All Ben Frow articles – Page 26
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NewsFrow: ‘no formats, no twists, no nonsense’
Director of programmes Ben Frow is to radically overhaul the Channel 5 schedule, shifting acquisitions to 10pm and playing new kinds of original commissions at 8pm and 9pm.
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NewsC5’s Frow chases ‘killer’ ratings
Channel 5 has commissioned a six-part docu-drama series from Crackit Productions depicting and analysing some of Britain’s most notorious murders.
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NewsEscape to the Country heads abroad
BBC2 has commissioned an international spin-off of long-running daytime format Escape to the Country from FremantleMedia UK’s Boundless.
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NewsBBC1 confirms Charlotte Moore as channel controller
Charlotte Moore has been confirmed as the controller of BBC1.
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NewsCharlotte Moore set to be named BBC1 boss
Charlotte Moore is poised to be unveiled as the new controller of BBC1, Broadcast understands.
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NewsITV2 conjures up hidden camera magic show
ITV2 has commissioned ITV Studios to conjure up a hidden camera magic show with a mystery magician.
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NewsAndy Bates returns to Food Network
Food Network UK has ordered a third Andy Bates-fronted series from Sweet TV.
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NewsC4 orders six First Cut docs
Channel 4 has commissioned six hour-long docs for its First Cut strand from up-and-coming directors including Alex Brooker: Man v Fat’s Eddie Hutton-Mills.
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NewsC5 hunts fact ent commissioner
Channel 5 has kicked off its hunt for a new factual entertainment commissioner following the departure of Ian Dunkley.
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NewsJeff Pope to make Lord Lucan biopic for ITVS
Jeff Pope’s next factual drama project for ITV will be a biopic on Lord Lucan, the playboy aristocrat who vanished after his children’s nanny was murdered.
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NewsAl Jazeera plans UK doc push
Al Jazeera English is planning a major drive on UK commissioning and is understood to want to air two original 60-minute docs every week.
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NewsITV checks in for B&B sitcom
Sherlock producer Hartswood Films is to make an ITV comedy drama about a 1980s-inspired bed and breakfast in Margate.
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NewsComedy Central eyes UK hits
Comedy Central is set to spend millions on UK multi-camera comedies as it eyes the production of four to five new series each year.
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NewsNat Geo on the hunt for UK indie projects
National Geographic is looking for tens of new projects from UK indies as part of its latest commissioning round, and has ordered an eight-part series about dwarfism from Dragonfly Film & TV.
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NewsGold greenlights Two Ronnies series
UKTV channel Gold has commissioned a three-part doc about Ronnie Corbett and Ronnie Barker from North One Television.
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NewsKay Mellor conceives BBC1 antenatal class drama
The Syndicate writer Kay Mellor is to pen a BBC1 drama following the lives of six different couples who attend the same antenatal class.
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NewsC5 books in vajazzling format
Channel 5 has ordered a new spa-themed entertainment format from ITV Studios.
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NewsNetflix orders raft of Dreamworks shows
Netflix has struck a landmark deal with Dreamworks Animation that will see it stream more than 300 hours of exclusive original programming from the Shrek and Kung Fu Panda producer.
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NewsITV lines up Christopher Jefferies drama
The Queen writer Peter Morgan is to pen an ITV drama about Christopher Jefferies - the man wrongly linked to the murder of Joanna Yeates in 2010.
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NewsDCI Banks set to return
ITV has commissioned a third series of Left Bank Pictures’ crime drama DCI Banks.