All Broadcast articles in 17 June 2016 – Page 4
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News
ITV locks up slate of crime docs
ITV is planning a 60 Days In-style prison show as part of a raft of factual crime commissions.
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Vice orders Port Talbot film
Vice has ordered a documentary set in beleaguered steel town Port Talbot from the winners of its Rule Britannia pitch competition at Sheffield Doc/Fest.
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Features
The Settlers: review
“I am a settler, yes,” says a longhaired Israeli man, with a broad and revealing smile. “I love this land, and I hope to be bound to it until I’m buried in it.”
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Features
Sour Grapes: review
In recent decades, wine has become the investor’s best friend. Forget gold, art or jewels, there is more profit in a Petrus than a Picasso.
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Lord Puttnam calls for ITV to boost current affairs
ITV should dramatically increase its commitment to current affairs to strengthen its contribution to the PSB ecology, an influential review has concluded.
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C5 keen to 'own' down-the-lens docs
Knickerbockerglory is to apply the ‘down-the-lens’ technique of its Channel 5 documentary I’m An Alcoholic: My Name Is… to five further subject areas.
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Pressure on VFX firms to locate in tax havens
Visual effects firms are under continuing pressure from production companies and studios to locate in parts of the world that offerthe best tax credits, according to a panel discussion at last week’s Media Production Show in London.
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Features
Attenborough: BBC has an incomparable responsibility
Sir David Attenborough has spoken out about the value of the BBC as part of a wide-ranging conversation at Sheffield Doc/Fest, during which he reflected on his six decades in broadcasting.
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UK Screen appoints new board members
Members of UK Screen Association have voted four new directors to the board of facilities trade body.
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Upstart Crow to return to BBC2
Ben Elton’s Shakespearian comedy Upstart Crow will return for a second series on BBC2.
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BBC Parliament producers plan strike
BBC Parliament’s coverage of Prime Minister’s Questions could be hit tomorrow after producers at the channel voted unanimously in favour of a 24-hour walkout.
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C4 bulks up entertainment slate
Channel 4 is locking up seven strangers in a room for the chance to win £10,000 in a new Monkey-produced daytime quiz, while E4 has tasked DJ Charlie Sloth to find the perfect housemate.
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World lands ITV crime drama
ITV has commissioned Line of Duty indie World Productions and Finlaggan Films to produce a factual crime drama based on a Lanarkshire detective’s quest to bring a notorious serial killer to justice.
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Ratings
Heathrow doc, Upstart Crow & Henning Wehn struggle
MONDAY: BBC1’s Euro 2016 coverage of Italy v Belgium dominated the evening as ITV’s Heathrow doc, Henning Wehn’s immigration film and Upstart Crow bowed out with series lows.
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Carol producers tie with Red in TV move
The producers of Cate Blanchett-fronted feature film Carol are moving into television and have partnered with Red to adapt Henry James’ Portrait of A Lady.
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Enfield Haunting to return as standalone specials
Sky is set to bring back paranormal drama The Enfield Haunting as a series of standalone supernatural specials.
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Potato prepares bumper Reelz autopsy run
ITV Studios indie Potato has landed a bumper order of Autopsy: The Last Hours Of… for US cable and satellite network Reelz.
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Video
VIDEO: Trooping the Colour: 360 experience, BBC
Click for a Queen’s eye view from the royal dais as part of the 90th birthday cekebrations.
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Media Production Show: day 2
More seminars, interviews and demos - click for the video highlights from the second day of the Broadcast event.