All DSP articles – Page 5
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Darlow Smithson to infest Animal Planet
Indie Darlow Smithson Productions has been commissioned to make a new mini-series about major infestations.
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NewsBuilders down modern tools for C4 villa series
A group of builders are to be stripped of their modern tools and techniques and challenged to build an authentic Roman villa for a Channel 4 series.
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NewsC4 to turn up heat on climate change debate
Channel 4 is to dedicate an evening to the climate change debate including a film about how the green movement has failed.
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Survival docu-drama greenlit by Animal Planet
MIPCOM: Animal Planet has greenlit an additional season of Darlow Smithson’s docu-drama I Shouldn’t Be Alive.
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NewsDarlow Smithson lands survivor docs from TLC
Darlow Smithson Productions has won a brace of commissions from US cable network TLC, including a one-off film that is akin to a junior version of Touching The Void.
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The Broadcast InterviewJohn Smithson, Darlow Smithson
Darlow Smithson’s co-founder talks to Robin Parker about joining Endemol and how technology is changing documentary-making.
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NewsHawking’s Universe heads to C4
Channel 4 has bought Darlow Smithson’s Stephen Hawking’s Universe, a 4 x 60-minute science series that originally aired on Discovery in the US and the UK.
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NewsBBC nabs Stirling Prize in arts push
The BBC’s arts commissioning editor Mark Bell has unveiled a raft of new programmes that includes snatching the broadcast rights to the Stirling Prize for architecture from Channel 4.
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NewsDarlow signs with shock doc firm
Darlow Smithson Productions has signed a first look deal with news company Barcroft Media in line with plans to broaden the company’s output.
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One-off Darlow doc explores Air France mystery
Darlow Smithson Productions is to investigate the 2009 disappearance of Air France Flight 447 in a one-off doc for BBC2 and PBS strand Nova.
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NewsDragonfly bolsters creative team
Dragonfly Film and Television has made two new senior hires following the departures of co-founders Nick Curwin and Magnus Temple.
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NewsHammond to examine space shuttle
Top Gear co-presenter Richard Hammond will examine how the space shuttle works in a third run of his BBC/Nat Geo engineering series.
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NewsSnap buy boosts Endemol UK
Endemol UK has become the country’s biggest indie after completing a whirlwind deal to buy Tiger Aspect and Darlow Smithson Productions for around £30m.
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NewsEndemol buys Tiger and Darlow
Global production giant Endemol has bought Tiger Aspect and Darlow Smithson Productions for around £30m, ending the indies’ turbulent relationship with former parent IMG Media.
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NewsC4 to explore dawn of aerial warfare
Channel 4 is to recreate the aerial battles of World War One for a 90-minute documentary from Darlow Smithson Productions.
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NewsTiger and Darlow ‘orphaned’
Tiger Aspect Productions and Darlow Smithson Productions have been “orphaned” by parent IMG Media after it backtracked on its strategy to diversify beyond sport and put them up for sale.
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NewsTiger Aspect and Darlow Smithson up for sale
IMG Media has put Tiger Aspect Productions and Darlow Smithson Productions up for sale, either separately, or as a package that could be worth up to £40m.
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NewsC4 to mark tsunami anniversary
Channel 4 is to mark the fifth anniversary of the 2004 Asian tsunami with a feature-length documentary that edits amateur footage of the disaster.
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NewsC4 to air calls from Twin Towers
Darlow Smithson is to revisit the 9/11 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Centre with a feature-length examination of the calls that victims made to their families in their final moments.
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NewsJackson to head NHU, Smithson to take over at Tigress
Tigress managing director Andrew Jackson is stepping down to head up the BBC Natural History Unit, with Darlow Smithson’s John Smithson taking over responsibility for Tigress’ creative output.