Latest – Page 741
-
NewsHill & Featherstone join BCF line-up
Polly Hill and Jane Featherstone will share the stage to talk drama trends and ITV strategy at the Broadcast Commissioning Forum., while Phil Clarke and Greg Davies will discuss Channel 4’s scripted output
-
NewsW to strip Halloween format
UKTV’s entertainment channel W is to strip a live horror format in the run-up to Halloween.
-
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.
-
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.
-
NewsMentorn secures cold case access
Mentorn Scotland has gained access to Scotland’s Cold Case Unit (CCU) for a Channel 4 ob-doc series.
-
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.
-
NewsCBBC reboots Dennis The Menace
Dennis The Menace is to be revived as a CGI series for CBBC after Beano Studios landed its first TV commission.
-
NewsIn brief: Taskmaster; Edinburgh; TVPlayer; Drive
Taskmaster is returning to Dave with an extended run, while the next Edinburgh International Television Festival advisory chair has been unveiled.
-
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.
-
NewsITV and Met Office extend 25-year partnership
ITV has agreed a five-year extension to its contract with the Met Office, continuing a 25-year partnership between the channel and the national weather service.
-
NewsSky launches VR app
Sky has launched a virtual reality app featuring 20 videos involving David Beckham, Paul McCartney and heavyweight boxing champion Anthony Joshua.
-
NewsPioneer examines human face for C4
Channel 4 has commissioned a specialist factual series examining the human face.
-
NewsTwo Brothers scores debut ITV drama
The Missing writers Harry and Jack Williams have scored the first ITV commission for their indie Two Brothers Pictures – a six-part thriller about the consequences of deceit.
-
NewsTLC explores toddler pageants
The world of British child beauty pageants is to be exposed in a one-off documentary for TLC.
-
NewsWildscreen opens with Netflix ivory doc
This year’s Wildscreen Festival is to launch with the European premiere of Netflix original documentary The Ivory Game.
-
-001.jpg)
NewsJames Purnell handed BBC radio brief
James Purnell is to take responsibility for the BBC’s audio division after Helen Boaden revealed she will retire in March.
-
NewsOfcom: offensive language worse on radio
Offensive language on radio is considered to be more problematic than television for the first time, according to an Ofcom study.
-
NewsFormer Sky exec John Cassy launches VR indie
Former Sky 3D boss John Cassy has partnered with Bafta-winning director Daniel Smith to launch a production company and scooped a virtual reality ballet experience as its debut order.
-
NewsUnforgotten writer pens first French original
British drama writers often head to Hollywood after achieving domestic success, but Chris Lang, creator of ITV crime dramas including Unforgotten, crossed the Channel to Paris.
-
NewsTFI producer to join Fulwell 73
Suzi Aplin, the former producer of TFI Friday, Friday Night With Jonathan Ross and Comic Relief, has taken a staff job as Fulwell 73’s first head of non-scripted.