All articles by Robin Parker – Page 55
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MPs back creative skills scheme
A Skillset-backed report calling for better training across the creative sector has won the backing of culture secretary Jeremy Hunt and business secretary Vince Cable.
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NewsAxed BBC shows win at British Comedy Awards
Recently axed BBC2 comedies Shooting Stars and Psychoville had the last laugh at the British Comedy Awards picking up three prizes between them.
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NewsFilm-makers attack Frozen Planet over polar bear welfare
The BBC’s decision to film a sequence of Frozen Planet in a Dutch zoo was “an abuse of film-makers’ rights” that risked endorsing inhumane conditions for animals, the producers of long-running series Wildlife SOS have claimed.
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NewsLesley Douglas named Lime CEO
Lime Pictures, the indie behind Hollyoaks and The Only Way is Essex, has appointed former BBC Radio 2 controller Lesley Douglas as its new chief executive.
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NewsChris O'Dowd teams with Coogan for Sky 1 comedy
The IT Crowd star Chris O’Dowd is to adapt his short film for Sky 1’s Little Crackers into a full length comedy series.
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The Broadcast InterviewSue Perkins: ‘I can’t even read an autocue’
You won’t find the Great British Bake Off presenter embarking on a TV ‘journey’, but her light-touch approach to factual can still shed light on big subjects.
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NewsBBC3 eyes The Voice US
BBC3 is close to securing the rights of the US version of The Voice, to air after the UK version debuts on BBC1 next year.
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NewsBBC3 trials long-form online push
BBC3 is trialling long-form online comedy as part of a major push in the genre that includes a Jack Whitehall sitcom and recommissions for Pramface and Him & Her.
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NewsWhitehall bags BBC3 sitcom
Jack Whitehall is to get his own BBC3 sitcom as part of a major comedy push that will include six 30-minute online pilots.
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NewsBBC3 reveals diverse factual slate
BBC3 is to challenge young fathers to deliver their partners’ babies, while Radio 1 DJ Reggie Yates will go inside Britain’s gangs as part of a major crime season.
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NewsSue Perkins launches indie; developing comedy-drama
Great British Bake Off presenter Sue Perkins has teamed up with Red Productions to develop a comedy-drama with her own new indie.
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NewsGannon adapts Swiss Family Robinson for ITV1
Veteran drama writer and Soldier Soldier creator Lucy Gannon is developing a modern take on Swiss Family Robinson for ITV1.
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The Broadcast InterviewFresh One: expanding TV horizons
Fresh One has just passed a tipping point: less than half of its turnover now comes from Jamie Oliver shows. But his values permeate all its output, the senior team tell Robin Parker.
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NewsLinehan turns off The IT Crowd
Channel 4 sitcom The IT Crowd will not be returning for a fifth series but will wrap up with an extended special, creator Graham Linehan has confirmed.
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NewsBBC1 orders Citizen Khan sitcom
Comic performer and broadcaster Adil Ray is to take his Down the Line character Mr Khan to BBC1 for a studio sitcom.
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The Broadcast InterviewPeter Richardson and Nick Smith, The Comic Strip
From their Devon base, Great Western Features has recreated cinema’s golden age on a comedy budget. Robin Parker finds The Comic Strip creative forces enjoying a new lease of life.
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NewsDerren Brown to train celebrity assassin for C4
Derren Brown is to attempt to hypnotise a member of the public into ‘killing’ a celebrity in his new series.
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NewsUnions: "DQF will destroy the BBC"
Unions have accused Mark Thompson of “destroying” the BBC and “diluting” its programmes through the DQF proposals.
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NewsBBC4 cuts drama, keeps comedy
BBC4’s comedy investment is to be ringfenced despite a scaling back of drama on the channel under today’s proposals.
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NewsBBC4 buys two Scandi dramas
MIPCOM: BBC4 hopes to pick up on the success of The Killing with another Scandinavian crime drama centred on the discovery of a dead woman’s abandoned body.