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NewsChart: breakdown of BBC Studios cuts
The large-scale redundancy drive at BBC Studios, with director Mark Linsey slashing 15% of staff, will result in 314 roles becoming redundant.Click for a breakdown of where the cuts will take effect.
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NewsBBC Studios: where the axe will fall
BBC Studios’ London-based documentary team is to be gutted and over 50 scripted roles closed as the full extent of the division’s cuts is revealed.
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NewsITN & Grain docs make Oscar shortlist
Syria-focused films from ITN Productions, as well as Grain Media and Violet Films, have made the Oscar shortlist.
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NewsBBC serves up Saturday Kitchen tender
The BBC is tendering long-running weekend cooking format Saturday Kitchen – a £5m deal unconnected to the scrapping of in-house guarantees.
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NewsBlakeway hires new MD
Zinc Media-owned indie Blakeway has appointed producer Lucy van Beek as managing director.
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NewsNat Geo opens doors to UK producers
US cable network National Geographic is looking for British producers to follow up its big-budget Mars mission and is already in development with a major UK-originated unscripted project.
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NewsViceland US courts indies
Viceland in the US is opening its doors to independent producers for the first time as it eyes a move into formats.
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NewsDoc duo launch indie to ‘blur lines’ with drama
The award-winning directors of The Murder Detectives and My Son The Jihadi have joined forces to launch a production business that aims to blur the lines between drama and documentary, and have already picked up two commissions from Channel 4.
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NewsBBC unveils £12m Songs of Praise tender
Retaining loyal BBC1 audiences should be a key aim of indies hoping to land a £12m contract to produce Songs of Praise, according to the BBC’s tender document.
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NewsWellcome bursary opened up to TV
The recipient of a £30,000 Wellcome Screenwriting Fellowship bursary is to be unveiled at a 23 November event.
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NewsFraser hunts public films for Yaddo
SVoD documentaries service Yaddo is to commission 125 documentaries from members of the public over the next 12 months.
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NewsSky prepares 1,000 hours for 2017
Sky is to debut 1,000 hours of original commissions over the next twelve months across Europe with 80 series in production and another 170 in paid development.
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NewsChildren on the Frontline duo explore homelessness for C5
The filmmakers behind Syrian doc Children on the Frontline are making a 90-minute doc about homelessness for Channel 5.
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NewsJamie Vardy to front Sky Sports series
Sky Sports has ordered a six-part series featuring Leicester City and England striker Jamie Vardy’s V9 Academy from Zig Zag.
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NewsInvestigation Discovery unveils first UK originals
Investigation Discovery has revealed three real crime commissions - its first slate of UK originals.
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NewsVice News staffs up
Nightly show Vice News Tonight is to launch on Vice in the UK as the fledgling broadcaster staffs up its newsroom with eight hires.
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NewsLightbox wins child refugee doc
Channel 4 is to follow four child refugees escaping war-torn Middle East to safety in Europe in a documentary from the producer of Man on Wire.
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NewsDoc/Fest appoints director of film
Luke W Moody, currently head of film at Britdoc, has been confirmed as the new director of film programming at Sheffield Doc/Fest.
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NewsArrow preps Pearl Harbour film
Arrow Media and Canadian indie Handel Productions will mark the 75th anniversary of the World War Two attack on Pearl Harbour by examining who was to blame for the disaster.
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NewsWag opens distribution arm
Factual indie Wag TV has launched a financing and distribution arm – Wag Worldwide.