All articles by Ben Dowell – Page 7
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News
Attenborough visits Kew for third Sky 3D doc
Sky has commissioned a third 3D natural history documentary starring Sir David Attenborough, to be filmed at London’s Kew Gardens.
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Hague rejects World Service pleas
The Government has rebuffed calls by the Foreign Affairs Select Committee to reverse the decision to cut BBC World Service funding by 16%.
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Lord Patten to reveal BBC vision
New BBC Trust chairman Lord Patten has been selected to deliver the RTS Fleming Memorial Lecture, his first public speech in the role.
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BBC1 bets on Kay Mellor lottery winners drama
Kay Mellor, the writer behind Band of Gold and Fat Friends, has penned a new drama series for BBC1 about a group of supermarket workers who win the lottery.
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Gilbert to front R4's Good Read
Radio 4 controller Gwyneth Williams has chosen Harriett Gilbert to succeed Sue MacGregor as the permanent presenter for Radio 4’s book review programme A Good Read.
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R4 prescribes NHS comedy
Radio 4 has commissioned a new satirical comedy about the NHS called Polyoaks.
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Top Bafta for Sir Trevor McDonald
Newscaster Sir Trevor McDonald is to be awarded the Academy Fellowship at this Sunday’s Bafta TV Awards.
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Revolution develops Peace’s GB84 for C4
Channel 4 is planning to follow its adaptation of David Peace’s Red Riding with a new series based on GB84, the novelist’s fictional take on the miners’ strike of the 1980s.
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The Broadcast Interview
Kate Harwood, BBC drama
BBC drama has been on a roll under Kate Harwood, with a string of hits from Five Days to South Riding. So have we seen the last of the Victorian classics?
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Silver River examines secrets of art for Channel 4
Channel 4 News culture editor Matthew Cain is to ask whether science can explain the secrets of art in a three-part series for Silver River.
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Next stop South America for Jonathan Dimbleby
Current affairs veteran Jonathan Dimbleby is to journey across South America for his latest BBC2 documentary.
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The Broadcast Interview
Murray Ferguson, Clerkenwell Films
The chief executive of Clerkenwell Films isn’t letting US interest affect its approach to making Misfits, he tells Ben Dowell.
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Quickfire lines up Grant for Arabian Nights doc
Bristol-based independent Quickfire Media has secured Richard E Grant to front a 1 x 60-minute film about the Arabian Nights for BBC4.
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Behind The Scenes
Chekhov: Comedy Shorts, Sky Arts
Despite the tight budgets, Sky and indie Baby Cow secured some top talent for this series of comedy shorts. Ben Dowell goes on set.
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BBC unveils slate of 2011 docs
BBC commissioning editor for documentaries Charlotte Moore has greenlit a 3 x 60-minute series for BBC2 on the medical treatment of disfigured children, as part of a raft of commissions for next year.
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Objective remakes Tool Academy for E4
Objective Productions is making an 8 x 60-minute version of VH1’s US hit Tool Academy for E4.
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Zeppotron to create celebrity gossip show sitcom for BBC2
Endemol-owned indie Zeppotron is to make an improvised sitcom for teens set behind the scenes on a daily celebrity gossip show.
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C4 extends Come Dine With Me deal
MIPCOM: Come Dine With Me is to stay on Channel 4 for at least two more years after ITV Studios signed a new multi-year deal with the broadcaster.
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Ratings
ITV1 scores Sunday double
SUNDAY: ITV celebrated a double whammy, with The X Factor peaking with an audience of 16.2m and Downton Abbey adding an extra 1m viewers.
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The Broadcast Interview
Mark Damazer: Signing off from BBC Radio
In this exclusive interview, the outgoing Radio 4 controller discusses leaving the ‘best job in broadcasting’ and the controversies that marked his six years in the role.