All articles by Robin Parker – Page 50
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RatingsDoctor Who 50th becomes most-watched drama of 2013
Doctor Who’s 50th anniverary special has passed Downton Abbey to become the most watched TV drama of the year after adding 2.6m in the week after broadcast.
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NewsCBeebies preps Three Little Pigs
CBeebies is lining up a multi-platform series of programming based around the story of The Three Little Pigs next Easter.
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NewsOperation Ouch twins secure Horizon slot
The twin brothers who present Bafta-winning CBBC medical show Operation Ouch! are taking their double act into primetime for the BBC’s Horizon strand.
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NewsC4 eyes Jamie Oliver web content
Jamie Oliver is in talks for Channel 4 to use content from his online channel Food Tube on screen and potentially for new on-demand service 4Shorts.
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NewsC4 recommissions Man Down
Channel 4 sitcom Man Down is to return for a second series next year, the broadcaster has confirmed.
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NewsEamonn Holmes signs five-year Sky deal
Sky News has signed breakfast presenter Eamonn Holmes up for five more years.
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NewsOfcom clears C4's gypsy programming
Ofcom has cleared Channel 4’s gypsy documentary franchises of breaking its code following a slew of complaints from the travelling community.
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The Broadcast InterviewSteven Moffat, Faith Penhale & Marcus Wilson
Doctor Who’s lead writer and producer, and BBC Wales head of drama discuss the next chapter
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FeaturesDoctor Who: Mark Gatiss
Writer Mark Gatiss tells Robin Parker about seeing his ‘passion project’ finally come to life, the challenges of dramatising real-life events and the constraints of BBC budgets
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NewsBBC2 orders Felix Dexter tribute
BBC2 is to pay tribute to the late comedy actor Felix Dexter in a one-off 30-minute show.
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The Broadcast InterviewBryan Kirkwood, Lime Pictures
Hollyoaks must stay true to its young audience by taking risks on often uncomfortable storylines
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NewsHollyoaks proud of edgy plots as it lines up male rape storyline
Channel 4 soap Hollyoaks is restating its commitment to controversial storylines with a plot about male rape, despite Ofcom recently upholding complaints about violence in the soap.
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NewsC4 hit The Mill was made for post-watershed slot
The producers of Channel 4 drama The Mill cut the show for a pre-watershed 8pm slot after the edit was completed, the show’s director has revealed.
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NewsBBC unearths lost Doctor Who episodes
The BBC has released nine long-lost episodes of Doctor Who on iTunes after they were discovered in a TV relay station in Nigeria.
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NewsBBC plans Playlister partner network
The BBC’s new ‘music curation’ service Playlister will evolve to connect to download-to-own digital services such as iTunes.
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The Broadcast InterviewAdil Ray, Citizen Khan
Citizen Khan talks about creating mainstream comedy, breaking Asian talent - and learning his craft on stage
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The Broadcast InterviewJim Sayer & Mark Downie, Maverick
The pair discuss branching out into comedy and putting innovation at the heart of all they do
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NewsNetflix to double original content spend
Original commissions are set to account for a fifth of Netflix’s content spend within the next few years.
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NewsTony Jordan to make first drama for UKTV
Drama became the latest piece of UKTV’s commissioning jigsaw to fall into place this week, after it ordered a project from Life On Mars co-creator Tony Jordan.
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The Broadcast InterviewNick Broomfield, filmmaker
On his latest doc, the filmmaker watched another journalist become the story - with troubling results