All Twenty Twenty articles – Page 5
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NewsWatershed merges with Twenty Twenty
Stacey Dooley Investigates producer Watershed TV is to merge with sister company Twenty Twenty to create a broader creative team.
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NewsKim Shillinglaw bids to give BBC2 an edge
Controller Kim Shillinglaw is bidding to bring a more contemporary edge to BBC2 with a raft of commissions.
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NewsEmma Willis to join Twenty Twenty
The Great British Bake Off commissioner Emma Willis is to leave the BBC after nearly nine years to become creative director of Twenty Twenty Television.
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NewsFirst Dates pulls 12-part order
Fixed-rig dating show First Dates is to return to Channel 4 for a third run – with an extended 12 part series.
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NewsWarner lines up rebranded Shed for major US push
Warner Bros believes the combination of US reality television pioneer Mike Darnell and Shed Media Group IP can make the UK super-indie a major force in America.
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NewsMeredith Chambers joins Karl Warner’s indie
Twenty Twenty Television’s creative director Meredith Chambers has joined forces with Karl Warner at the former BBC entertainment commissioner’s indie Electric Ray.
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NewsShed signs joint venture deal with De Mol’s Talpa
John de Mol’s Talpa Media has struck a joint venture deal with Shed Media Group to make its long-awaited UK debut.
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NewsShed Media pulls drama efforts together in new scripted division
Shed Media has created a dedicated scripted division, led by Company Pictures exec John Griffin, which will be responsible for producing all the super indie’s drama series.
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Behind The ScenesFirst Dates, Channel 4
We’ll have earned our supper if we can turn around a show about the trials and tribulations of a first date in just four days, says Meredith Chambers
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NewsBBC2 tucks into restaurant business
Spun Gold spin-off Brassy TV has won its first order as BBC2 green-lights two series which delve into the restaurant world.
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NewsC4 puts faith in miracles and inventions
Channel 4 is to uncover miracles and astounding inventions with the help of new talent in two Twenty Twenty series.
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NewsC4 set to dish out £10m to charities
Channel 4 is gearing up to hand out £10m to charities, in its biggest ever give away, which will see the Secret Millionaire format evolving to tackle pressing social concerns selected by the public.
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NewsSky 1 pilots playalong gameshow
Sky 1 is piloting an interactive quiz fronted by Radio 1 DJ Sara Cox which will see viewers at home compete with studio contestants in real time.
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NewsFake couples to fool immigration experts in C4 pilot
Channel 4 is piloting a gameshow which will see fake couples try to convince immigration inspectors that they are a genuine item in order to win £10,000.
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NewsC4 commissions more hoarding
The Hoarder Next Door will return to Channel 4 for a second extended run following the success of the first series.
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Behind The ScenesStyled to Rock, Sky Living
Having Rihanna at the helm took Sky Living’s latest elimination show to a whole new level, says executive producer Daniel Marlowe.
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NewsMalone to front The Choir US
Choirmaster Gareth Malone is heading to the US for a remake of Twenty Twenty’s BBC2 series The Choir.
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NewsBBC commissioner joins senior team at Twenty Twenty
A BBC factual, features and formats commissioner is leaving to take up a new post at Shed Media indie Twenty Twenty.
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The Broadcast InterviewTwenty Twenty: Tim Carter, Meredith Chambers
Twenty Twenty’s chief exec and creative officer have successfully applied entertainment values to serious subjects. They tell Alex Farber how they are simply mimicking life’s ‘sense of fun’
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NewsOtterburn-Hall joins Shed to drive digital
Shed Media has hired former ITV digital creative director Juliette Otterburn-Hall as its first group head of digital.