All Banijay articles – Page 67
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FeaturesBest single drama: Marvellous
In drawing on the energy and humanity of one individual, writer Peter Bowker and director Julian Farino concocted a one-of-a-kind drama to lift the spirits of even the most cynical viewer.
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NewsDan Isaacs to leave Kudos to join Featherstone
Kudos co-chief executive Dan Isaacs is to hook up with his former colleague Jane Featherstone again with Diederick Santer taking sole charge at the Endemol Shine-owned drama indie.
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NewsC4 commissions Paralympic series The Superhuman Show
Channel 4 has commissioned Princess Productions to make magazine series The Superhumans Show as part of its Paralympics coverage.
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RatingsCelebrity Big Brother peaks with 3m
FRIDAY: Celebrity Big Brother bowed out with a peak of almost 3m viewers but was narrowly beaten by February 2015’s final.
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NewsShine TV hires head of features & popular factual
Shine TV has strengthened its features and popular factual teams by promoting two executive producers.
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NewsKudos co-founder launches scripted indie
Kudos co-founder Stephen Garrett has launched scripted production business, Character Seven, and begun developing a supernatural series for Hulu.
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NewsShine takes The Force to Essex for Sky 1
Shine TV is to head to Essex for the second series of Sky 1 blue-light documentary The Force.
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NewsHincks slams ‘snobbery’ over BBC entertainment imports
Outgoing Endemol Shine Group president Tim Hincks has claimed that an “inherent snobbery” lies behind criticism of the BBC importing entertainment formats.
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NewsBBC1 orders Rillington Place drama
Endomol Shine Group’s fledgling label Bandit Television is to co-produce a dramatisation of the notorious Rillington Place murders for BBC1.
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RatingsMary Berry unable to top previous outing
MONDAY: Mary Berry’s Foolproof Cooking was unable to match the audience that tuned in to the Bake Off host’s previous cooking format.
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NewsEndemol Shine acquires digital firms
Endemol Shine UK has acquired digital production company Electric Robin and online talent management firm OP Talent.
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NewsChannel 5 orders benefits experiment
Channel 5 is to hand three families on benefits £26,000 in a new social experiment from Dragonfly.
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NewsShakespeare to get Philomena Cunk treatment
Weekly Wipe’s Philomena Cunk will provide a ‘comprehensive’ guide to the life and work of William Shakespeare in a 30-minute show for BBC2.
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CommentKeeping SVoD in perspective
Netflix and Amazon are about subs not viewers, says Kate Bulkley
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NewsJane Featherstone resurfaces with Sister Pictures
Former Kudos chief executive Jane Featherstone has established Sister Pictures and the company has secured a co-production credit on the third series of ITV’s Broadchurch.
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NewsMerger not behind Tim Hincks exit
Tim Hincks has predicted a bright future for Endemol Shine Group and denied that the merger, which created the UK’s first mega-indie, accelerated his exit.
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NewsHincks loss is a blow for Endemol Shine
Group unlikely to seek like-for-like replacement for departing boss
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NewsCBB draws complaints over Bowie death
More than 200 people have complained about a mix-up in Celebrity Big Brother over the death of musical legend David Bowie.