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ITV commissions psychological thriller Thirteen Steps Down | Radio Times
ITV has announced a two-part dramatisation of Ruth Rendell’s chilling thriller, Thirteen Steps Down.
itv  thirteen-steps-down  ruth-rendell  2012 
10 weeks ago by tabardroad
ITV climbs Thirteen Steps
It will be produced by Neil Zeiger (Collision), with Alan Moloney (Treasure Island) and Mary Callery (The Clinic) exec producing and Marek Losey (DCI Banks) directing.
neil-zeiger  itv  thirteen-steps-down  feeds  news  2012 
10 weeks ago by tabardroad
'Thirteen Steps Down' Parallel Films
An ITV commissioned, two-part drama based on Ruth's 2004 standalone novel, 'Thirteen Steps Down', is now in production. The drama is being produced by Neil Zeiger and directed by Marek Losey with a screenplay by Adrian Hodges.
ruth-rendell  television  thirteen-steps-down  itv  2012  news  feeds 
10 weeks ago by tabardroad
ITV George Baker Tribute
ITV3 are showing the Wexford edition of Super Sleuths on Tuesday at 11:35PM as a tribute to George who sadly died on Friday. Simisola with an introduction by George will also be transmitted on 26 October 2011.
george-baker  tributes  2011  simisola  super-sleuths  itv  feeds 
october 2011 by tabardroad
Inspector More | The Sun |Showbiz|TV
LEGENDARY detective Inspector Morse is coming back - as a young upstart copper.
ITV is making a prequel to the long-running series which ended 11 years ago with the death of the grumpy tec, played by the late John Thaw.
morse  itv  crime-genre  television 
april 2011 by tabardroad
Television hit Downton Abbey helps save the real stately home where it is filmed - Telegraph
The runaway success of the period drama Downton Abbey has led to a revival in the nation's interest in all things Edwardian.
itv 
october 2010 by tabardroad
Filming begins on The Suspicions of Mr Whicher - ITV Press Centre
Four weeks of principal photography have begun on the ITV1 single drama The Suspicions of Mr Whicher.
itv  crime-genre  television 
october 2010 by tabardroad
DCI Banks: the case of the literary TV detectives | Television & radio | guardian.co.uk
The new ITV series is part of a wave of small-screen adaptations – which other literary sleuths would you like to see on television?
television  crime-genre  itv 
september 2010 by tabardroad
Press releases | Programme press releases | The Suspicions of Mr Whicher - ITV Press Centre
ITV commissions major adaptation of award-winning best-seller The Suspicions of Mr Whicher
itv  crime-genre  2010 
august 2010 by tabardroad
Cast announcement: The Little House - ITV Press Centre
Principal photography has begun on the drama adaptation of Philippa Gregory’s best selling novel, The Little House. The compelling thriller, which explores the psychological power struggles within one family, has been adapted for television by Ed Whitmore (IDENTITY, Waking The Dead, He Kills Coppers) and will be filmed over three weeks.
itv  television  thriller 
april 2010 by tabardroad
The return of Foyle's War - Telegraph
Anthony Horowitz, writer of Foyle’s War, explains how its fans helped bring the crime drama back from the dead.
itv  crime-genre  television 
april 2010 by tabardroad
Kevin Whately and Robson Green to star in Alan Plater drama for ITV
Alan Plater's second world war drama for ITV draws on 'research, family folklore and good old-fashioned invention'
itv  television  plater 
november 2009 by tabardroad
The Stage / News / ITV's Mackie criticises BBC's Upstairs Downstairs remake
ITV director of drama Laura Mackie has questioned the BBC’s decision to revive seventies drama Upstairs Downstairs, claiming it is likely to clash with a forthcoming series she commissioned more than two months ago.
itv  bbc  television 
october 2009 by tabardroad
Fellowes pens ITV1 drama series
Julian Fellowes, the Oscar-winning writer of Gosford Park, is writing a seven-part Edwardian country house drama for ITV1.
itv  drama  writers 
august 2009 by tabardroad
The Knowledge Online: ABC1 Audience Deserts ITV1. Great Drama Needed.
