All Indies articles – Page 645
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NewsTeens take turn on Gogglebox
Studio Lambert is to explore teenage viewing habits in a spinoff of Gogglebox and is on the brink of a second major international deal for Common Sense, a similar format that shows real people giving their opinions on news and current events.
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NewsDickson and Charker-Phillips to leave ITV Studios
Simon Dickson and Lorraine Charker-Phillips are to leave ITV Studios to establish Label 1 in the indie sector.
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RatingsVictorian Slum pulls 2.4m to BBC2
MONDAY: Wall to Wall’s poverty experiment The Victorian Slum got underway with 2.4m (11.5%) while Big Talk’s Cold Feet continued to dominate.
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RatingsVictoria closes with 5.5m
WEEKEND: Victoria came to a close 300,000 ahead of ITV’s slot average and up on BBC1’s Poldark, which continued with 4.9m
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Behind The ScenesPlanet Earth, BBC1
A decade after its groundbreaking series, BBC Studios’ NHU is again using cutting-edge techniques and technology to take the viewer right into the world of animals.
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NewsAurora & Little Dot win Formula E show
Little Dot Studios has partnered with Aurora Media Worldwide (AMW) to produce a Formula E magazine series and separately the All3-backed business has hired DRG’s commercial director.
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NewsComedy writers win Big Talk-backed award
Four women have been selected as the recipients of the inaugural Betty Box and Peter Rogers comedy writing programme – with their winning scripts set to be developed with Big Talk Productions.
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NewsBig Talk preps SAS drama
Rev creator James Wood and Spooks writer Rupert Walters are to take on the SAS after Big Talk Productions optioned a book about the regiment’s clandestine operations.
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NewsLion goes all-inclusive for C4
Lion TV is to document the great all-inclusive British summer holiday for Channel 4.
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NewsBBC1 explores 'generation rent'
Boundless will turn the tables on landlords in a three-part commission for BBC1 in which they will be forced to live in the properties they rent out
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RatingsRipper Street slips by 1m for BBC2
MONDAY: Ripper Street came to the end of its debut run on BBC2 with 1m fewer viewers than it gripped on BBC1.
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NewsW to strip Halloween format
UKTV’s entertainment channel W is to strip a live horror format in the run-up to Halloween.
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NewsITV lines up 5 Gold Rings
ITV Studios indie Possessed has partnered with John De Mol’s Talpa on a physical gameshow for ITV – the Big Brother creator’s first original show for the network.
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NewsKit Harington preps BBC gunpowder drama
The BBC is lining up a Guy Fawkes-inspired drama produced by and starring Game of Thrones’ Kit Harington.
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NewsPrincess to Stand Up to Cancer
Princess Productions is to produce Channel 4’s fundraiser Stand Up to Cancer after taking responsibility for the event on YouTube last year.
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NewsITVS bolsters entertainment team
ITV Studios entertainment boss Angela Jain has bolstered her senior team, appointing a creative director of development and director of entertainment in the north.
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NewsThe F Word heads to the US
Fox has ordered a live version of Gordon Ramsay’s The F Word to air in the US next year.
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NewsBetty exec joins 7 Wonder
Betty’s director of programmes Duncan Coates is to join 7 Wonder as its first creative director.
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NewsITVS entertainment head departs
ITV Studios’ Sumi Connock creative director of entertainment is leaving the company after almost eight years.
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NewsThe Garden's Wise sets up VR indie
The Garden’s director of programmes David Wise is leaving the ITV-owned indie to set up a virtual reality start-up.