All Factual-entertainment articles – Page 85
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NewsZai Bennett named Sky supremo
Sky has overhauled its content team, with Zai Bennett effectively taking over Stuart Murphy’s old role days after Phil Edgar-Jones replaced Celia Taylor as non-scripted boss.
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NewsWhisper hires Top Gear director
Channel 4-backed indie Whisper Films is expanding beyond sports after appointing former Top Gear director Jim Wiseman to launch a factual entertainment division.
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NewsKitchen Nightmares lands in Brazil
All3Media International’s restaurant format Kitchen Nightmares is expanding its Latin American reach with a commission from Brazilian broadcaster Bandeirantes.
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NewsMicky Flanagan returns to Sky
Comedian Micky Flanagan is returning to Sky 1 for a six-part documentary two years after his Detour de France travelogue.
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NewsTwenty Twenty dances off with BBC2 format
Twenty Twenty is to apply The Choir format to dance after securing a five-part documentary from BBC2.
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NewsITV orders This Time Next Year spin-offs
Twofour is to apply the “entertainment grammar” of its transformation format This Time Next Year to a pair of ITV factual spin-offs.
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NewsCelia Taylor to leave Sky
Sky head of non-scripted Celia Taylor is leaving the broadcaster after seven years.
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NewsC4 doubles Naked Attraction order
Channel 4 has supersized its risqué dating show Naked Attraction for a second series.
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NewsOptomen formats boss joins BBC Studios
BBC Studios has appointed Optomen TV development director Jon Swain to lead its newly-formed popular factual unit.
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NewsC5 pledges to take more risks
Channel 5 is looking to broaden its programming repertoire and up its “mainstream populist” ambitions on the back of increased programming spend.
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NewsFormat fight on the horizon
A fierce battle is brewing to uncover the next generation of fact ent formats, after the BBC, ITV, Channel 4 and Channel 5 all identified new returners as a top priority.
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Behind The ScenesAmerican High School, BBC3
Underprivileged students at a public school in America’s Deep South face huge challenges, but their sense of hope and determination was inspirational, writes Marcus Plowright
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NewsReef TV managing director departs
Reef Television managing director Paul Hanrahan is leaving the business after more than a decade, sparking a senior management restructure.
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RatingsGogglebox climbs to a series high
WEEKEND: Gogglebox climbed to a series high on Friday as ITV drama The Level bowed out with a series average of 2.6m.
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NewsStudio Lambert's Common Sense heads down under
Australian broadcasters Foxtel and Network Ten have jointly commissioned Studio Lambert’s news show Common Sense - the third commission for the BBC2 format.
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NewsDavid Brindley lands BBC factual role
The BBC has hired Channel 4 factual commissioner David Brindley to head its renamed popular factual and factual entertainment department.
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NewsCPL preps C4 social experiment
Channel 4 will unite a group of elderly care home residents with a group of four year olds as part of a six-week social experiment.
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RatingsWatchdog beats This Time Next Year
WEDNESDAY: The revamped Watchdog outperformed ITV’s This Time Next Year – as E4 beat Channel 4 and Channel 5 with The Big Bang Theory.
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NewsFYI to ramp up UK co-pro deals
US cable network FYI is to ramp up its slate of co-productions with British broadcasters as it searches for high-end lifestyle formats.
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NewsBBC Studios unveils Auntie Prods
BBC Studios has dubbed Samantha Anstiss and Sam Bickley’s non-scripted division as Auntie Productions and unveiled two BBC2 commissions.