Most popular and commented – Page 2010
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C4 plans bold news strand
Channel 4's new head of news and current affairs, Dorothy Byrne, has made her first key decision, launching a major new UK-focused current affairs strand that she claimed will fly in the face of the politically correct and 'say the unsayable'.
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Needham in new job
Delissa Needham has left indie Uden Associates after four years to form Unicorn TV with Unique Television. Needham, who was executive producer on series such as The Most Evil Men in Historyand The Great Stinkfor Five, will continue to specialise ...
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Mr Bean is hot property overseas
Fremantle International Distribution has made several new sales of the animated and live-action adventures of hapless hero Mr Bean. Produced by UK indie Tiger Aspect with Richard Purdum Productions and Varga Holdings, the 26 x 30-minute cartoon series has been taken by TPS in France and various channels in China. ...
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New head of sales post at Wall to Wall
Wall to Wall has created the position of head of sales to help expand its international business. Sue Hickman, who previously headed Optomen Television's sales division, will take on the post with a remit to increase international business and its profitability. She will also be charged with initiating co-productions and ...
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BBC2 greenlights The Long Firm
Novelist Jake Arnott's gritty portrayal of 1960s east London gangland is to be brought to the small screen in a major four-part drama for BBC2 as part of controller Jane Root's push to refresh the genre on her channel, writes Leigh Holmwood.
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C4 orders Medici series
Lion Television has picked up a brace of history orders from Channel 4, including a four-part series on the Medici, writes Jon Rogers.
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BBC2 revisits country house life
BBC2 controller Jane Root has ordered a fourth series of Country House, which chronicles life on British historic estates, from Tiger Aspect. The 6 x 50-minute docu-soap, co-commissioned by Celia Taylor, will this time be set at the Earl of Normanton's Somerley estate, which hosts pop concerts, radio shows and ...
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C4I coughs up£2m for indie projects
Channel 4 International (C4I) is to set up a£2m development fund to develop international and commercial projects with the UK independent production sector. The fund, which is being overseen by C4I managing director Paul Sowerbutts, will be used to exclusively finance programme and concept development and discussions are already at ...
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FX gets ready with programming deals
Fox Television's new UK entertainment channel FX has completed programme deals with two major US producers. The deals, brokered by Jason Thorp who will run the channel, include three UK premieres - the 20 x 30-minute The Mind of the Married Manand the 13 x ...
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Buena Vista deal brings BBC premieres
The BBC is to screen the terrestrial premieres of hit movies Calendar Girlsand Chicagoafter signing a deal with US distributor Buena Vista - its first since controversially moving satellite and unencrypting its services earlier this year. Several US studios are ...
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Flying Through the Sound Barrier (C5) - Peter Paterson, Daily Mail
'This somewhat chaotic programme was a nerd's delight, packed with snippets of technical information on jet planes,...
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The Human Mind: Personality (BBC1) - Charlie Catchpole, Daily Star
'This is science for kiddies, something you might expect on Newsround.'...
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Grand Designs Revisited (C4) - Gareth McLean, Guardian
'Grand Designs Revisited (Channel 4) was, inevitably, great fun.'...
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One Life (BBC1) - Thomas Sutcliffe, Independent
'Positively Dickensian in its exploitation of our susceptibility to childish distress and? utterly indifferent to a...
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One Life (BBC1) - Joe Joseph, The Times
'This was a powerful story of a life genuinely hanging in the balance. It put Derren Brown's manipulative, ghoulish...
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One Life (BBC1) - James Walton, Daily Telegraph
'Last night's One Life was something special...the makers must have put in much time and skill in order to get inte...
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RatingsAuction Man slips further with 3.7m
BBC1's Auction Manfell even further into a critical state last night (8 October) with just 3.7 million (16.8%), writes Jon Rogers.
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Can actors play the role of directors?
Giving actors a shot at directing is one way of appeasing star vanity without a pay rise - but long hours sitting about on set may also be the ideal training. Paul Revoir reports.
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Essential Poems for Britain (BBC2) - Joe Joseph, The Times
'Essential Poems for Britain (BBC2) was a brisk but highly enjoyable trot through favourite poems.'...
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Seven Wonders of the Industrial World (BBC2) - Christopher Matthew, Daily Mail
'Last night BBC2 gave us a story that came as close to being an epic as anything i have seen on the box.'...