All Broadcasters articles – Page 681
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NewsC4 to visit The Paedophile Next Door
Channel 4 is planning to challenge perceptions of paedophilia in a potentially controversial documentary co-directed by Werner Herzog’s son.
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VideoVIDEO: Poppies, CBeebies
Go behind the scenes on the making of the CBBC and CBeebies Remembrance animation, Poppies.
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NewsMaxine Watson named BBC acting docs head
BBC documentaries commissioning editor Maxine Watson has been appointed as acting head of documentaries to replace Emma Willis.
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NewsChristine Bleakley heads to Ireland for ITV
Christine Bleakley is to front a six-part travel series for ITV from Northern Irish indie Big Mountain Productions.
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RatingsThe Great Fire doused by 24 Hours in A&E
THURSDAY: Peaky Blinders bowed out with 1.5m on BBC2 as Channel 4’s 24 Hours in A&E drowned out The Great Fire’s finale of on ITV.
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NewsBBC4 unearths more Detectorists
Quirky comedy Detectorists is returning for a second series on BBC4.
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NewsC4 orders Posh Pawn daytime spin-off
Channel 4 has ordered a daytime spin-off of Boomerang’s Posh Pawn.
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NewsSky Vision explores Ebola for Discovery
Discovery is to investigate the Ebola crisis in a fast-turnaround documentary produced by Sky Vision.
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NewsComedy Central poaches Turner programming boss
Comedy Central has poached Turner exec Jemma Yates to expand its international programming output.
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NewsBBC Worldwide hires global formats chief
BBC1 and BBC3 channel executive Kate Phillips has joined BBC Worldwide to lead its global formats strategy.
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NewsDanny Cohen: BBC feeling ‘devolutionary pressures’
Danny Cohen has admitted that “devolutionary pressures” on the BBC will increase following the Scottish independence referendum in September.
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NewsC4 creates deputy head of docs role
24 Hours In Police Custody commissioner Amy Flanagan has been promoted to deputy head of documentaries by Channel 4.
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NewsPanorama investigates Ebola epidemic
Blakeway Productions is to shine a light on the Ebola epidemic in a Panorama film for BBC1.
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RatingsBroadmoor locks up 2.8m
WEDNESDAY: ITV’s documentary exploring Broadmoor locked up almost 3m viewers as Grayson Perry: Who Are You? bowed out with a series average of 500k for Channel 4.
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NewsLightbox to lift lid on US campaign trail
Channel 4-backed indie Lightbox has picked up a commission from US cable broadcaster Esquire Network to follow an American political campaign.
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NewsC4 preps Special Edition property doc
Channel 4 is to follow a landlord’s attempts to only rent properties to attractive singletons in a Cutting Edge documentary from Special Edition Films.
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Behind The ScenesRemember Me, BBC1
A supernatural meditation on ageing and a return to his Yorkshire roots lures Michael Palin back to TV drama
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NewsWhistle Sports scores Sky deal
Whistle Sports is to work closely with Sky Sports to help online talent make the jump to TV after the pay-TV broadcaster invested £4.3m in the multiplatform network (MPN).
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NewsOfcom promises to act on diversity monitoring
Ofcom has shrugged off criticism of its record on diversity and pledged to help become the “guarantor of independence” as UK broadcasters embark on a major self-monitoring project.
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NewsC4 hails Growth Fund as evidence of risk-taking
Channel 4 has hailed its Growth Fund as an example of creative risk-taking and revealed that it plans to relinquish its production sector investments after five years.