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Channel 4 Million Pound Quiz
Contestants could lose £1 million in a new Channel 4
gameshow, it was revealed today.
Participants are given the sum at the start of the show, which will be
broadcast live from a secret secure location, but will have to watch their
cash disappear down trapdoors if they fail to answer questions correctly.
Channel 4 has commissioned the show, provisionally entitled The Drop, from
Endemol, the TV company behind Big Brother, which is gearing up for its
final series this summer.
Contestants will be chosen from social networking websites and even other
Channel 4 programmes in what producers say will "revolutionise how TV
gameshows are cast".
The Drop will go out over a week next year, with viewers watching the show
one day and live in the secret location hoping to take home £1 million the
next.
Remarkable Television, which is part of Endemol, said: "The Drop is a big
money game show with extraordinary jeopardy.
"Contestants are given their prize - £1 million in cash - at the top of the
show. For the first time contestants will be winning big - or losing it all
- live on TV.
"On each question our contestants face four trapdoors. One wrong move could
see their money literally drop through the floor."
18:18
February 01
2010 - waveguide.co.uk
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Mowlam Drama Wins Big Audience
Channel 4’s biopic of late politician Mo Mowlam was the
highest rated drama for the station for more than eight years, overnight
figures showed today.
The film, starring Julie Walters, drew an average of 3.5 million viewers
when it was screened at 21:00 last night.
The story of the former Northern Ireland Secretary’s battle with cancer and
her efforts to unite the North's leaders had a peak audience of 3.7 million
viewers, according to overnight ratings.
A spokeswoman said it was Channel 4’s highest rating drama since at least
2001.
14:21
February 01
2010 - waveguide.co.uk
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Jonathan Ross In Touch With
Channel 4
Channel 4 has confirmed it is "in touch" with Jonathan Ross
over his post-BBC career, the TV channel has confirmed.
Ross, 49, announced last month that he would leave the BBC when his contract
ends in July.
Channel 4's head of programmes, Julian Bellamy, has expressed an interest in
bringing him back to the station where he made his debut.
"I'm a huge fan," he told a newspaper. "Certainly we are in touch, and let's
see where it goes."
"I think he is a brilliant talent," Bellamy continued. "He's a friend of the
channel.
"It would be wrong for me to go into too much detail, but I would certainly
say that we've been in touch.
"We know Jonathan well... so let's see what happens."
Ross's first TV job was as a researcher on Channel 4 chat show Loose Talk,
in 1981.
11:48
February 01
2010 - waveguide.co.uk
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Elle Macpherson To Host Model
Show
Supermodel Elle Macpherson was named as the new host of
Britain’s Next Top Model today.
The series pits 25 aspiring fashion beauties against one another, with
glamorous photo shoots and “catfights on the catwalk” promised.
Each week, Macpherson and a team of judges will eliminate one contestant in
their quest to find a new cover star, with the winner scooping a contract
with agency Models 1 and a cover spread for glossy magazine Company.
Macpherson said: “I am really enthusiastic and motivated to work with the
team of Britain’s Next Top Model...We are looking forward to finding the
face that can represent the next generation.”
Macpherson, dubbed 'The Body', will also be executive producer of the show,
previously fronted by Lisa Snowdon.
The new series kicks off this summer on Living.
10:19
February 01
2010 - waveguide.co.uk
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Radio 1 To Launch Midweek Chart
A new weekly midweek "official chart update" is set
to launch on BBC Radio 1.
The half-hour show beginning on March 10 will air
every Wednesday between 15:30 and 16:00 in the run-up to the
traditional Sunday chart countdown.
Up until now official midweek chart numbers have
been issued to workers in the industry but not broadcast in this
format.
Martin Talbot, managing director of the Official
Charts Company, said: "The launch of this official chart update will
mean that, for the first time, music fans will get a reliable
insight into how the race for number one is shaping up."
The update will be based on the "sales flashes"
which are already circulated by the Official Charts Company to the
music industry on Wednesday mornings.
Greg James will be hosting the new weekly show. He
said: "I want to shine a light on all the songs going in and
dropping out of the charts.
"Why are people buying a specific record?
Why aren't they buying that one? Reasons like that."
09:20
February 01
2010 - waveguide.co.uk
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Five Interested In
Celebrity Big Brother
Celebrity Big Brother could find a new home on Channel Five.
Channel 4 will finish its connection with the reality show after Big Brother
11 in the summer.
However, Five has now shown interest in the celebrity version of the show.
Richard Woolfe, controller of Five, said: "Of course we'd be interested."
Woolfe, added that they would be less sure of taking on the original
non-celebrity version of the show.
He said: "The main show probably needs to go away and be rejuvenated."
Tim Hincks, chief executive officer of the show's production company
Endemol, said: "We're focused on making a brilliant show for Channel 4 this
summer.
"I've no idea what we'll be doing in a couple of years' time."
The final Channel 4 Celebrity Big Brother has just ended with cagefighter
Alex Reid taking the top spot.
08:02
February 01
2010 - waveguide.co.uk
Reader Comment
Lots of people call me sad cos I watch c b brother, I
think it's a great production and I hope it continues next year,
Best regards,
Ade
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i hope bb stays.... c5 or sky, i will miss it f it goes
totally
melsfreeway
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The standard BB has gone downhill but i've never laughed
so much at a reality tv show as i did when I watched CBB, please take it on
Five!!!!
naj1414
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i would love to see it coming back i am obsessed with cbb.
Please come back.
t_mntungwa
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PLEASE FIND A CHANNEL FOR BIG BROTHER ITS A GREAT SHOW AND LOADS OF PEOPLE
WATCH IT, THERE IS A AUDIENCE FOR THIS OUT THERE.
carolheavey
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