All articles by Peter White – Page 24
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NewsPact scraps Mip stand
Pact is to scrap its UK Indies pavilion at Mip and Mipcom – a move that could hit a number of small producers and distributors.
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NewsCall The Midwife lands £30m order
BBC1 has committed to a bumper, three series order of Call The Midwife, worth around £30m.
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NewsRadio 2 preps Richard Bacon return
Richard Bacon could be set for a return to BBC Radio 2 as a weekly fixture after Sam Delaney’s Studio Sixty Billion scored an initial two-part order.
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NewsDRG funds Three River Fiction drama developments
Jonathan Drake’s Three River Fiction is developing three big-budget dramas including a reboot of Robin Hood after renewing its first-look deal with distributor DRG.
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NewsDCMS holds up Channel 4 appointments
The DCMS is holding up the appointment of five Channel 4 non-executive directors recommended by Ofcom in what has been labelled an “unprecedented” move.
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NewsRaw Cut breaks out of blue light
Police Interceptors indie Raw Cut Television is breaking out of blue light genre with a fast-turnaround series about food.
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NewsITV US remakes Korean apocalypse film
Tomorrow Studios, ITV’s joint-venture US drama indie, is remaking hit Korean film Snowpiercer for cable network TNT.
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PodcastTalking TV: Frankie Boyle & Do The Right Thing
Zeppotron boss Ruth Phillips and comedian Danielle Ward visit the studio
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NewsNHU producer joins Plimsoll
The series producer of Planet Earth II is to join Grant Mansfield’s Plimsoll Productions as the business expands its highend wildlife output.
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NewsZai Bennett named Sky supremo
Sky has overhauled its content team, with Zai Bennett effectively taking over Stuart Murphy’s old role days after Phil Edgar-Jones replaced Celia Taylor as non-scripted boss.
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NewsFleabag creator scores US drama
Fleabag creator Phoebe Waller-Bridge is writing and fronting a spy drama for US network BBC America.
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NewsMitchell and Webb return to C4
Peep Show stars David Mitchell and Robert Webb are returning to Channel 4 with a six-part pub comedy.
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NewsClaudia Lewis returns to the BBC
Four Rooms producer Claudia Lewis has returned to the BBC to boost its in-house science division.
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NewsC4 gets fit with Betty order
Betty is to explore the truth about fitness for Channel 4 with Anna Richardson and The Last Leg star Amar Latif.
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NewsC4 heads down Glory Road with Springsteen doc
Lonesome Pine, the indie established by former Radio 2 controller Lesley Douglas, is producing a feature-length rock-doc about Bruce Springsteen for Channel 4.
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NewsBBC2 cooks up more Mary Berry recipes
The BBC has cemented its post-Great British Bake Off relationship with Mary Berry with a six-part cooking commission.
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NewsFincham and Hincks forge partnership
Former ITV director of television Peter Fincham and ex-Endemol Shine Group president Tim Hincks have jointly established a production business, following months of speculation that they will work together.
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PodcastTalking TV: Sky diversity & music TV
Broadcast shines a light on Sky’s diversity figures, the BBC tendering process and Channel 5’s move to raise its factual ambitions as well as an in-depth conversation about the state of music on television.
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NewsITN lands Easyjet access
ITN Productions has landed access to Easyjet and will follow trainee pilots as they take off for the first time in a three-part documentary series for ITV.
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NewsChannel 5 ups factual ambitions
Channel 5 is stepping up its factual commissioning slate with three ambitious documentary projects.