All articles by Balihar Khalsa – Page 60
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NewsCountry House Rescue to replace Watson with Davis
Ruth Watson, the property presenter Channel 4 poached to front Country House Rescue, will be replaced by Simon Davis in the fourth series.
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NewsBBC's Wonderland strand stalls
Commissioning for BBC2 documentary strand Wonderland is being paused to deal with a backlog of films being delivered late.
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NewsShooting Stars’ Angelos wins full C4 series
Channel 4 has ordered a sitcom from new talent Terry Mynott and a studio-based comedy from Dan Skinner playing his comic character Angelos Epithemiou.
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NewsBBC4 orders drama about Dispatches kidnap
BBC4 has ordered a single drama telling the story of the Taliban’s kidnap of award-winning journalist Sean Langan while he was making a Channel 4 Dispatches in Pakistan.
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NewsC4 appoints Jay Hunt strategy advisor
Channel 4 has appointed former Question Time editor Edward Havard to the newly created role of channel executive, to support chief creative officer Jay Hunt.
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NewsC4 gives True Stories original order boost
Channel 4 will commission 10 True Stories documentaries from next year, more than double the number when the international documentary strand aired on More 4.
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NewsBBC orders Stephen Lawrence Panorama
BBC current affairs strand Panorama is to consider the Stephen Lawrence murder case.
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NewsTop Boy to return for second series
Top Boy, Channel 4’s urban drama based on a Hackney estate, has been recommissioned for a second four-part series.
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NewsC4 talent to swap roles for 30th anniversary
Jimmy Carr will host a one-off Countdown special and the cast of Made in Chelsea will appear in Come Dine With Me as part of a ‘mash up’ night on Channel 4 to mark the broadcaster’s 30th anniversary.
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NewsC4 to merge daytime with fact ent / features
Jay Hunt has briefed Channel 4 staff about plans for its daytime commissioning team to be merged into Sue Murphy’s factual entertainment and features department.
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NewsC4 Education and Barclays launch youth fund
Channel 4 Education has tied with Barclays to establish a £100k fund that will be available to youths with community or business ideas.
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NewsCorrie cast to enter The Cube
The cast of Coronation Street are to take on The Cube for a Christmas special.
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NewsLive Deal or No Deal 'slated' by C4 viewers
Live editions of Deal or No Deal topped the most criticised programmes on Channel 4 last month.
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NewsC4 orders Falkland bomber doc
Channel 4 has ordered a film telling the story of a Vulcan Bomber used in the Falklands War that changed the outcome of the conflict.
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NewsRalph Lee to lead C4 factual department
Ralph Lee will step into the newly created role of head of factual with immediate effect, Channel 4 has confirmed.
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NewsC4 head of daytime quits
Channel 4 head of daytime Helen Warner is leaving the broadcaster to concentrate on her writing career.
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NewsC4 orders Groupon-style pilot from Storyvault
Channel 4 has ordered a pilot from Stuart Prebble’s Storyvault based on a TV version of website Groupon, which bids to get the best deals for a local community.
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NewsC4 overhauls current affairs
Channel 4’s decision to tender out contracts for Dispatches and increase the number of films in the documentary strand will give production companies a credible current affairs business model, producers have said.
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NewsBetty to develop bespoke ideas after Discovery sale
Betty will develop bespoke formats for Discovery alongside producing content for other broadcasters, following its acquisition this week by the factual giant.
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NewsC4 and Love given Bradford warning
Bradford’s Common Good Network (CGN) has written to Love Productions warning of the “serious risk of perpetuating dangerous stereotyping” of the city in forthcoming Channel 4 series Making Bradford British.