All Factual articles – Page 309
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NewsHeather Jones lands A&E Networks promotion
A+E Networks UK has promoted Heather Jones following the departure of managing director Tom Davidson.
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NewsDragonfly boosts factual slate with ITV & C4 docs
Dragonfly has expanded its specialist factual slate by winning two one-off documentaries – exploring Cleopatra’s tomb for Channel 4 and hedgehogs for ITV.
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NewsRow breaks out over C4's Muslim Drag Queens
A row has broken out over Channel 4 documentary Muslim Drag Queens, after the creator of a Guardian film with a similar title and subject area claimed to have been sidelined from the project.
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RatingsInside The Post Office delivers 1.4m
WEDNESDAY: BBC2’s Post Office ob-doc delivered 1.4m viewers but was beaten by Channel 5’s Nightmare Tenants, Slum Landlords and Channel 4’s One Born Every Minute.
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NewsJohn Silver to leave Red House
John Silver, the creative and managing director of Red House TV, is leaving the company he established seven years ago.
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Behind The ScenesLenny Henry's Got The Blues, Sky Arts
Lenny Henry wanted to know why there are so few black British blues singers. The story we uncovered was far more colourful and complex than we ever imagined, says Chris Wilson
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NewsSeries producers to face brunt of 40 BBC job cuts
Series producers will be hardest hit by the BBC’s plans to cut 40 roles in its London-based daytime and factual production unit.
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NewsIndie duo bolster BBC docs team
The BBC has raided two indies to bolster its documentary commissioning team, completing its factual restructure after seven months.
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NewsShine secures bumper police doc for Sky
Sky 1 has ordered a bumper 20-part documentary about the Greater Manchester Police force from Shine TV.
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NewsBBC4 reveals Storyville slate
A Wildgaze film exposing the actions of two high-ranking Nazis through the eyes of their sons and Sean McAllister’s Sheffield Doc/Fest winner A Syrian Love Story are among BBC4’s forthcoming Storyville films.
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News7 Wonder wins first C4 commission
Davina McCall is to front 7 Wonder’s first Channel 4 commission – a health-based format combining features and factual elements.
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Behind The ScenesThe Boy Who Wanted His Leg Cut Off, BBC3
BBC3 took a risk with our doc, but it was a human story worth telling, says Jazz Gowans
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NewsLee Bartlett to leave Discovery
Discovery’s Lee Bartlett is to leave the company five years after joining from ITV.
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RatingsMasterChef takes bite out of Married at First Sight
THURSDAY: A series high for Celebrity MasterChef took a bite out of Married at First Sight’s finale on Channel 4.
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NewsMary Beard returns to Pompeii for BBC1
Professor Mary Beard is to front an hour-long documentary on the restoration of Pompeii for BBC1.
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NewsBBC to cut 40 daytime and factual roles
Some 40 London-based BBC production jobs are to be cut after the corporation launched a redundancy programme across its daytime and factual divisions.
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RatingsBenefits & Botched Up Bodies boost C5
TUESDAY: Channel 5 enjoyed a successful night after Benefits By The Sea and Botched Up Bodies helped it outperform Channel 4 from 9pm.
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NewsRaw hires head of factual
Discovery-owned Raw TV has promoted Richard Bond to its head of UK factual after picking up a raft of new business.
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NewsSky 1 takes Richard Hammond into the jungle
Richard Hammond has landed his first post-Top Gear job, heading into the jungles of the Amazon for a Sky 1 documentary.
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NewsAtomized wins race to follow Atlantic Challenge
Multiplatform producer Atomized is to follow the Talisker Whisky Atlantic Challenge rowing race after winning a competitive pitch from ad-funded programming business Precious.





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