All Twenty Twenty articles – Page 4
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NewsTop orders: the best of the Edinburgh Festival
Radical anti-ageing format, Grenfell doc and spy drama among this year’s big commissions
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NewsGrayson Perry, Guy Martin & Boardwalk Empire writer head for C4
Jay Hunt unveils raft of series at Edinburgh TV Festival
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RatingsValentine’s boost for First Dates
MONDAY: Channel 4 found love with a First Dates Valentine’s Special which soared ahead of its Hotel spin-off.
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NewsMaxine Watson joins Twenty Twenty
Twenty Twenty has appointed BBC documentaries commissioner Maxine Watson as director of programmes.
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NewsTwenty Twenty dances off with BBC2 format
Twenty Twenty is to apply The Choir format to dance after securing a five-part documentary from BBC2.
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RatingsFirst Dates slips below 1m
TUESDAY: First Dates struggled to woo 1m viewers on its return to the schedule – up against tough competition from a slot-winning performance from BBC2’s Olympics coverage.
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NewsC4 orders second First Dates spin-off
Channel 4 has commissioned a second First Dates spin-off from Twenty Twenty Productions.
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NewsSue Murphy staffs up ITV fact ent team
ITV factual entertainment chief Sue Murphy has made her first hires – recruiting the commissioner of Channel 4’s Grand Designs and Embarrassing Bodies and the First Dates executive producer.
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NewsLisa Clark resurfaces at Eurotrash
Short-lived Top Gear executive producer Lisa Clark is to take charge of the Channel 4 reboot of Eurotrash.
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NewsThe story behind Eurotrash’s return
Rabbit show-jumping, naked Germans and singing dogs could be returning to Channel 4 after the broadcaster resurrected late-night magazine show Eurotrash as part of its Brexit referendum coverage.
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RatingsC4 feels the love with First Dates ratings
FRIDAY: Channel 4 enjoyed a strong night, as both First Dates and The Last Leg climbed to record ratings highs.
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Behind The ScenesFirst Dates, C4
Feeling the series was lacking something, we brought in our own staff to give the restaurant an identity - and provide some familiar faces to keep viewers coming back, says Nicola Lloyd
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NewsGareth Malone heads to Invictus Games for BBC1
Choirmaster Gareth Malone will pull together an ensemble of members and veterans of the Armed Forces ahead of Orlando’s The Invictus Games for his latest musical endeavour for BBC1.
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RatingsFirst Dates proposal helps C4 beat ITV
THURSDAY: First Dates helped Channel 4 beat ITV and BBC2 at 9pm, while Hunderby crashed out with 11,000 viewers.
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RatingsFirst Dates hooks up 2m
MONDAY: Stand Up To Cancer’s First Dates special performed solidly but was unable to beat Friday’s charity-themed Gogglebox.
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RatingsThe Choir drowns out ITV’s 60th celebrations
TUESDAY: BBC2’s The Naked Choir spoiled ITV’s 60th birthday celebrations after outperforming the commercial channel by 1m viewers.
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NewsBBC defends ‘Hunger Games-style’ social experiment
The BBC has defended new BBC2 format Britain’s Hardest Grafter as a “serious social experiment” after it was compared to the Hunger Games.
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NewsFirst Dates scores bumper C4 order
Twenty Twenty has notched up a super-sized order of dating format First Dates for Channel 4.
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NewsNBC picks up First Dates for US remake
Channel 4 dating show First Dates is headed to the US after NBC ordered an eight-part run of the Twenty Twenty format.