All Ben Frow articles – Page 30

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    Shaps to overhaul ITV commissioning

    2005-11-03T07:50:50Z

    ITV director of television Simon Shaps is planning a radical overhaul of ITV's commissioning system, creating three new genre 'ministries' and hiring around eight more commissioners.

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    You're beautiful to me

    2005-10-27T08:00:00Z

    Having inadvertently offended commissioning editors everywhere, Steven D Wright tries to atone - with shameless flattery.

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    Five to bring back Swinging sketch show

    2005-10-13T08:30:00Z

    Five's first homegrown comedy commission, Swinging, a sketch show about relationships and sex, has been recommissioned by the broadcaster.

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    Five in Bermuda Triangle

    2005-09-08T07:50:00Z

    The legendary Bermuda Triangle is the subject of Five's next week-long live programming event.

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    Five swims with sharks

    2005-08-25T07:50:00Z

    Five is to dive into the world of the great white shark with a week of live shows this autumn.

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    Five hires Betty for birthright show

    2005-08-04T08:30:00Z

    Five has given the green light to a 60-minute documentary from Betty TV called Middle Child Syndrome. Commissioned by controller of features and entertainment Ben Frow, the show will examine the psychology of birthright and explore the issues facing middle children, such as Tony Blair and ...

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    Five helps viewers get dream job

    2005-07-07T08:30:00Z

    Five is looking to help people to secure their dream job with a new series created by indies Maverick Television and Shine.

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    Menzies finds full-time ents role at Five

    2005-07-07T08:30:00Z

    Alex Menzies, the freelance commissioning executive behind Five reality show The Farm, has been handed a full-time role at the broadcaster.

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    Bedell takes commissioning role

    2005-07-07T07:50:18Z

    The BBC has drafted in independents executive Elaine Bedell to fill its long-vacant post of commissioning editor for features and factual entertainment.

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    ITV1 show moves to Five

    2005-06-23T07:50:10Z

    Producers on ITV1 show I Want That Househave been given their biggest home removal challenge yet with the show being lined up for a move to Five.

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    Row loses Spun Gold Jordan show

    2005-05-26T08:30:00Z

    Spun Gold, the indie set up by former Carlton executive Nick Bullen, has lost the contract to make a second series of ITV2's Jordan and Peter: Laid Barefollowing disagreements with the couple's agents.

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    BBC yet to fill key post as Frow spurns offer

    2005-04-21T07:50:10Z

    The BBC still has a gap to fill in its factual commissioning team after Five's Ben Frow turned down the factual features job.

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    BBC goes after Five's Frow

    2005-04-14T07:50:02Z

    The BBC is making a play for Five's controller of features and entertainment, Ben Frow, to fill one of two top jobs at the corporation.

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    Five to find out what Brits think of their bodies

    2005-03-23T08:30:00Z

    Five is to launch a nationwide poll to uncover the attitudes of the British to their bodies for a series from Endemol.

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    The mavericks of comedy

    2005-03-17T08:00:00Z

    By Alexandra Jardine

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    Five orders first original comedy

    2005-03-10T07:50:18Z

    Five has greenlit its first home-grown comedy commission with an adult sketch show about relationships and sex.

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    Frow: life lesson shows are losing appeal

    2005-03-03T08:30:00Z

    Lifestyle shows that attempt to tell people how to run their lives are losing their appeal, according to Ben Frow, the former Channel 4 commissioner behind hits including How Clean is Your House?

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    Five makeover duo to front The Farm

    2005-03-01T10:02:05Z

    Five's reality series The Farmis to return for a second run in April hosted by property presenters Colin McAllister and Justin Ryan.

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    Design duo front more for Five.

    2004-10-29T12:07:22Z

    Five's star signings Colin McAllister and Justin Ryan are to present a raft of new shows for the broadcaster, all through Ricochet South, including one in which they try to create dream weddings on a budget, writes Leigh Holmwood.

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    Design duo front more for Five

    2004-10-28T07:50:06Z

    Five's star signings Colin McAllister and Justin Ryan are to present a raft of new shows for the broadcaster, all through Ricochet South, including one in which they try to create dream weddings on a budget.