All Factual-entertainment articles – Page 102
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NewsAnalysis: UK formats in France
French broadcasters are increasingly opening their doors to British formats as series including The Undateables and Top Gear join a growing list of shows to be adapted in the country.
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NewsEndemol entertainment chief joins Electric Ray
Electric Ray has hired Endemol exec Shaun Parry as its creative director of entertainment.
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NewsLifetime acquires Property Brothers
UK pay-TV broadcaster Lifetime has acquired North American property series Property Brothers after striking a deal with distributor Cineflix Rights.
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RatingsComic Relief Bake Off stirs up 6.4m
WEDNESDAY: The Great Comic Relief Bake Off move to BBC1 helped it add 3m viewers, as Wolf Hall continued to roar on BBC2.
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NewsTruTV eyes UK indie content
Turner’s free-to-air channel TruTV is to commission content from UK indies for the first time and is hunting for character-driven reality series.
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NewsIrish format The Takeover heads to C4
Channel 4 has ordered a UK version of Irish business format The Takeover after striking a deal with Sony Pictures Television.
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NewsCBeebies signs up Footy Pups
Arsenal footballer Rachel Yankey OBE has signed up to front a new Dot to Dot Productions sports skills series for CBeebies.
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NewsBoundless hires The Undateables exec
The Undateables producer Sarah Spencer has become Boundless’ second hire in less than a month.
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Ratings10,000 BC transports 1.5m
MONDAY: Channel 5’s survival reality show 10,000 BC made a strong start at 10pm, as The Jump held off a Big Brother Live Bombshell at 8pm.
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NewsGrant Mansfield's Plimsoll opens US office
Grant Mansfield’s Bristol-based indie Plimsoll Productions has opened an office in LA to help grow its burgeoning US business.
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NewsSouth Side Story trials SnapChat
The BBC has kicked off a trial of messaging app SnapChat to support BBC3 reality show South Side Story.
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RatingsTop Gear drives off with 5.3m
SUNDAY: BBC2’s Top Gear drove off with 5.3m for its first episode of a new run, narrowly below last year’s launch, while ITV’s Mr Selfridge returned to its lowest ever audience.
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RatingsDesi Rascals fails to hit 90k
TUESDAY: Sky Living’s structured reality format Desi Rascals launched with fewer than 90,000 viewers as BBC2’s one-off The Eichmann Show enthralled 1.2m.
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NewsE4 slopes off with The Jump companion
E4 will take to the slopes with a companion series for Channel 4 celebrity winter sports format The Jump.
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NewsBeyond poaches DRG's Meek-O'Connor
Mythbusters producer and distributor Beyond has poached DRG’s Caitlin Meek-O’Connor to become head of acquisitions.
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NewsBoundless hires The Apprentice exec
Undercover Boss executive producer Cal Turner has joined FremantleMedia UK indie Boundless to oversee the new series of The Apprentice.
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NewsBBC2 rustles up food season
BBC2 has lined up some of its top chefs and culinary talent to front a season of food programmes exploring how what we eat shapes who we are.
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NewsLatimer hires Dragonfly exec to lead growth
Latimer Films, the fledgling indie responsible for Channel 4’s Penny Woolcock documentary Going To The Dogs, is ramping up its TV ambitions after hiring former Dragonfly executive Tamara Abood.
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CommentMaking Asian voices heard
Reality TV is ahead of other genres when it comes to diversity, says Gurinder Chadha
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NewsRize checks in at The Billion Pound Hotel
Liberty of London indie Rize USA will again immerse itself in luxury as it visits the world’s most exclusive hotel for a Channel 4 documentary.