All Factual articles – Page 272

  • Only Fools & Horses
    News

    Gold celebrates with David Jason

    2017-01-20T10:25:00Z

    Gold has ordered Sir David Jason specials from Shiver and North One Television to help celebrate its 25th anniversary.

  • Rachel Morgan
    News

    Specialist factual commissioner exits the BBC

    2017-01-19T12:52:00Z

    BBC specialist factual commissioner Rachel Morgan is to leave the corporation after 18 months.

  • Idris Elba
    News

    Idris show sets sights on 'Instagram generation'

    2017-01-19T07:09:00Z

    Endemol Shine North is to stream clips of Idris Elba: Fighter on Facebook to entice the ‘Instagram generation’ to Discovery’s kickboxing series.

  • Supershoppers
    News

    Firecrest to diversify after securing C4 investment

    2017-01-19T07:05:00Z

    Scottish current affairs indie Firecrest Films is to diversify into factual formats, features and history and science programming after receiving investment from Channel 4’s Growth Fund.

  • Storyville
    News

    Britdoc strikes BBC funding deal

    2017-01-18T15:00:00Z

    Documentary backers Britdoc has partnered with the BBC in a three-year co-funding and engagement strategy partnership.

  • Hospital
    Behind The Scenes

    Hospital, BBC2

    2017-01-18T12:45:00Z

    Weeks to examine the challenges facing our hospitals.

  • Fiona Phillips
    News

    BBC plans mental health season

    2017-01-18T10:44:00Z

    Blink Films has landed a one-off BBC1 documentary exploring the physiological effects of stress as part of a season of mental health programming to play across the BBC this spring.

  • cowboy_builders
    News

    Shiver hires docu-formats boss

    2017-01-17T11:54:00Z

    ITV Studios label Shiver has hired former Ricochet creative director Mark Rubens as head of documentary formats.

  • Donald Trump
    Ratings

    Trump boosts BBC1 & C4

    2017-01-17T11:42:00Z

    MONDAY: Panorama and Dispatches both scored their biggest audiences in seven months with their investigations into the President Elect, but BBC1 trumped in the battle of the Donald documentaries.

  • Idris Elba: Fighter, Discovery Channel
    Behind The Scenes

    Idris Elba: Fighter, Discovery

    2017-01-17T07:30:00Z

    Hell and back in 4K with a Hollywood star

  • Big-Fish
    News

    TVF scores Discovery deals

    2017-01-16T11:39:00Z

    Discovery has picked up a slate of programming from London-based distributor TVF International for its global channels, including ITV4 fishing format The Big Fish Off.

  • Jimmy Fox
    News

    Objective US opens indie

    2017-01-13T17:10:00Z

    Peep Show US producer Jimmy Fox has launched a production business which will form part of Objective Media Group America.

  • Spy In The Wild
    Ratings

    Spy In The Wild spots 5m

    2017-01-13T13:18:00Z

    THURSDAY: Wildlife documentary Spy In The Wild launched ahead of BBC1’s previous animatronic outing Spy In The Pod.

  • Mark-Williams-Thomas
    News

    Netflix swoops for ITV's Investigator

    2017-01-13T09:52:00Z

    ITV’s The Jinx-style series The Investigator: A British Crime Story has been picked up by Netflix.

  • Hospital
    Ratings

    Hospital beds in with 2m

    2017-01-12T17:04:00Z

    WEDNESDAY: BBC2’s timely look at the NHS delivered an audience in excess of 2m as Gogglebox-inspired Common Sense struggled to find a sizeable crowd.

  • Spies
    News

    Ralph Lee expands C4 factual team

    2017-01-12T13:45:00Z

    Channel 4 has appointed three commissioning editors to its factual department as it prepares for the long-term renewal of its existing factual slate.

  • BBC Young Dancer
    News

    Francis Bacon & Paula Rego docs on BBC arts slate

    2017-01-12T10:02:00Z

    IWC Media, Kimset and Wavelength Films take on Britain’s cultural heroes are among a raft of BBC arts commissions.

  • Rob Carey and Camilla Lewis
    News

    Curve secures raft of orders

    2017-01-12T07:04:00Z

    Factual indie Curve Media has marked its second anniversary with a raft of commissions across the BBC and Channel 4 and is on the cusp of winning a major ITV primetime pilot.

  • Steve Condie
    News

    Rise bolsters factual team

    2017-01-11T12:41:00Z

    Plebs indie Rise Films has hired Betty executive Kate Morey as head of popular factual and 7 Wonder head of specialist factual Steve Condie as an executive producer as it bulks up its factual team.

  • Martin Clunes
    Ratings

    Clunes outmuscles Lumley

    2017-01-11T12:21:00Z

    TUESDAY: Martin Clunes’ ITV travelogue outmuscled Joanna Lumley’s recent effort as BBC2 failed to muster 1m for Our Dancing Town.