All Lion Television articles – Page 7
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NewsC5 to explore neonatal units and primary schools
Channel 5 has commissioned five new factual shows including series set in the UK’s largest neonatal unit and Britain’s biggest primary school.
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NewsHorrible Histories set for CBBC revival
CBBC is planning to return to Horrible Histories for a full series of the sketch comedy.
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RatingsBritish Airways doc takes off with 2.8m
MONDAY: A Very British Airline recorded decent ratings on its maiden voyage – transporting almost 3m viewers for BBC2.
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NewsLion hires BBC development exec
Emma Lorenz, the BBC head of channel development behind BBC3’s Life and Death Row and forthcoming BBC1 doc The Met, is to join Lion Television as director of development.
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NewsLion's Find My Past heads to Travel Channel
US cable network Travel Channel is remaking Lion Television’s British genealogy series Find My Past.
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NewsBBC2 plots Kew Gardens series
Raymond Blanc is to transform an area of Kew Gardens into a fruit and vegetable allotment for a BBC2 series.
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NewsBroadcast opens International TV Forum
Key execs from BBC Worldwide, Shine, All3Media, Channel 5 and Sky will be speaking at Broadcast’s inaugural International TV Forum, which launches in June.
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NewsJulia Bradbury preps ITV show
Julia Bradbury has quit BBC1’s Countryfile and is preparing to host an ITV series about Britain’s landscape.
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NewsBBC books its seat with BA
The BBC will build on its growing portfolio of observational documentaries after BBC2 secured hard-won access to British Airways.
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NewsLion TV beefs up Scotland base
Lion Television is beefing up its Scottish production base ahead moving its Homes Under The Hammer series to Glasgow.
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NewsChannel 4 resurrects Secret History
Channel 4 is to bring back Secret History, its long-running TV documentary series which aired from 1991 to 2004.
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NewsWindfall adds two executive producers
Indie Windfall Films has promoted Jamie Lochhead and Peter Oxley to both become executive producers.
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NewsC4 orders home renovation format
Channel 4 has ordered a 20 part daytime series from Lion Television Scotland which will focus on the home renovation market.
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NewsBBC2 moves into Tudor Abbey Farm
Lion TV is turning the clock back to the year 1500 for the fourth installment in its hugely successful Farm franchise for BBC2.
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NewsPBS revamps Lion's History Detectives
US public broadcaster PBS has revamped long-running format History Detectives and ordered a new series of the Lion Television-produced series.
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NewsHorrible Histories to live on with one-off specials
Horrible Histories is set to live on in themed specials after the fifth and final series finishes this summer.
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NewsLion TV to produce Confucius doc for China
Chinese broadcaster CCTV has commissioned Lion Television to produce a major international co-production based on the life of philosopher Confucius.
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NewsMary Beard to explore life of Caligula for BBC2
BBC2 has commissioned a raft of history documentaries about the world’s greatest empires and their leaders, including one about Roman emperor Caligula, fronted by Mary Beard.
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CommentChildren’s TV should aspire to compete with the best
Budgets shouldn’t hold us back from making world-class shows
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NewsLion promotes US & Scotland execs
Lion Television’s US and Scottish bosses will have a greater say in the running of the indie after being promoted to its senior management team.