All articles by Catherine Neilan – Page 14
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NewsEcosse planning US expansion
Ecosse Films is planning to use the adaption of BBC1 series Mistresses by US network ABC as a calling card to break into the mainstream market.
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NewsDragonfly set to go West
Dragonfly is expanding its operations with the opening of a new office in Bristol later this month, after securing its first factual series commission for BBC2.
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NewsMassie joins September to build slate
ITV Studio’s former head of entertainment Bob Massie has joined September Films to build the indie’s slate of reality and entertainment formats.
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Adrian Bate joins Artists Studio
Affinity exec Adrian Bate is rejoining his Box TV colleagues at Artists Studio as creative producer.
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NewsBBCW merges acquisition teams
BBC Worldwide has restructured its content and production arm, merging its in-house and indie acquisition teams to create genre specialists.
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NewsC4 commissioner quits for BBC Salford role
The commissioner of Made In Chelsea, Tool Academy and Playing It Straight is leaving Channel 4 to spearhead the BBC’s entertainment output in Salford.
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NewsCoronation Street moves to Sunday over football clash
ITV is shifting an episode of Coronation Street to a Sunday night slot due to a clash with a high profile football match - leading the BBC to reschedule the final Call the Midwife.
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NewsS4C restructure halves commissioning team
S4C is to halve the number of decision makers and editors in a major restructure of the commissioning team.
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NewsBBC orders global childbirth doc
The BBC has ordered “a major global” documentary about childbirth around the world.
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RatingsCall the Midwife recorded by 1.9m
CONSOLIDATED: BBC1 drama Call the Midwife continued its domination of Sunday night ratings, knocking up consolidated figures of 10.66m (31.48%) – an increase for the third week in a row.
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NewsBBC Academy merges entry level schemes
The BBC Academy is merging the broadcasters’ entry level schemes to create a new programme called the Production Talent Pool.
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NewsOfcom issues warning to Shi'a channel
Ofcom has put Shi’a satellite channel Ahlulbayt on a warning and called its management in for a meeting to discuss compliance procedures - three weeks after revoking the licence for Iran’s English language channel Press TV.
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NewsDavid Jason to direct BBC1 comedy
Only Fools and Horses star David Jason is turning his hand to directing for a new BBC1 sitcom set in a struggling family funeral parlour.
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NewsBBC production faces streamlining for DQF
BBC management are mulling a major shake-up of the corporation’s in-house production arm, including the possible shedding of senior genre roles, it has emerged.
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BBC launches Human Race Olympics tie-in
The BBC’s international news services are launching a landmark season across all platforms that aims to examine “every aspect” of the human body.
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NewsS4C chief lobbies for change in online role
The new chief executive of S4C is lobbying government to widen its digital remit, enabling investment in online-only content for the first time.
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NewsArtists Studio to produce BBC2 Cubitt thriller
A psychological thriller based on parallel storylines of two hunters, written by Allan Cubitt, is set to be a BBC2 serial scheduled for 2013.
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NewsBBC1 secures comedy stars for Wodehouse
Timothy Spall and Jennifer Saunders are to star in a new BBC1 comedy series based on short stories by PG Wodehouse.
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RatingsCall the Midwife swells to 10.5m
CONSOLIDATED: Call the Midwife delivered nearly 10.5m viewers on its second episode, beating its own record-breaking debut.