That ITV1's ratings are in decline is no great surprise - since this is the inevitable upshot of digital fragmentation. But one of the most worrying aspects of its current performance is the lack of upmarket viewers it attracts.
itv  comment  articles 
july 2009 by tabardroad
Hercule Poirot to return to TV
The character, played by David Suchet for 21 years, will return to film in The Clocks, the first of four new shows based on the fictional Belgian detective.
itv  crime-genre  television 
may 2009 by tabardroad
Cable girl: Rosemary and Thyme
Oh, to have been a pollinating bee on the wall when the seeds of Rosemary and Thyme were first planted.
itv  crime-genre  television  humour 
may 2009 by tabardroad
Sexton Blake star dies
Actor Laurence Payne, who won fame on television as the 1920s detective Sexton Blake, has died at the age of 89.
itv  actors  detective-genre  1960s  1970s  obit 
march 2009 by tabardroad
ITV prepares to mothball Yorkshire studios site
ITV is preparing to mothball its huge Yorkshire studios site, home to shows such as Heartbeat and The Royal, as part of its cost-cutting plans which will see hundreds of jobs cut and millions of pounds shaved off its programming budget.
itv  television  uk 
march 2009 by tabardroad
Loss of ITV Leeds HQ would be a 'killer blow' to Yorkshire production
ITV would deal a "killer blow" to the production sector in Yorkshire and Humberside if it closed its network programming base in the region, which is home to Emmerdale and A Touch of Frost, the broadcaster has been warned.
itv  production  media  television 
february 2009 by tabardroad
Top of the Cops Vote - ITV
So who will be hailed as Top of the Cops? You decide!
itv  vote  crime-genre  television  events 
february 2009 by tabardroad
Foyled again – ITV revives wartime drama Foyle's War
ITV has confirmed the return of 1940s detective drama Foyle's War, reversing the decision by former director of programmes Simon Shaps to axe the series last year.
itv  television  crime-genre 
february 2009 by tabardroad
ITV axes Wire in the Blood
ITV has axed Robson Green drama Wire in the Blood after six years in what is seen as the latest cost cutting move by the network.
crime-genre  television  itv  mcdermid 
february 2009 by tabardroad
ITV axes Wire in the Blood
ITV has axed long-running Robson Green drama Wire in the Blood after six series.
itv  crime-genre  television 
february 2009 by tabardroad
Sam Wollaston on last night's TV: Whitechapel and Moses Jones
It's just not safe on the streets of small-screen London - whichever channel you choose.
london  crime-genre  television  reviews  bbc  itv 
february 2009 by tabardroad
Heartbeat falls victim to ITV ad slump
Long-running 1960s police drama Heartbeat has become the latest casualty of the media advertising recession, with ITV shelving production of a new series as it seeks to cut programming costs.
crime-genre  itv  television 
january 2009 by tabardroad
The Bill cut to once a week
The police drama, which has screened as two hour-long weekly episodes for more than a decade, will be repositioned in the post-watershed 9pm to 10pm slot as a grittier action-filled series airing once a week.
uk  television  crime-genre  itv 
january 2009 by tabardroad
Lynda La Plante has lost the plot
Lynda La Plante is one of the greats of British television, right? So how come Above Suspicion is just the latest in the long line of tosh she's churned out?
itv  crime-genre  writers  comment 
january 2009 by tabardroad
Suchet wants to complete 'Poirot' series
David Suchet has revealed that he wants to continue playing Agatha Christie’s Hercule Poirot until he has filmed the novelist’s “complete works”.
itv  crime-genre  television 
january 2009 by tabardroad
ITV axes lavish version of A Passage to India
ITV has axed its lavish new adaptation of EM Forster novel A Passage to India, which was expected to star Matthew Macfadyen and Sally Hawkins.
itv  drama 
december 2008 by tabardroad
BBC - Press Office - Partners to bring broadband to the TV
The BBC, ITV and BT today are joining together to work as partners to promote a common industry approach and consumer offer to deliver on-demand TV over broadband.
