All articles by Catherine Neilan – Page 13
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NewsVictoria Wood pens Joyce Hatto biopic for BBC1
Left Bank Pictures and Octagon Films are producing a BBC1 biopic written by Victoria Wood about the pianist Joyce Hatto.
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NewsBBCW inks Japan deal with Hulu
BBC Worldwide has signed a multi-year agreement with Hulu to licence content in Japan, making it the first British distributor to do so.
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NewsCBeebies develops kids’ number skills
CBeebies has ordered a multiplatform series to help children learn numeracy, as part of its new Love To Learn programming strand.
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NewsBBC exec lands C4 deputy head of factual role
Channel 4 has made two senior hires to its factual team, poaching talent from the BBC and Current TV.
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NewsTwofour hires Educating Essex editor
Twofour has appointed the series editor of Educating Essex to the new role of head of documentaries.
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NewsShock investor plans growth at DCD Media
DCD Media is set for a major overhaul that could coincide with a surprise investor’s plans to turn the super-indie into a multimedia player.
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NewsPratchett off to Borneo for BBC2
Fantasy novelist Sir Terry Pratchett is to travel to Borneo and track down an orangutan king as he contemplates the meaning of mankind’s existence for a new BBC2 documentary.
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NewsBBC confirms 3D Olympics broadcast
The BBC is to broadcast three key events from the London Olympic Games in 3D.
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NewsBBC excludes former staff from World Service party
Former BBC World Service staff have complained about being “contemptuously” excluded from an 80th anniversary party.
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NewsBBC staff plan second Birmingham strike
BBC Birmingham staff are to hold a second strike over plans to relocate all factual production to Bristol and Salford.
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NewsCurrent plans Spurlock Sunday
Current TV is dedicating an entire day to Super Size Me filmmaker Morgan Spurlock built around his award-winning expose into fast food giant McDonalds.
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NewsCountryfile's Thorman to leave BBC
Andrew Thorman, named as having contributed to the discrimination and victimisation of Miriam O’Reilly during last year’s tribunal, is leaving the BBC after 35 years.
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RatingsTOWIE recorded by 400k
CONSOLIDATED: ITV2’s The Only Way is Essex was recorded by 400k viewers to take its total audience close to 1.3m.
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NewsBafta to screen Stephen Lawrence film
Bafta is holding a special screening of the recent Panorama Special – Stephen Lawrence: A Time For Justice next month, in aid of the charity set up in his name.
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NewsNuttall returns to BBC as marketing chief
Lindsay Nuttall is returning to the BBC to head up marketing for drama and flagship channel BBC1.
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NewsMidwife exec to head drama for BBC Scotland
Chris Aird, executive producer of BBC1 hit Call the Midwife, has been appointed head of drama for BBC Scotland.
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RatingsMrs Brown bows out with 8.3m
CONSOLIDATED: The series finale of Mrs Brown’s Boys was recorded by 2m viewers, helping the BBC1 comedy pull an audience of 8.3m.
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NewsWhisper races off with first BBC1 commission
Whisper Films has won its first commission since being set up a year ago - a doc with the brother of Formula 1 star Lewis Hamilton.
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The Broadcast InterviewJezza Neumann: stepping out of the shadows
He once climbed a mountain in Tibet to bury rushes and his children call him ‘Spy Dad’. The director of Poor Kids tells Catherine Neilan about his golden rules for going undercover.
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The Broadcast InterviewSanjay Singhal, Dragonfly
Having become known for its fixed-rig shows on C4, Dragonfly’s MD is courting other broadcasters.