All articles by Robin Parker – Page 56
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NewsBBC launches Salford apprenticeship scheme
The BBC plans to recruit 100 apprentices from disadvantaged backgrounds to work at MediaCityUK over the next three years.
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FeaturesTop 20 dealmakers 2011
Broadcast crowns the top 20 international dealmakers of the past 12 months, from the top floor to the coal-face.
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NewsBattle lines drawn in comedy
Comedy has emerged as a key battleground after this year’s Edinburgh festival, as BBC1 and ITV1 unveiled new initiatives to fend off Sky’s latest offensive in the genre.
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CommentFirst look: The Comic Strip / Fresh Meat
Robin Parker casts his eye over two of Channel 4’s latest comedies.
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NewsElstein: Sky to exceed BBC/ITV quality
EDINBURGH: Sky’s growing investment in UK productions is shifting the debate about its impact on competition in the TV industry, according to a former director of programmes.
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NewsBBC1 boss unveils comedy/drama plans
EDINBURGH: BBC1 controller Danny Cohen has revealed a third series of Luther, a doc with comedian Kevin Bridges and a live natural history series as part of a raft of new commissions.
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NewsKatie Piper signs two-year deal with Channel 4
Channel 4 has signed up former model Katie Piper to a two-year exclusive deal and has also revealed some details of new projects for Derren Brown and Jimmy Doherty.
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NewsC4 lining up major entertainment projects
Channel 4 is planning to launch a major entertainment show in January, with six shows currently in consideration.
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NewsFawlty Towers producer dies
Veteran comedy producer/director and former head of BBC comedy John Howard Davies has died from cancer at the age of 72.
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CommentSeven Dwarves / The Marvellous Mrs Beeton with Sophie Dahl / Wilfred
Broadcast’s Robin Parker and Jake Kanter on ambitious dwarves, culinary history and a talking dog
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NewsPeep Show writer teams up with Brooker
Peep Show writer Jesse Armstrong is to pen an episode of Charlie Brooker’s forthcoming Channel 4 series Black Mirror.
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NewsC4 to strip This is England follow-up
Channel 4 is to strip This is England ’88 over three nights in the run-up to Christmas.
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The Broadcast InterviewJohn Cassy, Sky 3D
Sky has filmed more than 100 live events in 3D and its dedicated channel has a burgeoning arts and factual slate. But the story has to come first, its 3D head tells Robin Parker.
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FeaturesIsle of Wight 3D, Sky Arts
Having covered live sports and even opera in the past, Sky is taking its 3D trucks to the Isle of Wight this weekend for the first big music festival of the summer.
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The Broadcast InterviewThe Comedy Unit
With a series of hits under its belt north of the border, including Burnistoun and Gary: Tank Commander, The Comedy Unit has its sights set on the rest of the UK.
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NewsBBC3 picks up Scottish sitcom
BBC Scotland comedy Gary: Tank Commander has secured a network slot on BBC3 - the first such move for a Scottish sitcom in seven years.
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NewsRevealed: TV’s freelancer training gap
Financial pressures, employer cutbacks and the time-consuming task of job-hunting have led to almost a quarter of TV freelancers having had no training at all in the past four years.
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NewsOfcom clears raunchy X Factor performances - just
Ofcom is to revise the rules governing family entertainment shows after ruling that The X Factor final performances by Rihanna and Christina Aguilera were “at the very margin of acceptability”.
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NewsC4 orders three more runs of Million Pound Drop
Channel 4 is to air 29 further episodes of The Million Pound Drop Live this year after awarding producer Remarkable Pictures a three-series deal.