bbc  itv  online 
december 2008 by tabardroad
BBC considers offering iPlayer technology to Channel 4 and ITV
The BBC is planning to offer Channel 4 and ITV the free and open use of its iPlayer online video technology, according to sources close to the corporation.
bbc  itv  television 
december 2008 by tabardroad
ITV rebrands online catch-up TV service as ITV Player
ITV is to rename its online catch-up TV service ITV Player in a bid to create a brand that will be instantly recognisable to consumers accessing its programmes online on other video-on-demand services.
itv  online  television 
december 2008 by tabardroad
ITV3: Top of the Cops
Top of the Cops for broadcast on Easter weekend 2009 - a one-off three-hour countdown ranking the best on-screen 50 detectives. Viewers will rank their favourite sleuths on itv.com from February. The final countdown will feature archive clips as well as interviews with actors, journalists and writers.
itv  crime-genre  television 
december 2008 by tabardroad
TV ratings - November 12: Germans help The Bill pick up 5.6m
ITV1 attracted 5.6 million viewers for the 25th anniversary episode of The Bill at 8pm last night, Wednesday, November 12.
itv  crime-genre  television 
november 2008 by tabardroad
Orient Express remake bound for ITV1
A new version of Murder on the Orient Express is bound for ITV1 as part of a commission of eight Agatha Christie adaptations from Chorion.
crime-genre  itv 
october 2008 by tabardroad
ITV3 tells forensic history
Matthew Kelly is to trace the history of forensic science in the police force in an eight-part factual series for ITV3
itv  crime-genre  documentary 
october 2008 by tabardroad
Taggart 'blowtorch murder' afternoon repeats too violent
ITV was reprimanded by regulator Ofcom for showing "harrowing and brutal scenes" - including a murder committed with a blowtorch - during the afternoon in a series of repeats of its Scottish drama series Taggart
itv  crime-genre  television 
september 2008 by tabardroad
There's no point spurning technology, creativity follows it
"Grade ought to know that the modern media landscape was actually shaped, almost entirely, by technologists..."
itv  comment  Articles 
september 2008 by tabardroad
Grade: Google is a parasite
ITV executive chairman Michael Grade has branded Google and YouTube "parasites" at technology conference IBC.
itv  comment 
september 2008 by tabardroad
Cable girl: Sherlock Holmes
Lucy Mangan on Dramatising the adventures of Sherlock Holmes ... with Jeremy Brett
crime-genre  comment  humour  itv 
september 2008 by tabardroad
There's been a murder: Taggart at 25
It is the world's longest-running police drama and synonymous with the grit and dark humour of Glasgow. It has featured nearly all of of Scotland's finest actors, and launched plenty of careers. Andrew Johnson rounds up 25 of the best
crime-genre  itv 
september 2008 by tabardroad
Can Rovers veteran Bet ever return?
"The last time was in 2003 when I did the Blackpool episodes with lovely George Baker as Cecil Newton," Julie recalls.
george-baker  comment  itv 
september 2008 by tabardroad
This Morning | Entertainment | Diane Keen
Diane Keen, 62 may be best known for starring in a classic coffee commercial but her acting career has spanned nearly 40 years appearing Cuckoo Waltz, Taggart and Ruth Rendell Mysteries and currently in the hit BBC1 soap opera Doctors.
diane-keen  itv  interviews 
august 2008 by tabardroad
ITV1 hunting drama for 9pm
"I believe strongly that we need returning series. A major channel can't survive on three-parters."
itv 
august 2008 by tabardroad
This Morning | Ruth Rendell
Dubbed The Queen of Crime, Ruth Rendell has written more than 40 novels and 13 more under the pseudonym Barbara Vine.
itv  ruth-rendell 
august 2008 by tabardroad
Competition Commission Deadline for investigation into Project Kangaroo bounced to next year
The Competition Commission has extended the deadline for its investigation into Project Kangaroo, the broadband video joint venture between ITV, Channel 4 and BBC Worldwide, into next year
BBC  itv  television  online 
august 2008 by tabardroad
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