All Factual articles – Page 287
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FeaturesDocumentary programme: Interview With A Murderer
It was a landmark year for the true crime genre but Interview With A Murderer, which featured former ambulance man Bert Spencer, widely suspected of killing paperboy Carl Bridgewater, stood out.
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FeaturesDocumentary series: Exodus: Our Journey Into Europe
”We all think we know the migration story – our news is saturated with it. But this was the real story, stripped back and bare.” So said one judge of the category’s clear winner.
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NewsDiscovery and Sky agree carriage deal
Discovery and Sky have reached an 11th hour deal to keep channels including Discovery Channel, Eurosport and TLC on the pay-TV platform.
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NewsOxford Film & TV preps Hirst doc
Oxford Film and Television is to produce a documentary about Damien Hirst’s forthcoming art project Treasures From The Wreck of the Unbelievable.
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NewsC5 factual commissioner to depart
Channel 5 factual commissioner Ninder Billing is leaving the broadcaster to return to production.
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NewsGordon Ramsay returns to ITV
Gordon Ramsay is returning to ITV with a “hard-hitting” documentary series and a daytime cookery quiz, as well as a hosting stint on The Nightly Show.
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NewsMaxine Watson joins Twenty Twenty
Twenty Twenty has appointed BBC documentaries commissioner Maxine Watson as director of programmes.
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NewsEvening Standard editor joins Today programme
London Evening Standard editor Sarah Sands has been hired as editor of BBC Radio 4’s Today programme.
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NewsNetflix delves Inside British Vogue
Netflix has picked up the US rights to BBC documentary series Absolutely Fashion: Inside British Vogue after striking a deal with distributor Drive.
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NewsSky: Discovery demands £1bn for channels
Sky has revealed that Discovery is demanding £1bn for its portfolio of channels as the carriage row between the two media giants ratcheted up a level.
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CommentPossibilities are endless for VR wildlife documentaries
Immersive technology will transform how we make natural history, says Erfan Saadati
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Behind The ScenesThe Cult Next Door, BBC2
Sleight of hand in the edit helped illustrate this extraordinary story
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NewsGinger Spice helps BBC celebrate the ‘90s
Ginger Spice Geri Horner is to feature in an Outline Productions documentary as part of the BBC’s My Generation strand.
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NewsNetflix lifts lid on unscripted strategy
Netflix plans to release at least 30 documentaries and is looking to reach “double-digit” numbers of unscripted formats in 2017.
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NewsDonna Clark to join Darlow Smithson
Donna Clark, former head of formats and features commissioning at the BBC, has joined Darlow Smithson Productions as joint managing director.
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RatingsWinterwatch warms 3m
MONDAY: Winterwatch returned to the schedule with over 3m viewers – doubling BBC2’s slot average.
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NewsTigress scores marquee Nat Geo series
National Geographic is to explore the life of gorilla researcher Dian Fossey in a major Sigourney Weaver-narrated series from Endemol Shine’s Tigress Productions.
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NewsBBC restructures specialist factual team
The BBC has overhauled its specialist factual commissioning team - creating three roles dedicated to science, religion & ethics and history.
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NewsRobson Green explore coastline for ITV
Robson Green is to travel outside of Northumberland for his fourth ITV travelogue – exploring the UK’s coastline.
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NewsDragonfly examines African albinism
Dragonfly is to explore the persecution of people with albinism in East Africa in a one-off special for This World.