All Minnow Films articles – Page 9
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CommentPutting the drama into factual
‘Box-set’ docs show the way to compete with the best of scripted
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NewsRTS Craft and Design Awards winners revealed
Fortitude, Home Fires and BBC Sports Personality of the Year picked up two awards apiece at last night’s RTS Craft & Design Awards.
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NewsBroadcast Awards 2016: shortlist unveiled
Three scripted powerhouses will battle three factual flag-bearers to be named Indie of the Year at the Broadcast Awards 2016.
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NewsMarks & Spencer opens doors to C4
Marks & Spencer is to throw open its doors to Channel 4 as part of a slate of shows which includes a drama from the producers of Line of Duty and the return of SAS: Who Dares Wins.
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NewsIn brief: RTS North West winners; Lionsgate deal; S+V land England deal; Bafta Scotland awards
Car Share drove off with four RTS North West awards as Sunset + Vine scored rights to five England Women’s matches.
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NewsC4 locks up fixed-rig prison doc
Channel 4 will give a young offenders’ institute the fixed-rig treatment in a hard-hitting documentary series earmarked for 2016.
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NewsJames Purnell: charter renewal paper ‘depressing’
BBC strategy boss James Purnell has branded the government’s charter renewal green paper “depressing” in a heated debate with Daily Mail columnist Stephen Glover on Newsnight.
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NewsFactual should 'borrow the clothes of drama'
Prominent figures from factual television have argued that the genre must learn from drama if it is to compete with the global demand for scripted content.
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NewsBBC launches fixed-rig push
The BBC has made its first concerted push into fixed-rig documentaries as part of a raft of commissions announced at Sheffield Doc/Fest.
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NewsBBC2 enters The Divorce Clinic
BBC2 is to follow Channel 4 in putting fixed-rig cameras in a divorce clinic as part of several documentaries designed to shine a light on modern British life.
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CommentCapturing reality to dramatic effect
Drama elements enhance a documentary, but it’s real life that packs the punch, says Ruth Kelly
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NewsRTS Scotland Award winners revealed
Minnow Films BBC3 drama Glasgow Girls and Mentorn Scotland’s, Scotland Decides: The Big, Big Debate were among the winners at the RTS Scotland Awards 2014.
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NewsDragonfly installs fixed-rig in children's hospital
One Born Every Minute indie Dragonfly is returning to the wards with a fixed-rig series set in a children’s hospital for Channel 4.
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NewsPenny Dreadful scoops three Bafta Craft awards
Penny Dreadful picked up three awards at the British Academy Television Craft Awards, with the Sky Atlantic drama triumphing in the Production Design, Make Up & Hair Design and Original Music categories.
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FeaturesHow to get the best from contributors
BBC Academy executive producer Lucy Hooper asks five programme-makers how they cast their shows and deal with sensitive subjects and vulnerable people
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NewsPenny Dreadful scores five Bafta Craft nominations
Sky Atlantic’s gothic thriller Penny Dreadful has received five nominations in this year’s British Academy Television Craft Awards.
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The Broadcast InterviewMorgan Matthews, Minnow Films
Morgan Matthews talks about his first feature film X+Y and the future for expanding UK production outfit Minnow Films
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NewsC4 to turn fixed-rig on divorce
Channel 4 has secured a front-row seat to divorce mediation sessions as one of two Minnow Films commissions about relationships in 21st-century Britain.
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NewsBBC film to examine legacy of Savile abuse
Olly Lambert is to direct a 90-minute film for BBC1 which will highlight the impact on the lives of those affected by child sexual abuse, including the victims of Jimmy Savile and the crimes exposed by the Operation Yewtree investigation.