All articles by Robin Parker – Page 61
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RatingsRev bows out with 1.7m
Press coverage of the religious community’s embracing of BBC2 sitcom Rev helped the series finale to reach 1.7m (8%) at 10pm – its best overnight performance since its launch.
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NewsBBC lines up Pope season
The BBC has lined up Ann Widdecombe and documentary-maker Mark Dowd for a season of programmes to coincide with the Pope’s visit to the UK next month.
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RatingsIT Crowd ends on 2.3m high
The IT Crowd cemented its place as Channel 4’s most bankable sitcom on Friday night after series four bowed out on a 2.3m high.
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NewsC4 restructures sales team
Channel 4 has appointed media agency veteran Mick Perry as head of airtime sales as it completes its restructure of its 175-strong sales team.
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NewsCBBC meets ballet boys
Real-life Billy Elliots and children trying to overcome a stammer will feature in a series of documentaries for CBBC.
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NewsHBO's Treme confirmed for Sky
David Simon’s Treme will come to Sky as part of its HBO deal, the broadcaster has confirmed, with back catalogue shows likely to be offered mostly via on-demand.
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RatingsCoast walks away with 2.6m
BBC2’s second trip to the Coast this week earned the channel 2.6m (11.2%) at 9pm last night.
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NewsRobinson explores Britain’s creation for Nat Geo
Time Team’s Tony Robinson has been signed up by National Geographic Channel and Channel 4 for a series that will explore the physical creation of Britain.
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NewsLiberty Bell’s Prebble founds new venture
Liberty Bell co-founder and creative director Stuart Prebble, and head of production David Buckley, have left the indie to start a new company.
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NewsIndustry in disbelief as Film Council axed
The industry has reacted with shock at the government’s decision this week to axe the UK Film Council, which has invested in broadcaster-backed films from Man On Wire to This Is England.
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NewsC4 picks up NBC’s 24-style conspiracy thriller
Channel 4 has picked up the UK rights to The Event, a conspiracy thriller with echoes of 24 and Lost that has been touted as one of the biggest US dramas of the year.
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NewsBBC2 to look at Victoria’s Upstairs Downstairs life
Bargain Hunt presenter Tim Wonnacott and School For Cooks’ Rosemary Shrager are to step into Queen Victoria’s shoes for a 20-part BBC2 daytime series.
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STV tests sketch comedy online
STV’s digital and on-air teams have joined forces to use the web as the testing ground for the broadcaster’s first sketch comedy commission in almost 20 years.
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NewsQVC to move to Chiswick Park
Shopping channel QVC is to uproot from Battersea to join fellow broadcasters Discovery Channel, CBS and Paramount at Chiswick Park.
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One in four Australians watch MasterChef final
MasterChef has broken its own ratings record in Australia, with one in four of the population watching the final at its peak.
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NewsC4-backed doc gets BitTorrent release
Renegade Pictures’ documentary The Yes Men Fix the World has had an ‘official’ release on peer-to-peer site BitTorrent after the activists featured in the movie became embroiled in a legal spat with the US Chamber of Commerce.
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NewsIndustry condemns Film Council axe
Trade bodies Directors UK and the Film Distributors’ Association have joined the chorus of criticism for the government’s “catastrophic” decision to axe the Film Council, which appears to have come out of the blue.
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NewsFilm Council axed in DCMS cull
The UK Film Council, which has funded broadcaster-backed films as varied as Man on Wire and This is England, has fallen victim to the government’s drive to cut costs and improve transparency.
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John Bishop brings 3.9m to BBC1
BBC1’s new entertainment show John Bishop’s Britain debuted with 3.9m (19.6%) on Saturday night.
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RatingsSherlock charms 7m
Sherlock, BBC1’s contemporary update of Arthur Conan Doyle’s classic mysteries, gripped 7m viewers at 9pm last night – making it the channel’s third biggest Sunday night drama in the past year.