All Ben Frow articles – Page 25
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Behind The ScenesSuspects, C5
Semi-improvised dialogue and a documentary shooting style give C5’s police drama an edgy, contemporary feel
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NewsFord and Frow strike Tallafornia deal
Channel 5 has acquired Irish reality series Tallafornia, Ireland’s answer to Geordie Shore, after striking a deal with TV3.
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NewsBroadcast Top 20 of 2013
Stories about Channel 4 were among the most-read of the year. Click through to see what else proved popular in 2013.
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Features2013: The year that was
Legends passed, TVC closed its doors, UK drama took on a Scandi influence and a schoolboy brought us to tears
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CommentOur Alternative Awards go to...
Broadcast picks the winners in the categories that really matter
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NewsC5 turns to love and death for new shows
Channel 5 has unveiled a wideranging raft of commissions including two series about death and a romance strand.
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NewsBen Frow slams ob-doc trend
Channel 5 director of progammes Ben Frow has hit out at the volume of ob-docs on British TV, comparing the commissioning trend to “going back to the docusoap days”.
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FeaturesGroupM tops list as orders fall
Broadcast Greenlight index shows commissions falling, but new shows breaking through
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NewsC5 orders baby bling doc
Babies wearing mini Louboutin shoes are to be the subject of Channel 5’s latest documentary, Blinging Up Baby.
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NewsChannel 5 News editor named
ITV News head of output and assistant editor Cristina Nicolotti Squires has been appointed editor of Channel 5 News.
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NewsC5 opens door to nightmare neighbours
Channel 5 has commissioned Flame TV to produce a series revealing some of the country’s most extreme and extraordinary neighbour disputes.
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NewsITNP docs boss joins C5 commissioning team
ITN Productions’ head of documentaries Guy Davies is leaving the indie after less than a year to become a commissioner at Channel 5.
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NewsDoghouse wins BBC4 & Yahoo! orders
Doghouse Media has won commissions from BBC4 and Channel 5, as well as an online fitness series for Yahoo!.
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CommentEdinburgh Festival: the best soundbites
Ben Frow on Big Brother, Vince Gilligan on Breaking Bad and Stuart Murphy on Shane Allen - click for a round-up of the best quotes from Edinburgh.
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NewsFrow brings drama back to C5
Channel 5 has ordered its first original British drama in eight years – a 10-part crime procedural called Evidence.
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FeaturesC4 leads commissioning revival
C4 was the busiest broadcaster in Q2 as hours ordered increased across the board.
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NewsChannel 5 calls in the RSPCA
Channel 5 has ordered a 10 x 30-minute documentary series from Middlechild Productions that follows a group of RSPCA workers who protect dogs from abusive owners and unscrupulous breeders.
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RatingsA tough act to follow
With the Olympics boosting last year’s viewing figures, maintaining volume was always going to be difficult.
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NewsC5 teams up with Wonga for adventure series
Channel 5 Productions is making a 4 x 60-minute adventure series funded and co-developed by controversial loan company Wonga.
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NewsITV orders October trauma doc
ITV will become the latest broadcaster to delve into the world of a medical emergency unit with a series from October Films.