All Pioneer Productions articles – Page 6
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NewsFlight chaos: how TV coped
The TV industry has spent the past week grappling with headaches caused by ash from Iceland’s Eyjafjallajökull volcano - and seizing on some creative solutions.
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NewsFive/C4 to air volcano docs
Five has made a last-minute addition to tomorrow’s schedules with a documentary about flying through volcanic ash – while a fast-turnaround documentary is in the works for Channel 4.
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NewsIndie mergers and acquisitions to reach three-year high
Mergers and acquisitions in the indie sector will reach their greatest value for three years in 2010, building on a pick-up in the market in 2009, according to new research.
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NewsC4 orders Haiti doc
Pioneer Productions is making a fast-turnaround doc for Channel 4 on the scientific causes of the Haiti earthquake.
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CommentCleveland Show / My Boyfriend the MI5 Hoaxer / Seven Ages of Britain
Pioneer Productions’ Alex Williamson and Keo Films’ Maddy Allen on family guys, deceit and epic art history.
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FeaturesThe Bible: A History
Full post on a seven-part doc in which well-known figures offer their interpretations of the Bible.
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CommentThe Bible: A History / Mrs Mandela / Bellamy's People
Nat Geo’s Lee Parker and Canis Media’s Kate Levy on God, Winnie and (half of) The Fast Show.
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NewsSnap buy boosts Endemol UK
Endemol UK has become the country’s biggest indie after completing a whirlwind deal to buy Tiger Aspect and Darlow Smithson Productions for around £30m.
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NewsC4 examines foreigners' role in UK history
Channel 4 has commissioned three indies to produce a 4 x 60-minute series of drama documentaries looking at the role that foreigners have played in key moments in British history.
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NewsDad’s the word for BBC4 with documentary slate
BBC4 is to investigate the truth behind the cliché “every child needs a father” in a slate of films about fatherhood.
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NewsTinopolis finalises Pioneer deal
Welsh production giant Tinopolis has finalised its acquisition of Pioneer Productions in a deal thought to be worth between £12m and £15m in a mix of cash and shares.
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NewsTinopolis poised to buy Pioneer
Welsh production giant Tinopolis Group is on the brink of buying Pioneer Productions - its first acquisition since going private in summer 2008.
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NewsFive's Blunkett series in running for Griersons
Five has received a record three nominations for the Grierson Trust’s prestigious documentary awards.
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Jack the Ripper heads Five’s Revealed strand
Former Sun editor Kelvin MacKenzie will investigate the relationship between Jack the Ripper and the press in one of six films for Five’s Revealed strand.
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Passion acquires global rights to CGI disaster doc
Passion Distribution has picked up the global rights to C4/Discovery co-production Catastrophe.
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C4 plans Bible follow-up to history of Christianity
Channel 4 is to follow up Christianity: a History with a series of personal interpretations of the Bible.
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MipTV 09: Factual: Buyers: Ken MacDonald
Vice-President, Programming, Discovery Channel, Canada
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DGP owner buys Rainbow Post
The new owner of DGP has made his second Soho facility purchase in less than a month, snapping up Rainbow Post in Ingestre Place.
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Fast-turnaround docs: When time is of the essence
Five says it would air one every week if if could, but why are fast-turnaround films so popular, and what does it take to have a hit? Robert Shepherd and Robin Parker report