All articles by Robin Parker – Page 69
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NewsCBBC returns to Paradise Café
CBBC is to return to the South Pacific for a second series of comedy adventure series Paradise Café.
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News"No guts, no glory", Abraham tells commissioners
Channel 4 commissioners must take a “no guts, no glory” approach and embrace creative risks, incoming chief executive David Abraham has declared.
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NewsAbraham plans immediate C4 review
Incoming Channel 4 chief executive David Abraham is to conduct a fast-paced review of the broadcaster’s structure – and has vowed to maintain the “heart” of the organisation’s independence.
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NewsElection leaves viewers cold
The UK’s first TV election debates may have revolutionised politics - but they have done little to shake up viewing habits.
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NewsDavies makes personal history of 1980s for C4
Comedian Alan Davies is to make his debut on Channel 4 with a personal journey exploring the political and social changes during the 1980s that underpinned his teenage years.
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NewsC4 hunts new talent for Coming Up
Channel 4 is seeking up-and-coming talent for the 10th series of Coming Up in 2011, with Touchpaper TV again producing.
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NewsEmbarrassing Bodies extends site to tackle children’s health
Channel 4 has unveiled yet another brand extension for the Embarrassing Bodies franchise: a website devoted to children’s health.
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NewsE4 pilots contest to endure ‘in-laws’ from hell
E4 is lining up a comedy/reality hybrid in which two men compete to survive an evening with their respective girlfriends’ families - who are being played by actors.
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NewsSNP loses BBC debate battle
Scottish and Welsh nationalist parties have lost their battles with Ofcom and the court over their exclusion from the first televised election debate
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NewsSky election debate complaints top 700
Complaints over the second Prime Ministerial debate have swelled to more than 700 in the past week.
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NewsEastEnders rapped for showing real phone number
EastEnders “unwarrantably infringed” a woman’s privacy after displaying her business mobile phone number on a prop phone, leading to almost 3,000 unwanted and abusive texts, Ofcom has ruled.
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NewsVMTV takes film library online
Virgin Media is offering films such as Fantastic Mr Fox and District 9 online on its first on-demand web movies service.
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NewsC4 presenter fronts web beauty series
Supersize vs Superskinny presenter Anna Richardson is to front a branded web series funded by the Channel 4 show’s sponsor.
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RatingsBGT wins 48% share
Britain’s Got Talent peaked with 11.6m on Saturday night, a 48% share of viewers, as it entered its second week.
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NewsFlight chaos curbs HBO celebrations
The British Film Institute’s celebration of US cable network HBO has fallen foul of this week’s flight chaos, with Hollywood stars and execs now staying firmly in the US for the weekend.
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NewsEndemol to make cinema debut with Man City doc
Endemol’s sports division has secured its first theatrical release – a film charting a year in the life of Manchester City Football Club.
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NewsFox rejects Torchwood US
US network Fox has passed on a planned remake of Doctor Who spin-off Torchwood.
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NewsC4 shows to raise profile of UK Paralympic athletes
Channel 4 has fired the starting gun on its 2012 Paralympics buildup with a Saturday lunchtime magazine show and a one-off documentary from the creator of Jump London that will take viewers inside athletes’ bodies.
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NewsColin Murray to host MOTD2
BBC Radio 5 Live DJ Colin Murray is to take over from Adrian Chiles as host of Match of the Day 2.
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NewsOne Born Every Minute handed extended C4 run
Channel 4 maternity ward doc One Born Every Minute is to return with an extended run as part of a mammoth 20-hour double order for indie Dragonfly.