All articles by Robin Parker – Page 92
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NewsEnfield sketch show shunted to BBC2 slot
Tiger Aspect sketch show Harry & Paul will move from BBC1 to BBC2 for its third run - despite scooping a Bafta for its most recent series.
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NewsFears mount over smaller C4
The prospect of a downsized Channel 4 will hit new talent and regional indies the hardest, outgoing chief executive Andy Duncan has warned.
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NewsE4 acquires US teen drama Glee
E4 has picked up UK rights to glossy US teen musical drama Glee, from Nip/Tuck creator Ryan Murphy.
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C4 orders 'Victorian' Muslim terrorist doc
Channel 4 is to draw parallels between British Muslim terrorists and Victorian anarchists in an “unsettling” 60-minute doc from the maker of The Seven Sins Of England.
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NewsHarry and Paul moves to BBC2
Tiger Aspect sketch show Harry & Paul will move from BBC1 to BBC2 for its third run - despite scooping a Bafta for its most recent series.
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NewsC4's Newman backs BBC comedy ambitions
BROADCAST TV COMEDY FORUM: Channel 4 comedy head Andrew Newman has urged the BBC to ignore the “psychotic agenda” of the Daily Mail and take more risks in comedy.
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NewsITV1 'unlikely' to want half-hour comedies
BROADCAST TV COMEDY FORUM: ITV1 is unlikely to go for 30-minute comedies for the foreseeable future, ITV comedy commissioning editor Michaela Hennessy-Vass has warned.
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NewsMurdoch Mysteries to film in UK
Canadian co-pro Murdoch Mysteries is to get more of a British flavour for its third run, thanks to a strengthened co-production deal between UKTV, ITV Studios, Global Entertainment and indie Shaftesbury Films.
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NewsE4 wants fact ent to fill Big Brother void
E4 is on the lookout for new British factual entertainment shows for the first time since Angela Jain took over as head of the digital channel.
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NewsBBC attacked over "arrogance" in review
A Tory-led cross-party government committee has blasted the BBC Trust’s “arrogance” over what it has deemed an incoherent response to the ongoing review of the corporation’s commercial operations.
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NewsFormer C4 exec joins Beckham guru's company
The C4 executive who handled Big Brother after the Shilpa Shetty race row has joined talent management company Crystal Entertainment as a director.
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NewsDisney strikes on-demand movie deal
IPTV platform FetchTV has secured the rights to films such as Doubt and Calendar Girls in a deal with Disney-ABC-ESPN Television.
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NewsMatalan to fund Hollyoaks music spin-off
Channel 4 has given the go-ahead for a 10-part cross-platform Hollyoaks music spin-off after Lime Pictures secured Matalan.co.uk as a sponsor.
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Bebo revisits gap years and freshers' week
Social network Bebo has ordered a second run of two of its flagship series: Endemol reality show The Gap Year and in-house production Meet the Freshers.
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NewsBBC1 eyes more Reggie Perrin
The BBC is understood to be close to commissioning a second series of Reggie Perrin after dusting off the 1970s sitcom earlier this year.
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RatingsSecret Millionaire returns with 2.8m
Channel 4 held its own against BBC1 last night, with the return of The Secret Millionaire attracting 2.8m viewers.
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CommentThe Reunion - The Proms
Robin Parker and Chris Curtis give their verdict on two of the weeks shows.
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NewsC4: new boss, same problems
Channel 4 is poised to fast-track its hunt for a new chief executive to resolve the uncertainties that have dogged it for the last two years over its future funding, size and scope.
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NewsC4 plans fresh push in NI
Channel 4 has tasked three commissioners with finding returnable series from Northern Irish indies in a bid to reverse the “endemic” lack of commissions from the nation.
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NewsITV1 goes for Hat Trick’s Dinner Date
Hat Trick Productions is moving away from its comedy roots with a dating-meets-cookery show pilot for ITV1.