All BBC4 articles – Page 13
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NewsBBC4 orders hipster doc
Tinopolis Group indie Mentorn Media is investigating the rise of the hipster for BBC4.
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NewsBBC4 to air live Eurovision UK qualifier
Mel Giedroyc will host an X-Factor style singing competition on BBC4 next month, in the first televised national song search for the Eurovision Song Contest in six years.
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NewsWall to Wall wins BBC4 band battle show
Stars from New Order, Soul II Soul and Ultravox are to feature in a BBC4 battle of the bands competition, produced by Wall to Wall.
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NewsBBC4 acquires Blink brain doc
BBC4 has acquired Blink Films biggest-budget show, a six-part series exploring the human brain hosted by neuroscientist David Eagleman.
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NewsAdam Crozier: merge BBC2 and BBC4
ITV chief executive Adam Crozier has urged the BBC to stay calm during charter renewal debate, while suggesting a range of efficiency proposals including merging BBC2 and BBC4.
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NewsBBC4 plans interactive pop music series
7 Wonder is to produce a four-part interactive history format about pop music for BBC4.
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RatingsCanal doc is BBC4's biggest show of 2015
TUESDAY: A film about canals became BBC4’s top-rated show of the year as ITV’s documentary exploring payday loans lost the 9pm terrestrial slot with a 6% share.
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NewsCassian Harrison: BBC4’s £30m budget sparks innovation
BBC4 controller Cassian Harrison has claimed that his £30m budget forces the channel to be more innovative.
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NewsSlow TV returns to BBC4
A sleigh ride through Lapland and the exploration of the biology of a 400-year-old oak tree form part of BBC4’s second slow TV season.
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NewsOsborne warned BBC2 & BBC4 under threat
The BBC warned chancellor George Osborne that it would be forced to close BBC2 and BBC4 unless it received concessions after agreeing to take on the cost of over-75s licence fees.
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NewsBBC4 reveals Storyville slate
A Wildgaze film exposing the actions of two high-ranking Nazis through the eyes of their sons and Sean McAllister’s Sheffield Doc/Fest winner A Syrian Love Story are among BBC4’s forthcoming Storyville films.
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NewsScripted reality heads to BBC4
Electric Ray is to produce a scripted reality series focused on a group of Bournemouth-based friends in their 60s, 70s and 80s for BBC4.
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NewsBBC4 ready for more slow TV
BBC4 is on the hunt for slow TV ideas on a bigger scale following the success of its Goes Slow season, which featured a canal trip and glassblowing.
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NewsBBC4 acquires Icelandic thriller
BBC4 has expanded its international drama slate with a 10-part Icelandic series, produced by Baltasar Kormakur, the director of Denzel Washington film 2 Guns.
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NewsWingspan explores bohemia for BBC4
Wingspan Productions is to explore what it means to be bohemian in a three-part series for BBC4.
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NewsBBC4 goes inside big six energy firm
BBC4 is to reveal the inner workings of SSE, one of the UK’s big six energy companies, in an access documentary from The Tube indie Blast! Films.
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NewsBBC4 relaxes with slow season
A two hour trip along one of Britain’s canals and a 30 minute show observing the manufacture of a wooden chair are to form part of a slow season of shows on BBC4.
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NewsBBC4 documents Culture Club reunion
BBC4 will chart the reunion of Boy George’s Culture Club for an access-all-areas documentary.
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NewsBBC4 orders museum quiz show
Griff Rhys Jones is to front an eight-part quiz show set in Britain’s museums for BBC4.
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NewsKayvan Novak creates Julian Assange-inspired BBC4 comedy
Facejacker star Kayvan Novak has created a Julian Assange-inspired BBC4 comedy as part of a raft of BBC programming marking the 800th anniversary of the Magna Carta.