All Broadcast articles in October 2024 – Page 15
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Features
How Pobol y Cwm reflects modern Wales
Dafydd Llewelyn discusses the Welsh language soap as it marks its 50th anniversary
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Video
Trail: Dogs Of War, BBC Scotland
Two Rivers Media doc about an ordinary small-time criminal from England who became one of the world’s most notorious mercenaries
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Features
Scripted gets serious to overtake factual
With fewer comedies and more straight dramas, the genre takes its place at the top of this year’s Hot Picks submissions
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News
BBCS lands CBeebies magazine show
Pre-school channel orders first such format since Show Me Show Me
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News
Blue Ant Studios ups Diane Rankin
London-based exec takes oversight of development strategy at production and distribution giant
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Video
Trail: Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl, BBC1 & Netflix
Aardman’s 70-minute film will bring back villain Feathers McGraw and will see Wallace invent a ‘smart gnome’ that develops an evil mind of its own
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News
BBC News axes Click after 25 years
Technology show is latest victim of sweeping cuts that also accounted for Hardtalk
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News
C4 unveils ‘biggest ever’ N&R push
Jo Street gets new role as PSB also reveals £6m 4Skills career progression scheme
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News
TV drives investment boost into Italian productions
Inward expenditure hits £1.7bn, with revenues up 20%
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News
Oxford Scientific to investigate spy whale for BBC2
Doc will shed new light on identity of beluga whale nicknamed Hvladimir
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News
Jack Bootle addresses fears over blue chip natural history series
BBC specialist factual chief says fatigue in sector is not shared by viewers
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Ratings
I Cut Off His Penis: The Truth Behind the Headlines draws 1m
TUESDAY: ITV1 doc broadly ties with Ben Fogle’s return to Channel 5
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Critics
I Cut Off His Penis; Sweet Bobby; Life And Death in Gaza
“I was rapt for the full 80-minute documentary”
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News
Expectation exec sets up Tuesday’s Child label
James Donkin will pursue ‘mischievous, noisy formats’ at Curious Cat
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News
Romain Bessi eyes investor as The Creatives model grabs interest
Newly installed chief wants ‘a partner’ insisting group ’won’t sell’ its creative heart
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News
Navalny filmmaker urges streamer risk
Odessa Rae says SVoDs have ‘responsibility’ to invest in documentary and widen audiences’ viewpoints
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News
In brief: Sky picks up reggae doc; Apple orders more Slow Horses; Bectu on BBC News cuts; Ceidiog sells kids series
Story of the UK’s first reggae band Cimarons to air on Sky Arts
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News
Sheffield DocFest votes in former Bafta chair
Anne Morrison to replace Alex Cooke as chair ahead of 32nd annual festival