All Factual-entertainment articles – Page 96
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RatingsTop Gear loses 1.5m viewers
SUNDAY: BBC2’s revamped Top Gear shed 1.5m viewers from last week’s opener and was eclipsed by ITV’s coverage of Soccer Aid and BBC1’s Antiques Roadshow.
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NewsFremantle backs former Studio Lambert UK boss
Former head of Studio Lambert UK and former Top Gear producer Gary Hunter has launched a new indie with backing from FremantleMedia.
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NewsBig Mountain embarks on C4 Irish travelogue
Northern Irish indie Big Mountain Productions has partnered with Father Ted actor Ardal O’Hanlon to make an Irish travelogue for Channel 4.
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RatingsTop Gear reboot splutters for BBC2
SUNDAY: All-new Top Gear spluttered at the starting line, launching with the show’s worst series debut audience in a decade.
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NewsFifth Gear set for fourth home
Fifth Gear is gearing up for a move to its fourth new home after coming to an end on A+E Networks.
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NewsRaise the Roof wins C4 property format
Channel 4 has commissioned a daytime property format from Love It or List It indie Raise the Roof.
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NewsSenior digital commissioners depart in C4 shake-up
Channel 4 commissioners Adam Gee and Jody Smith are to leave the broadcaster after a more than a decade as part of a restructure at digital video service All 4.
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NewsLygo lifts lid on ITV masterplan
Kevin Lygo wants to ramp up ITV’s entertainment factor and identify schedule-building hits that can give the channel a clearer identity.
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NewsNetflix orders first competition format
Netflix has ordered its first competition format - a strongman series starring and produced by Sylvester Stallone.
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NewsThe Island and Hunted producer joins Channel 4
Shine TV’s former managing director Kelly Webb-Lamb has joined Channel 4 as head of factual entertainment.
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NewsStudio Lambert lands Hollywood trophy wife
Studio Lambert has landed an eight-part series for US cable network E! following a number of Hollywood trophy wives.
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NewsC5 resurrects House Doctor for daytime push
Channel 5 is resurrecting makeover format House Doctor as part of a multi-million pound move back into original daytime commissioning.
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NewsPulse Films strikes A+E Networks deal
Pulse Films and its East Entertainment label have struck an international distribution deal with A+E Networks.
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NewsSteven D Wright joins Blumenfeld network
Steven D Wright has become the first producer to join Remy Blumenfeld and Justin Bodle’s fledgling production network.
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NewsMinnow seeks spies for C4 series
Minnow Films is following up SAS: Who Dares Wins by putting 20 ordinary men and women through the rigorous recruitment processes of Britain’s intelligence services for a new Channel 4 series.
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NewsFremantleMedia backs Release The Hounds co-creators
The co-creators of horror gameshow Release the Hounds have joined forces to launch a genre-bending indie, backed by FremantleMedia.
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News60 Days In set for UK remake
Hit US prison experiment 60 Days In is set for a British remake after Pulse Films optioned the format rights.
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NewsSpun Gold eyes growth rush
Spun Gold is weighing up either a sale or an acquisition spree after reaching a “fork in the road” in its plans to build on shows including Great Canal Journeys.
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NewsTwofour lands ITV property format
Twofour is bidding to reinvigorate the home renovation format with an ITV daytime makeover show that cuts out ‘the boring building stuff’.
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NewsGreenbird backs Kalel Productions
Kalel Productions has become the eleventh indie to join the Greenbird Media network.