All Factual-entertainment articles – Page 98
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RatingsFactual hits boost BBC2
TUESDAY: The return of Back In Time For… and the growth of The Real Marigold Hotel helped BBC2 to a strong night.
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RatingsOne Show hits four-year high with Wogan tribute
MONDAY: The One Show recorded its biggest audience in four years after it was dedicated to Terry Wogan, the TV and radio presenter who died on Sunday.
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NewsGareth Malone heads to Invictus Games for BBC1
Choirmaster Gareth Malone will pull together an ensemble of members and veterans of the Armed Forces ahead of Orlando’s The Invictus Games for his latest musical endeavour for BBC1.
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NewsSky and October back US indie
Sky and October Films have invested in a US production company established by former History exec Julian Hobbs and ex-MTV chief Elli Hakami.
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RatingsGreat Sport Relief Bake Off sinks 2m
WEDNESDAY: The Great Sport Relief Bake Off was well down on last year’s Comic Relief cook up, as Channel 5’s 10,000 BC continued to fall.
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RatingsReal Marigold Hotel & Sugar Free Farm reel in 3m
TUESDAY: Social experiments The Real Marigold Hotel and Sugar Free Farm delivered over 3m viewers for BBC2 and ITV respectively.
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NewsKeo joins forces with Field Day
Keo Films plans to add arts, factual entertainment, history and lifestyle programming to its slate via a joint venture with newly-launched indie Field Day.
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NewsChannel 5 orders benefits experiment
Channel 5 is to hand three families on benefits £26,000 in a new social experiment from Dragonfly.
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NewsMagician Ben Hart to front BBC3 Objective series
BBC3 Killer Magic star Ben Hart is returning to the channel with a short-form series featuring a range of ‘life hacks’.
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NewsBBC2 explores East End poverty
Wall to Wall will transform a corner of London’s East End into a Victorian slum for a living history experiment to air on BBC2 towards the end of the year.
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NewsEvans vetoes new Top Gear producer
The reboot of Top Gear has run into more trouble after the BBC’s preferred replacement for executive producer Lisa Clark was vetoed by presenter Chris Evans.
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NewsBBC development ‘star’ joins Twofour
Ana De Moraes, the woman tasked with revitalising development at BBC Productions, is leaving the corporation after less than two years to take on a newly-created role at Twofour Group.
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NewsTeen Mom heads to MTV UK
MTV is to launch a UK version of American documentary reality series Teen Mom.
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NewsChris Evans reveals Top Gear plans
The forthcoming series of Top Gear will feature segments filmed in Las Vegas and Los Angeles.
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NewsHuman herd attempts wildebeest migration for Nat Geo
A human herd will brave harsh elements and deadly predators as it attempts to follow an African wildebeest migration in an ambitious October Films series for US cable network Nat Geo.
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NewsWall to Wall wins BBC4 band battle show
Stars from New Order, Soul II Soul and Ultravox are to feature in a BBC4 battle of the bands competition, produced by Wall to Wall.
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NewsOz format My Kitchen Rules returns to UK
My Kitchen Rules is to return to the UK after Channel 4 ordered a British version of the Australian cooking format.
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NewsTop Gear exec Lisa Clark steps down
Top Gear executive producer Lisa Clark is to leave the rebooted motoring format after just five months in the role.
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RatingsFirst Dates proposal helps C4 beat ITV
THURSDAY: First Dates helped Channel 4 beat ITV and BBC2 at 9pm, while Hunderby crashed out with 11,000 viewers.
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NewsObjective unveils fact-ent label
All3Media indie Objective Productions has taken the wraps off its factual entertainment label, headed up by former Sky entertainment commissioner Deborah Sargeant.