More News – Page 234
-
NewsLBC presenter handed ITV series
LBC Radio presenter James O’Brien has signed up to front a topical debate show for ITV Daytime in the run up to the election.
-
NewsShed of the Year returns to C4
Channel 4 is to extend its coverage of the annual Shed of the Year contest with a four-part recommission for Plum Pictures.
-
NewsBBC acquires female aviator film
BBC4 has acquired a film that will follow a female pilot’s mission to fly from Cape Town to London.
-
NewsTrevor Phillips, Tony Blair & Nigel Farage in C4 race debate
Trevor Phillips will discuss race and multiculturalism with former prime minister Tony Blair and Ukip leader Nigel Farage in an Outline Productions documentary for Channel 4.
-
NewsMartin Davidson handed expanded role in BBC factual shake-up
Martin Davidson has been named as the BBC’s head of specialist factual as the changes to the corporation’s factual commissioning team begin to shape up.
-
NewsBBC Click in mobile production first
BBC technology format Click is producing a 30-minute episode shot and edited entirely on smartphones and tablets.
-
NewsReally takes care of business with crime docs
UKTV is beefing up its slate of true crime series with the acquisition of a pair of titles from Paul Heaney’s TCB Media Rights.
-
NewsBBC4 relaxes with slow season
A two hour trip along one of Britain’s canals and a 30 minute show observing the manufacture of a wooden chair are to form part of a slow season of shows on BBC4.
-
NewsDon’t Tell the Bride commissioner to leave BBC
BBC factual commissioner James Hayes will leave the corporation at the end of March.
-
News
Ed Stafford ties with Keo for Discovery adventure
Naked and Marooned star Ed Stafford is returning to Discovery in a new six-part series from Keo Films.
-
NewsCrackit finds disaster homes for C5
Channel 5 is to investigate domestic disasters including family homes being left flooded in raw sewage for a six-part order from Crackit Productions.
-
NewsBBC unveils VE Day season
Testimony Films, Fresh One Productions and Oxford Film and Television are among the indies to have picked up commissions as the BBC unveils a season of programming to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the end of the Second World War.
-
NewsDazed video chief joins Vice Media's i-D
Dazed & Confused head of video Ravi Amaratunga is leaving the publisher to head up Vice Media-owned magazine i-D’s international video output.
-
NewsBBC4 documents Culture Club reunion
BBC4 will chart the reunion of Boy George’s Culture Club for an access-all-areas documentary.
-
NewsLondon Live buys controversial tax doc
London Live has acquired a controversial documentary about tax avoidance in the UK.
-
NewsBBC & ITN scoop 15 RTS Journalism awards
ITN and BBC took home 15 of the gongs from last night’s RTS Journalism awards.
-
NewsITV royal doc eyes young viewers
Prince Charles is aiming to reach out to a younger audience by teaming up with Ant & Dec to go behind the scenes of the Prince’s Trust charity for ITV.
-
NewsObjective and Crook make off with BBC daytime order
Objective Productions is to make a daytime show for BBC1 revealing the risks of buying cheap goods online.
-
NewsPlimsoll locates £1m council houses for C5
Channel 5 is investigating the sale of council houses to tenants as part of a brace of commissions for fledgling indie Plimsoll Productions.
-
NewsAndrew O’Connell lands full-time ITV role
ITV has appointed temporary factual commissioner Andrew O’Connell on a permanent basis to replace the outgoing Katy Thorogood.