All Factual-entertainment articles – Page 108
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NewsTop Gear: what happens now?
The BBC is beginning to pick up the pieces of £50m mega-brand Top Gear after executive producer Andy Wilman resigned and Richard Hammond and James May pledged loyalty to their co-host Jeremy Clarkson.
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NewsBBC2 boss: creatively exciting moment for Top Gear
Kim Shillinglaw has claimed BBC2 has the opportunity to reassess Top Gear before it returns to the channel.
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Ratings24 Hours in the Past transports 3.8m
TUESDAY: BBC1’s latest reality documentary format 24 Hours In The Past failed to uncover more than 4m viewers as Channel 4’s political comedy Ballot Monkeys climbed higher.
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NewsBBC2 controller targets ‘gorgeous’ single docs
BBC2 controller Kim Shillinglaw has called on producers to pitch more stand-out single documentaries and current affairs investigations.
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NewsMentorn hires former Betty head of features
Mentorn Media has hired former Betty head of features David Emerson as head of formats and features, as well as making three other appointments.
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NewsJay Hunt’s entertainment pledge
Jay Hunt has reassured the entertainment community that Channel 4 will not marginalise the genre after rolling the department into its factual entertainment team.
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NewsC4 to merge entertainment and fact-ent teams
Channel 4 is merging its entertainment and factual entertainment teams and will hand control of the super-division to Liam Humphreys.
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NewsBBC1 orders TV nostalgia format
Raise the Roof Productions will invite celebrities to take a nostalgic look at television in a 20-part format for BBC1 daytime.
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RatingsWeekend Escapes with Warwick Davis returns with 2.6m
FRIDAY: Weekend Escapes with Warwick Davis returned with a stable 2.6m, helping it beat the out of sequence Griff Rhys Jones’ Slow Train Through Africa.
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Behind The ScenesChannel Patrol, BBC1
Drones and GoPros helped us capture the busy English channel on a daytime budget, says series producer Rebecca Nunn
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NewsC4 develops doppelganger format
Irish indie Vision Independent Productions is developing a format for Channel 4 in which individuals will be tasked with tracking down their doppelgangers using social media and word of mouth.
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NewsITV Be heads to Marbella with Lime
ITV Be is to head to the Costa del Sol for reality series Life on Marbs from Lime Pictures.
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NewsMartin Lewis to host BBC1 experiment
Financial journalist Martin Lewis will front BBC1 hour-long special The Day The Cash Came, in which a working family is given a £27,000 hand-out.
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NewsSky Living to fix identity issues
The decision to row back from original commissions on Sky Living is a result of the channel struggling to find its identity under Sky ownership, according to executives close to the channel.
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NewsBoundless establishes regional hub
Boundless has expanded the remit of its regional production hub in Amersham, handing it powers to pitch shows and take editorial decisions for the first time.
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NewsBetty hires director of programmes
Bear Grylls: Mission Survive indie Betty has appointed Wall to Wall executive producer Duncan Coates as director of programmes.
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NewsC4 Growth Fund indie hires Jonathan Boseley
Fledgling indie Renowned Films has hired former London Live commissioner Jonathan Boseley following its Growth Fund investment from Channel 4.
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NewsBBC1 orders social experiment special
BBC1 is to follow the fortunes of a family after they are handed £27,000 in an hour-long special inspired by a Ugandan social experiment.
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NewsStudio Lambert lands first BBC1 order
Studio Lambert will send a doctor to live with three different families for a month as part of its first ever commission for BBC1.
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NewsCBBC constructs 'dream dens' for kids
CBBC is drawing up plans to create a series of dream dens for viewers in a makeover show fronted by Strictly Come Dancing finalist Mark Wright.