All articles by Miranda Blazeby – Page 30
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NewsDoc duo launch indie to ‘blur lines’ with drama
The award-winning directors of The Murder Detectives and My Son The Jihadi have joined forces to launch a production business that aims to blur the lines between drama and documentary, and have already picked up two commissions from Channel 4.
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NewsBBC unveils £12m Songs of Praise tender
Retaining loyal BBC1 audiences should be a key aim of indies hoping to land a £12m contract to produce Songs of Praise, according to the BBC’s tender document.
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NewsEleventh Hour teams with Luti
New Blood indie Eleventh Hour Films has teamed up with Luti Media to develop a slate of dramas.
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NewsITV plans Late Late-style show dry run
ITV is setting up a two-week dry run of its multi-million pound late-night stripped comedy show.
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NewsAll3Media forges Lynda La Plante ties
Lynda La Plante is set to start developing projects with All3Media after the super-indie picked up the rights to 124 hours of the writer’s crime drama catalogue.
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News120 jobs to go as Brexit bites ITV
ITV is to make 120 jobs redundant across its business to “futureproof” following Brexit.
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RatingsTutankhamun sheds 800k
WEEKEND: Strictly Come Dancing peaked with 11m on Saturday evening while ITV’s Egyptian Sunday night drama Tutankhamun lost 800,000 viewers from last week’s launch.
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NewsITV shuts down northern drama hub
ITV Studios has disbanded its northern drama hub, making four jobs redundant, as it continues to contribute towards ITV’s £25m of planned Brexit savings.
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NewsC4 and Touchpaper launch drama diversity scheme
The next generation of writers and directors from under-represented backgrounds will have the opportunity to work on a Touchpaper TV drama as part of a new Channel 4 talent scheme.
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NewsAll 4 orders transgender series
All 4 has commissioned Factory Films to produce a scripted comedy series from new transgender writing talent.
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NewsBBC drama chief joins Euston Films
Drama chief Hilary Martin is leaving the BBC and re-joining former colleague Simon Judd to establish a Manchester base for Euston Films.
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NewsITV Studios indies to play part in cost savings
ITV Studios’ portfolio of in-house labels and acquired indies will all be expected to play their part in the company’s efficiency drive – as its bid to find £25m of savings begins to bite.
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NewsITV Encore’s identity crisis
Leading drama producers have agreed with director of television Kevin Lygo’s assessment that ITV Encore remains a ‘work in progress’ and requires strategic refinement.
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NewsTony Blackburn returns to the BBC
Tony Blackburn is to return to the BBC, eight months after he claimed to have been sacked by the corporation.
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NewsITV returns to the wrestling ring
ITV is returning to the ring with a one-off pro-wrestling special after a 20-year hiatus.
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RatingsClampers stalls for ITV
TUESDAY: ITV’s The New Clampers: Where’s My Car Gone was overshadowed by BBC2’s Great Continental Railway Journeys - as the return of BBC1 drama Ordinary Lies won the 9pm slot.
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NewsBafta Children's Awards nominations announced
Horrible Histories and online educational platform TrueTube lead the way in the Bafta Children’s Awards nominations after picking up three nods each.
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NewsInvestigation Discovery unveils first UK originals
Investigation Discovery has revealed three real crime commissions - its first slate of UK originals.
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NewsPaxman to travel UK rivers for C4
Jeremy Paxman will journey along four of the UK’s greatest rivers in an upcoming Channel 4 series.
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RatingsWho Dares Wins recruits 1.3m
MONDAY: SAS: Who Dares Wins was unable to match its debut as it returned for a second outing on Channel 4.