year, Channel 4 chief executive Andy Duncan has warned.
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C4 chief exec to take 35% pay cut
Channel 4 chief executive Andy Duncan and director of TV and content Kevin Lygo will both take home less than£600,000 this year after agreeing pay cuts.
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Ofcom raps BBC for misleading interviewee
Ofcom has censured the production team behind the BBC3 documentary Amy: My Body For Bucks for failing to tell a contributor that the programme focused on the sex industry.