All True North Productions articles – Page 5
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China: time to seize the moment
With China hungry to learn from British TV, producers can’t afford to hang around, says Glyn Middleton
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True North hires Great Ormond Street filmmaker
Ricardo Pollack, the series producer of BBC2’s Great Ormond Street, is to join Leeds-based indie True North in a newly created role.
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Bloody Tales of The Tower locks up 600k
Channel 5’s Nat Geo acquisition Bloody Tales Of The Tower got off to a solid start on Friday - regaling an audience of more than 600,000.
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Beach beats Valleys for MTV
In cupboard lore, it’s well known that you have to salvage the stuff others have stored before you can flog it. Appropriately enough, Quest has found those very salvagers to decent effect.
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Indies make inroads in China
UK indies believe China could quickly become a lucrative international market after Pact led a delegation to the first Sino-British Television Programme Innovation Management Summit in Xiamen on the south-east coast of China.
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Andrew Sheldon and Marc Allen, True North
Following True North’s best ever year, its key execs discuss building relationships in China
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Channel 4 resurrects Secret History
Channel 4 is to bring back Secret History, its long-running TV documentary series which aired from 1991 to 2004.
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BBC1 heads back to Animal Frontline
True North has secured a second series of BBC1’s daytime RSPCA inspector doc Animal Frontline.
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More4 orders True North property series
More4 has commissioned a ten-part series from True North that will see first time property owners attempt to build their own houses.
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MTV preps for beauty school
MTV UK has commissioned Beauty School Drop Outs, a new reality series from UK indie True North.
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True North lands major Chinese deal
True North is planning for a major expansion into China after securing a three-part series with state broadcaster CCTV9.
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Gok back in fashion with live C4 show
Gok Wan is to return to fashion with a new live format for Channel 4.
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C5 goes on tour with Hen Nights
Channel 5 has ordered Hen Nights, a five part reality doc series from True North Productions.
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Blowing up Napoleon
True North recreates the world’s first vehicle bomb for Nat Geo’s Bloody Tales.
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True North hires MD for commercial push
Leeds-based indie True North Productions has appointed former BBC and Pathe executive Marc Allen as managing director to aggressively drive the commercial direction of the business.
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True North opens Manchester offices
Leeds-based indie True North is to open an office in Manchester to help it forge closer relationships with commissioners based at MediaCityUK.
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Twofour revisits 80s for NGCI
National Geographic’s fast-growing international commissioning hub has ordered a fresh round of shows, including a detailed look back at the 1980s from Twofour.
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MTV heads back down to The Valleys
MTV has commisioned a second series of Cardiff-based structured reality show The Valleys from indie True North.
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MTV under fire from MPs over The Valleys
A group of MPs have complained to MTV about Welsh constructed reality series The Valleys and demanded 5% of its advertising profits be donated to charity.