All articles by Ben Dowell – Page 4
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NewsCineflix signs distribution deal with LMNO
Mipcom: UK distributor Cineflix Rights has secured the rights to distribute US producer LMNO Productions back catalogue of programming.
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NewsChimpact game aims to swing TV deal
Mipcom: Children’s game Chimpact could be brought to the small screen following a deal between games creators Yippee! Entertainment and Studio Liddell.
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NewsBBC Radio launches dedicated site
BBC Radio has been given its own dedicated digital home with the launch of BBC iPlayer Radio and a new app.
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NewsBBC to investigate Savile claims
The BBC will investigate the claims being made against the late presenter Jimmy Savile once a police investigation has been completed, the Corporation’s director-general George Entwistle has promised.
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NewsCohen orders ‘grownup’ doctors doc for BBC1
BBC1 controller Danny Cohen has ordered a medical series that sources have indicated is the spiritual successor to BBC3 format Junior Doctors: Your Life InTheir Hands.
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NewsTiger Aspect hands Gould drama role as reshuffle continues
Endemol’s Tiger Aspect has continued its executive reshuffle, promoting Will Gould to head of drama to replace Greg Brenman, who is leaving to launch his own indie.
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NewsEntwistle still hunting BBC cuts
BBC director general George Entwistle has revealed that the corporation is running a pilot scheme in which a small roving team of staff are visit various departments in a bid to find radical savings.
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NewsBBC2 hires Hewlett to make 'balanced' Rupert Murdoch doc
BBC2 has commissioned media commentator Steve Hewlett’s indie to make a single documentary offering a “balanced” portrait of media mogul Rupert Murdoch.
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Richard Curtis to adapt Roald Dahl tale for BBC1
BBC1 is on the brink of greenlighting an adaptation of Roald Dahl’s short story Esio Trot by Notting Hill and Four Weddings and a Funeral scriptwriter Richard Curtis.
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Behind The ScenesMurder, BBC2
The Killing director Birger Larsen and the team behind his new single for BBC2 talk to Ben Dowell about bringing a Danish perspective to UK drama – and courting Helen Mirren.
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NewsMillionaire creator to pen gangster drama for BBC2
BBC2 controller Janice Hadlow has ordered the first self-contained TV drama series from Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? co-creator Steve Knight – a 6 x 60-minute period drama exploring gang life in 1920s Birmingham.
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Behind The ScenesLine of Duty, BBC2
Jed Mercurio’s new five-part drama for BBC2 tackles the thorny issue of police corruption. Ben Dowell pulls back the blue-and-white tape to meet the producers on set in Birmingham.
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NewsBennett commissions ‘real Shameless’ for BBC3
BBC3 controller Zai Bennett has made two high-profile factual commissions, including a series examining life on a Manchester estate that he has dubbed “the real Shameless”.
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NewsPeretti probes obesity for BBC2
BBC2 has greenlit a 3 x 60-minute Jacques Peretti documentary series for Fresh One investigating the history of obesity.
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FeaturesTV Fast Train: A springboard to learning
Celebrating the third annual Fast Train event, TV executives, commissioners and creative talents gathered at White City to reconnect with the value of training.
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Behind The ScenesHomeland: a whole different story
The budget for Israeli drama Hatufim wouldn’t even stretch to the pilot of the US remake. But both were important series and risky investments, the creator tells Ben Dowell
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NewsBBC plans doc answer to Channel 4’s fixed rig
BBC commissioning editor for documentaries Charlotte Moore has greenlit three films that rely on footage supplied by the public – a move characterised by insiders as a calculated answer to Channel 4’s vogue for fixed-rig documentaries.
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FeaturesWales: Roath Lock - a home fit for doctors, Daleks and flappers
From Crimewatch to Casualty, productions at BBC Wales’ new studio are already benefi ting from sharing skillsets, reports Ben Dowell.
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NewsWoolfe exits Prime Focus for ‘new venture’
Former Channel 5, Sky 1 and Living controller Richard Woolfe has left post-production house Prime Focus after less than a year.
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FeaturesRadio Fast Train: freelance skills
The BBC Academy’s training day for radio freelancers offered sessions from the likes of Radio 1 DJ Annie Mac and Woman’s Hour presenter Jane Garvey. Ben Dowell reports on the key events.