All articles by Rachel Nelson

  • Tim Westwood
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    Radio 1 and 1Xtra unveil new docs

    2012-04-17T10:53:00Z

    Nearly 80 documentaries have been commissioned by BBC Radio 1 and digital station 1Xtra that will include DJ Tim Westwood speaking to army wives, profiles of major record labels and a special on late poet and musican Gil Scott-Heron.

  • F1
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    BBC Sport revs up F1 app

    2012-04-13T12:23:00Z

    The BBC has launched a sport app focusing on Formula 1 that will bring viewers live streams, on-demand video and additional content of the races on connected TVs.

  • How To Beat: Pain
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    OSF scores BBC1 first

    2012-04-13T12:11:00Z

    Oxford Scientific Films has won its first order from BBC1 to make half-hour pilot How To Beat: Pain.

  • Mud Men
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    Mud Men returning to History

    2012-04-10T11:39:00Z

    Johnny Vaughan is to return for a third series of Mud Men on History.

  • Michael Wood’s Story of England
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    BBC2 to lift lid on the People's History

    2012-04-04T10:45:00Z

    The BBC has ordered a new series about Great Britain and Northern Ireland’s past by looking at how the countries’ people shaped their history.

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    6Music's Adam Buxton spins Sky Atlantic show

    2012-03-30T11:23:00Z

    BBC 6Music DJ Adam Buxton is to front a music video series for Sky Atlantic produced by Clive Tulloh’s Burning Bright Productions.

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    C5 heads behind bars

    2012-03-30T10:31:00Z

    Channel 5 has commissioned a new three part series about crimes committed by some of the country’s most notorious serial killers entitled Killers Behind Bars: The Untold Story.

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    BBC3's Free Speech is Twitter hit

    2012-03-26T11:41:00Z

    Young viewers of BBC3 live debate show Free Speech tweeted twice per second during the show’s first episode.

  • Graham Norton
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    Norton added to Global iPlayer

    2012-03-23T11:55:00Z

    The Graham Norton Show will be made available to viewers of the new Global BBC iPlayer - the first global acquisition deal from a third party distributor.

  • News

    Lovefilm VOD overtakes DVD

    2012-03-22T12:22:00Z

    Lovefilm subscribers streamed more film and TV series than rented physical DVDs and games for the first time last month.

  • News

    Al Jazeera debuts mobile app

    2012-03-21T12:19:00Z

    Al Jazeera English viewers can now instantaneously submit and share content as well as live stream 24-hour news broadcasts using its first iPhone app.

  • Doris Day
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    Dads Army and Doris Day in Radio 4 dramas

    2012-03-21T11:59:00Z

    BBC Radio 4 has ordered radio dramas about the making of sitcom Dad’s Army and the friendship between Doris Day and Elizabeth Taylor from indie CPL Productions.

  • iPlayer
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    BBC iPlayer launches on Xbox

    2012-03-20T12:46:00Z

    BBC iPlayer users can find and play programmes using hand gestures and voice recognition for the first time following a distribution deal with Microsoft Xbox.

  • News

    Livity hires DocuMovie for C4 Education films

    2012-03-19T11:57:00Z

    Livity has appointed indie DocuMovie on behalf of C4 and Barclays to produce five short films for The Stake.

  • Young_Legal_Eagles
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    Mandrake explores legal system for BBC2

    2012-03-19T11:56:00Z

    The Learning Zone on BBC2 has commissioned Mandrake Films to produce Young Legal Eagles, a series of short films aimed at teens about the British legal system.

  • Afghanistan
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    Cameramen to celebrate work in warzones

    2012-03-14T12:22:00Z

    The Guild of Television Cameramen will run a one-day workshop/seminar on 31 March, which will celebrate the work of TV cameramen in warzones and riots.

  • Mike_Joyce
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    Smiths drummer fronts online pilot

    2012-03-12T12:00:00Z

    Mike Joyce, former drummer for The Smiths, is to make an online video pilot of radio feature ‘Blueprint Studio Sessions.’

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    BBCW promotes digital director Heaf

    2012-03-09T11:51:00Z

    BBC Worldwide has promoted digital director Dan Heaf to the new role of managing director for consumer digital.

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    News

    Soccer Aid to return to ITV1

    2012-03-08T15:27:00Z

    Soccer Aid returns to ITV1 this summer with three-episode lead up presented by Dermot O’Leary.

  • Lilly_Cole
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    Lily Cole to front Sky Arts series

    2012-03-07T12:21:00Z

    Supermodel and actress Lily Cole will front a new 6 x 60-minute series for Sky Arts where she will get under the skin of some of the most famous contemporary artists.