All Firecracker Films articles – Page 6

  • pawnbrokers
    News

    C4 investigates Who’s Getting Rich?

    2013-08-09T11:51:00Z

    Channel 4 has ordered a short season of shows from Boomerang and Firecracker Films focussing on businesses which are bucking the recession.

  • The Fried Chicken Shop
    News

    C4 orders nightclub toilet doc

    2013-07-30T12:04:00Z

    Channel 4 is to open the door to the toilets of a Crawley nightclub for a one-off fixed-rig documentary.

  • The Man with the Ten Stone Testicles
    News

    TLC grabs Ten Stone Testicles doc

    2013-06-26T11:45:00Z

    US network TLC has acquired Firecracker Films’ The Man with the Ten Stone Testicles after striking a deal with distributor Zodiak Rights.

  • Big Fat Gypsy Weddings
    News

    Tinopolis in Firecracker takeover

    2012-12-06T08:02:00Z

    Big Fat Gypsy Weddings producer Firecracker Films has been acquired by Welsh super-indie Tinopolis in a deal thought to be worth around £25m.

  • bbc3 indent
    News

    BBC3 to deliver season for young parents

    2012-08-23T18:57:00Z

    A season on the challenges facing young parents will put the spotlight on dads behind bars and in the delivery room will be shown on BBC3 in the spring.

  • Big Fat Gypsy Weddings
    News

    C4's Gypsy Weddings faces axe

    2012-08-23T18:42:00Z

    Channel 4’s Big Fat Gypsy Weddings will not return for new series and may be axed after six specials next year.

  • Amal Fashanu
    News

    Batman shooting doc in raft of BBC3 orders

    2012-08-06T12:19:00Z

    BBC3 has ordered a quick turnaround documentary on the shootings at a Dark Knight Rises screening in Colorado, as well as an entire season dedicated to body image.

  • Thelma’s Gypsy Girls
    News

    Romany teenager lashes out at Thelma's Gypsy Girls

    2012-07-10T11:31:00Z

    A Romany traveller who claimed Big Fat Gypsy Weddings was ruining his life has questioned the intentions behind spin-off show, Thelma’s Gypsy Girls.

  • Married To The Moonies
    News

    TLC strikes deal for Firecracker Moonies doc

    2012-06-21T09:00:00Z

    US cable network TLC has picked up Firecracker Films’ Married To The Moonies – one of several new sales by Zodiak Rights.

  • Shameless
    News

    Bennett commissions ‘real Shameless’ for BBC3

    2012-06-21T09:00:00Z

    BBC3 controller Zai Bennett has made two high-profile factual commissions, including a series examining life on a Manchester estate that he has dubbed “the real Shameless”.

  • One Born Every Minute
    News

    BBC plans doc answer to Channel 4’s fixed rig

    2012-04-26T09:00:00Z

    BBC commissioning editor for documentaries Charlotte Moore has greenlit three films that rely on footage supplied by the public – a move characterised by insiders as a calculated answer to Channel 4’s vogue for fixed-rig documentaries.

  • BFGW
    Features

    Big Fat Gypsy Weddings (Firecracker Films/Zodiak Rights)

    2012-03-28T08:58:00Z

    Most of the big distribution outfits like to own a mix of in-house and third- party content; that way, they ensure a predictable pipeline of hours while also getting access to the best shows available in the market.

  • Broadcast Indie Survey
    News

    Broadcast Indie Survey 2012

    2012-03-20T11:04:00Z

    Broadcast’s annual Indie Survey is out now and subscribers can browse the league tables on Broadcast Greenlight.

  • Susan Boyle
    News

    Susan Boyle opens doors to Gypsy Weddings indie

    2011-09-30T08:43:00Z

    ITV1 is to provide an intimate look at the life of Susan Boyle in a new documentary from the makers of Big Fat Gypsy Weddings.

  • Hoods
    News

    Firecracker gives MTV platform to bullying victims

    2011-09-29T08:30:00Z

    MTV International has ordered a one-off documentary from Firecracker Films tackling bullying, which will air across its non-US network, along with global documentary series Hoods, which takes celebrities back to their roots.

  • Big Fat Gypsy Weddings
    News

    Zodiak renews Firecracker deal

    2011-09-22T08:30:00Z

    Zodiak Rights has renewed its first-look development deal with Firecracker Films, producer of Big Fat Gypsy Weddings.

  • Girls Will Be Boys and Boys Will Be Girls (working title)
    News

    C4 unveils autumn line-up

    2011-09-15T17:43:00Z

    Channel 4 has revealed the new programmes that will populate its autumn schedules including a series about gender reassignment, a new live game show and a Big Fat Gypsy Wedding spin-off.

  • Big Fat Gypsy Weddings
    News

    BFGW back on Dale Farm

    2011-09-15T08:29:00Z

    Firecracker Films, the producer of Big Fat Gypsy Weddings, is back filming on Dale Farm for the second instalment of the Channel 4 series after resolving a dispute.

  • Big Fat Gypsy Weddings
    News

    Travellers bar Firecracker in BFGW row

    2011-09-08T08:00:00Z

    Big Fat Gypsy Weddings producer Firecracker Films is being denied access to Dale Farm, the biggest travellers’ site in Europe, for the follow-up series.

  • A Very British Party
    News

    Firecracker lands UKTV party order

    2011-09-01T08:29:00Z

    Watch has ordered a series from Big Fat Gypsy Weddings producer Firecracker Films that will uncover some of Britain’s most eccentric characters as they organise a range of events.