All UKTV articles – Page 30
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Features
UKTV: all change
It is all change in UKTV’s top 10 suppliers by hours table, with only four companies from the previous year still present.
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News
John Bishop scores bumper W renewal
W has ordered a further two series of John Bishop: In Conversation With… following a successful debut run.
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News
UKTV renews C4 sales deal
UKTV has extended its sales partnership deal with Channel 4 in a deal thought to be worth around £1bn.
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News
UKTV plots to double original hours
UKTV is hoping to double the number of original hours it commissions this year after growing its share of commercial viewership to an all-time high of 9.87% in 2016.
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Dave reloads gaming format
Dave is to supersize Dara O Briain’s Go 8 Bit by ordering two ten-part series of the video gaming panel show.
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Dave grabs Strongman rights
UKTV’s Dave is beefing up its sports coverage after signing a deal to air a competition featuring the world’s strongest men.
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Ratings
Zapped! grabs 350k for Dave
THURSDAY: Dave’s fantasy comedy Zapped! opened with an above-average audience as Paranoid and The Fall slipped to series lows.
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News
UKTV's W buys property formats from Cineflix Rights
Cineflix Rights has sold more than 200 hours of lifestyle and crime programming to UKTV, Sky and CBS Reality.
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News
Torode visits Korea for Good Food
Celebrity chef John Torode is heading back to UKTV for a Korean culinary adventure.
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News
UKTV moves into podcasts
UKTV is moving into the world of podcasts with crime series A Stab In The Dark.
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News
W to strip Halloween format
UKTV’s entertainment channel W is to strip a live horror format in the run-up to Halloween.
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News
Dave deletes TV Burp transgender skit
An episode of Harry Hill’s TV Burp which mocked the transgender community will be re-edited after Ofcom ruled it had become intolerable to shifting audience attitudes.
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News
Gogglebox-inspired Gold format leads UKTV slate
A Gogglebox-inspired show in which some of the UK’s best-loved comedy duos watch their favourite classic comedies is among a raft of commissions unveiled by UKTV.
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News
Blink boots up Dave gadget format
Comedian Marcus Brigstocke and Celebrity MasterChef winner Alexis Conran will put the world’s top gadgets to the test in a ten-part series for Dave.
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Behind The Scenes
Dara O Briain’s Go 8 Bit, Dave
Our comedy gameshow featuring celebrities taking part in lifesize versions of classic video games had to appeal to two different groups: hardcore gamers and the general audience, says Donald Taffner Jr.
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News
Avalon strikes global Taskmaster deals
Taskmaster is being remade internationally for the first time after Avalon struck a deal in Belgium.
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News
UKTV signs Irish sitcom
UKTV is bidding to tap into the success of Mrs Brown’s Boys after acquiring an Irish comedy from RTÉ.