All Broadcast articles in 07 November 2003 – Page 2
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BBC4 Soul specials
BBC4 controller Roly Keating has commissioned two documentaries to air during a special 'soul weekender' on the channel early next year. The working titled Urban Soul, to be made by Smoking Dogs Films, will tell the story of modern R&B and its rise in popularity. ...
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Forsyth in BBC1 show
BBC1 controller Lorraine Heggessey and controller of entertainment commissioning Jane Lush have ordered a quiz show which will be fronted by former ITV star Bruce Forsyth. In the weekly Didn't They Do Well?two teams answer questions based on TV archives about major events, with a ...
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Art deco profiled
UK Style has ordered 6 x 30-minute series Art Deco Designs from indie Colonial American Productions to air from 11 December at 20.00. Presented by Maureen Lipman the show follows couples who love Art Deco houses. The series was commissioned by UKTV head of lifestyle Nick Thorogood and the executive ...
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Guinness on BBC2
The late actor Sir Alec Guinness is to feature in an Arena special to air on BBC2 at Christmas. The 90-minute Alec Guinness - A Secret Manwill be produced and directed by David Thompson, who had access to the actor's private journals and letters and ...
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Anglia builds Demolition Day for C4
Granada's Anglia TV is producing a new science reality gameshow for Channel 4 in which contestants are challenged to build the strongest structure they can in 72 hours, writes Paul Revoir.
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VTR profits shrink
UK post-production giant VTR plc has suffered a drop in its year-on-year operating profits. The group, which includes Soho post facilities VTR, Blue and The Machine Room, saw its figures fall by£2.2m to£1m for the year ending August 31 2003. But there was good news as pre-tax profits rose from ...
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Shriek sounds out Sky Movies
Shriek music and sound design has produced the soundtrack for Sky Movies' new idents. Shriek joined a five-way pitch, which required a new non-Hollywood approach. Sky commissioner Paul Butler said that he chose Shriek because 'it came up with something unexpected, and has produced a series of highly creative scores ...
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Marley to Mersey
Radio City managing director Sean Marley is to become commercial director at Mersey Television. Marley, who spent four years at the Liverpool-based Emap radio station, will take up the newly created position on 1 December. His appointment is part of Mersey's strategy of making the company a more broadly based ...
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Tern opens London office
Scottish indie Tern Television is hoping to bolster relationships with the commissioning community by expanding its operation into London.
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Real Life Media scores shows
Leeds-based indie Real Life Media Productions has scored a raft of commissions including a series looking at the impact the birth of twins and triplets have on families, writes Jon Rogers.
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Horror on Sky
The Horror Channel is to launch on Sky early next year, airing programmes ranging from Hammer House of Horror movies to Hollywood cult and comedy horror movies, series and biographies. It is in discussion with a number of firms which have pitched to produce its weekly magazine programme looking at ...
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Twofour hires Gage
Plymouth based indie Twofour productions has appointed former Big Breakfasteditor Emma Gage as development producer with a remit to expand its factual entertainment department. The appointment is part of the 4South West initiative to encourage programme making outside London.
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McMillan forced into receivership
McMillan, one of the UK's largest equipment suppliers, was this week forced to call in the receivers. Blair Nimmo and Neil Armour of KPMG Corporate Recovery have been appointed joint receivers at the request of the directors, writes Sam Espensen.
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Ultimate force move
Bentley Productions, producer of Midsomer Murdersand Ultimate Force, has appointed Natalie Collison as head of development and associate producer on the third series of Ultimate Force, following the departure of Emma Kingsman-Lloyd. Kingsman-Lloyd has joined the BBC as a producer ...
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Freeview viewers favour pop
Freeview viewers are tuning into pop and shopping channels rather than news, sport or the more highbrow output of BBC4, according to new Barb figures.
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Gabriel gig is Done and Dusted
Peter Gabriel's latest concert, Growing up Live, was filmed by Done and Dusted using 26 HD cameras from three main angles - above, below and eye level. This was to give the impression of heaven, hell and earth. The complicated post work was done at The Farm. The offline was ...
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Distraction sells Dream home to Germans
Distraction Formats has completed its first European sale of reality lifestyle show Dream Home, to German producer Blue Eyes Film and Television. Blue Eyes is now in discussions with local broadcasters. The renovation show, which first aired in 1999 on TV2 in New Zealand, follows two young families over a ...
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Outsource in LA deal
ITV voice production company Outsource Media has entered into a partnership with US audio facility group LA Studios. The deal gives Outsource exclusive use of its West Coast studios, while LA Studios will have access to Outsource's new facility in Sheffield, which it moves into this week. The company does ...
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My Family cracks German market
Award-winning BBC comedy My Familyis set to be made for viewers in Poland and Germany after producer DLT Entertainment secured format deals with TVP and RTL, writes Michael Rosser.
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Corinthian move
Corinthian TV has hired a new chief technology officer from the BBC. Paul Wilcock began his career at Granada in the 1980s and was head of operations