All Factual articles – Page 309
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NewsChannel 4 boards Lion's HMS Erebus doc
Lion Television is investigating the discovery of Sir John Franklin’s shipwrecked vessel HMS Erebus as part of a major international co-production with broadcasters including Channel 4.
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NewsRare acquires Sheriffs Are Coming indie
The Sheriffs Are Coming indie Screenchannel has been acquired by Rare Television, the production group set up by former Ingenious exec Antony Fraser and Red Arrow chief Joel Denton.
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NewsITV explores Bargain Fever Britain
ITV is to investigate consumers’ insatiable appetite for deals and discounts in a documentary series from Twofour Group’s Boomerang.
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NewsTrue North founder sets up indie
True North co-founder Glyn Middleton has set up his own indie six months after leaving the Leeds-based business.
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NewsBodyshockers and Three Day Nanny return to C4
Channel 4 has shored up its factual slate with the recommission of Liberty Bell’s Three Day Nanny and Remarkable Television’s Bodyshockers.
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NewsITNP diversifies output in global growth bid
ITN Productions is aiming to make greater inroads in the international market by diversifying its output beyond current affairs and topical factual.
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NewsInside the Immigration Street row
The row over Channel 4’s upcoming Immigration Street is set to play out on screen as the broadcaster prepares to show footage of Love Productions’ crew being threatened by local people.
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NewsITV factual in the spotlight
ITV’s factual strategy is in the spotlight after a number of recent commissions struggled to make an impact.
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NewsVice on verge of A+E deal as TV and online collide
Vice Media, one of the pioneers of original digital content, is to shake up the US cable landscape by agreeing a deal for a programming block with A+E Networks.
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FeaturesBest Documentary Programme: Storyville: Pussy Riot – A Punk Prayer
Injecting a little punk rock into the BBC Four schedule, Storyville’s film raised important questions about the battle lines drawn between artistic freedom and state control in Russia.
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FeaturesBest Documentary Series: Bedlam
Other shows in this category may have attracted more viewers or generated more column inches, but Bedlam tackled mental health with a rare mixture of honesty and humour.
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FeaturesBest Popular Factual Programme: The Great British Bake Off
The Great British Bake Off was a TV juggernaut before it moved to BBC One – but no one would have predicted what happened when its fifth series debuted on the flagship channel.
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FeaturesBest News & Current Affairs Programme: Dispatches: Nigeria’s Hidden War
The key international news stories of 2014 focused on the Middle East and Ukraine, so Nigeria’s Hidden War was both an aptly titled and incredibly revealing film.
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VideoVIDEO: Bear Grylls' Mission Survive, ITV
Click for a preview of the Betty TV produced six-part adrenalin-fuelled series
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Ratings1.7m vote for Inside The Commons
TUESDAY: BBC2’s parliamentary access paid off last night as Inside the Commons got underway with 1.7m.
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NewsBBC reschedules controversial royal doc
The BBC has rescheduled controversial royal family doc Reinventing The Royals, a month after it postponed the two-part series.
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Behind The ScenesInside The Commons, BBC2
Anthony Geffen reveals how winning trust was key to capturing parliament as it’s never been seen before
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NewsMeirion Jones to leave the BBC
Meirion Jones, one half of the investigation team behind Newsnight’s dropped Jimmy Savile story, is to leave the BBC.
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NewsC4 holds Immigration Street talks with Southampton Council
Channel 4’s head of documentaries Nick Mirsky will travel to Southampton today to tackle the local council’s concerns over upcoming series Immigration Street.
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NewsDiscovery hunts True Detective-style formats
US cable network Discovery Channel is hunting for True Detective-inspired factual crime series as part of a drive to grow its female audience.