All Factual articles – Page 292
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RatingsMartin Clunes ITV animal doc dips below 3m
FRIDAY: Martin Clunes’ latest factual series for ITV got off to an underwhelming start as A League of Their Own returned to Sky 1.
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NewsSimon Raikes quits C5 to expand Red Planet Pictures
Factual commissioning editor Simon Raikes is leaving Channel 5 to launch a non-scripted division at Tony Jordan’s Red Planet Pictures.
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NewsC4 orders mental health series
Channel 4 has commissioned CB Films to make two-part series examining how people live with issues including pyromania, kleptomania and nymphomania.
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NewsDNI orders Nepal earthquakes doc
Discovery Networks International has commissioned a fast turnaround doc on the two earthquakes that have hit Nepal in the last month.
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RatingsThe Island and Born Naughty? deliver for C4
THURSDAY: Channel 4 had a strong evening as Born Naughty? debuted with more than two million viewers and The Island with Bear Grylls delivered its best performance of the second series.
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NewsITV orders school swap experiment
ITV has commissioned a 2 x 60-minutes series that will ask state and private school teachers and pupils to swap places.
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NewsChannel 4 returns to The Island for third run
Channel 4 is to head to the The Island with Bear Grylls for a third time after recommissioning the Bafta-winning show.
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NewsPatrick Holland and Polly Hill: indie verdict
New BBC documentaries and drama heads are broadly welcomed by production community
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NewsBBC4 ready for more slow TV
BBC4 is on the hunt for slow TV ideas on a bigger scale following the success of its Goes Slow season, which featured a canal trip and glassblowing.
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NewsLondon Live to launch local events strand
London Live is to launch a Live from London strand covering local events, such as Pride and two-day music festival Field Day.
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RatingsBenefits Street down on 2014
MONDAY: Benefits Street returned with 1.3m fewer viewers than last year’s debut, but still comfortably beat Channel 4’s slot average.
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NewsBarcroft accesses the KKK for C4
Barcroft Productions has secured access to notorious US race hate group Ku Klux Klan for its first Channel 4 commission.
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NewsPatrick Holland wins race to be BBC documentaries boss
Patrick Holland, the managing director at Fremantle Media UK label Boundless, has been named head of documentaries at the BBC.
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NewsSheffield Doc/Fest 2015 line-up revealed
BBC1 controller Charlotte Moore, BBC2 boss Kim Shillinglaw and Channel 4 deputy chief creative officer Ralph Lee are among the executives signed up to talk at this year’s Sheffield Doc/Fest.
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NewsBBC1 plans live Monterey Bay wildlife series
BBC1 will explore the gathering of marine life at Monterey Bay in California as part of a live natural history series in August.
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NewsBBC factual in state of flux
BBC factual is in a state of flux as controller Emma Swain begins a year-long secondment to help shape the corporation’s approach to commissioning over the next five years.
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VideoVIDEO: Benefits Street Series 2, C4
Watch the trailer for the second run of Love Production’s controversial documentary series
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NewsJohn Sergeant to go barging again for ITV
John Sergeant will be back barging around Britain after ITV ordered a second series of the Alaska-produced show.
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RatingsSlow Train Through Africa and HIGNFY hit series lows
FRIDAY: ITV’s Slow Train Through Africa and BBC1’s Have I Got News For You both hit series lows.
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NewsBBC factual boss takes on charter renewal role
Emma Swain is to take a year out from her role as controller of factual to help shape BBC television’s approach to commissioning in the run-up to charter renewal.