All People articles – Page 308
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NewsAttenborough: too much cooking on TV
TV has become saturated with cooking and gardening shows, according to former BBC2 controller David Attenborough.
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NewsBlakeway hires new MD
Zinc Media-owned indie Blakeway has appointed producer Lucy van Beek as managing director.
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NewsSister Pictures hires Humans exec
Humans producer Chris Fry has joined his old boss Jane Featherstone as an executive producer at Sister Pictures.
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NewsStudio Lambert eyes entertainment
Studio Lambert is moving into shiny floor entertainment for the first time with the launch of a label run by a former series producer of The X Factor and Celebrity Big Brother.
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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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NewsObituary: James Zafar, set designer
Tributes have been paid to James Barrie Zafar, set designer of Masterchef and The Great British Bake Off, who has died at age 48 after a battle with cancer.
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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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NewsBob Shennan appointed BBC director of radio
Radio 2 and 6 Music boss Bob Shennan has been appointed director of BBC Radio following last month’s promotion of James Purnell.
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NewsAdam Jacobs to leave DNI
Discovery Networks International executive producer Adam Jacobs is leaving the company after more than 10 years, while VP programming for Nordics and Benelux Paul Edwards is also exiting.
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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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NewsShonda Rhimes eyes UK project
Grey’s Anatomy and Scandal creator Shonda Rhimes has revealed that she is eager to create a show for the UK and is eyeing the possibility of tapping intoDisney’s increasingly international production presence.
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NewsDamian Collins appointed CMS chair
Conservative MP Damian Collins has been elected chair of the culture, media and sport select committee.
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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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NewsVice News staffs up
Nightly show Vice News Tonight is to launch on Vice in the UK as the fledgling broadcaster staffs up its newsroom with eight hires.
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NewsDoc/Fest appoints director of film
Luke W Moody, currently head of film at Britdoc, has been confirmed as the new director of film programming at Sheffield Doc/Fest.
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NewsNeil Grant to leave Films of Record
Films of Record managing director Neil Grant is to leave the Bafta-winning indie to become creative director of Welsh production company Avanti Media.
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FeaturesBoom time for UK studios
The impact of Brexit has, in the short term at least, increased demand for space as TV projects and feature films battle it out while studios expand capacity. Adrian Pennington reports.
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NewsTory MPs compete to chair select committee
Conservative MPs Damian Collins and Helen Grant will go head-to-head to become chair of the Culture, Media and Sport select committee.
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NewsPopkorn bolsters branded entertainment team
Rich Kids of Instagram indie Popkorn TV has continued its “fight against the super-indies” by bolstering its branded entertainment team.
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NewsPippa Lambert to move to the US
TV agent Pippa Lambert is to relocate from London to Los Angeles after joining WME.