All Oxford Films articles – Page 4
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NewsJulian Assange complaint dropped by Ofcom
A complaint by Wikileaks founder Julian Assange over a Channel 4 documentary has been dropped by Ofcom.
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CommentRobert Hughes: an appreciation
Oxford Film and Television’s Nicolas Kent looks back at the life and TV career of art critic Bob Hughes
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NewsFrozen Planet leads Grierson nods
BBC1’s wildlife extravaganza Frozen Planet leads the field at the Grierson Documentary Awards after picking up a brace of nominations.
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NewsBjork and Attenborough to explore music for C4
Icelandic musician Bjork and natural history broadcaster David Attenborough will appear together in a film looking at music and the natural world for Channel 4 - one of four major new arts commissions for the broadcaster.
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CommentShakespeare and Us / Harlots, Housewives & Heroines / The Queen and Her Prime Ministers
Wingspan’s Lil Cranfield and Lambent’s Emma Wakefield on the Bard, historic romp and Queen’s PMs.
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CommentWe can’t afford not to pay for freelancer training
Everyone benefits from having a well-trained freelance community, says Nick Catliff.
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NewsSky Arts treads am-dram talent show
The UK’s best amateur dramatic groups are to go head-to-head in a new talent show for Sky Arts.
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NewsBBC4 series to explore lives of medieval royalty
BBC4 has commissioned a series looking at medieval monarchy, as captured in the period’s intricately illuminated manuscripts.
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CommentTraining can help stem the TV exodus
Your important survey (‘What do freelancers want?’, Broadcast, 29.04.11) raises issues that should make the whole industry sit up and take notice. We at the Indie Training Fund welcome your editorial exhorting more indies to invest in their workforce, rather than just paying lip service to training.
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NewsUK to take on the world at Focal Awards
Nearly 30 British programmes are in the running for prizes at this year’s Focal International Awards, with nominations in every category.
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NewsAnt & Dec take on Charlie Brooker at RTS Awards
Ant & Dec will be fighting it out with Charlie Brooker and Graham Norton in this year’s RTS Programme Awards, with the three acts all vying for the Entertainment Performance prize.
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NewsSchama making Jewish history series
Simon Schama is making a five part series on the “epic story” of Jewish history.
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NewsC4 pledges extra £6.7m to docs
Schools are to be the subject of the next Channel 4 “fixed rig” series as part of a raft of investment in documentary programming that will include new films from acclaimed directors Patrick Forbes and Kim Longinotto.
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FeaturesConch Awards: the sounds of success
The annual Conch Awards this week celebrated the best in audio across film and TV. Adrian Pennington asked judges, winners and nominees about the secrets of good sound design.
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CommentCheetah Kingdom / Teenage Revolution / World's Strictest Parents USA
ITN Source’s Asha Oberoi and VBS.TV’s Vida Toombs on big cats, rebels and hardcore parenting.
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The Broadcast InterviewRalph Lee, specialist factual, Channel 4
C4’s head of specialist factual doesn’t want to fall into the trap of making great programmes that get lost in the schedules. Commissions must make an impact, he tells Robin Parker.
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NewsDavies makes personal history of 1980s for C4
Comedian Alan Davies is to make his debut on Channel 4 with a personal journey exploring the political and social changes during the 1980s that underpinned his teenage years.
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NewsC4 appoints Lygo to arts board as budget rises
Channel 4 has doubled its core channel’s annual arts budget to £6m and has created a dedicated arts board headed by director of television and content Kevin Lygo.
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NewsPeake to play "first modern lesbian" in BBC2 drama
Criminal Justice’s Maxine Peake is to play 19th century landowning lesbian Anne Lister, in a BBC2 dramatisation of her “painfully honest” diaries.