All Factual-entertainment articles – Page 77
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News5Star ramps up originals
Dancing babies, kids who kill and men and women who refuse to go to the doctor are all set to appear on 5Star after the Channel 5 sister station ramped up its original commissioning strategy.
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NewsCurve secures raft of orders
Factual indie Curve Media has marked its second anniversary with a raft of commissions across the BBC and Channel 4 and is on the cusp of winning a major ITV primetime pilot.
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NewsYouTubers head to CBBC for car makeover format
CBBC has ordered a car transformation series fronted by two YouTube stars from Endemol Shine North following a successful pilot.
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NewsLiberty Bell wins C4 OAP order
John Prescott, Johnny Ball and Eve Pollard are among the celebrities who will explore what it means to be an OAP in Britain for Channel 4.
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RatingsC5's Week We Went Wild struggles
MONDAY: Channel 5 survival format The Week We Went Wild got off to a rocky start after failing to capitalise on its sizeable inheritance from Celebrity Big Brother.
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VideoIdris Elba: Fighter, Discovery
Shine North and Green Door Pictures’ series on Elba’s attempts to become a professional kickboxer.
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RatingsSpies slips below the radar
THURSDAY: Minnow Films’ espionage series Spies failed to hook a million viewers while Death in Paradise returned on murderous form.
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VideoSpies, Channel 4
Minnow Films format in which 15 candidates see if they have what it takes to become a spy.
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NewsWheeler Dealers indie turns to crowdfunding
Wheeler Dealers indie Attaboy TV has kicked off a £150,000 crowdsourcing campaign to fund its next car format.
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RatingsThe Apprentice interviews 5.5m
THURSDAY: The Apprentice built on last week’s audience to deliver 5.5m on BBC1, while Grand Designs: House of The Year closed with 1.5m on Channel 4.
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NewsNorway ramps up global ambitions
Seven years after Norway kicked off the slow-TV phenomenon, a raft of the country’s producers are creating interactive formats with an eye on the international market.
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NewsMaverick reveals genre plans
Maverick is bidding to become a cross-genre operator, building on the commission of its ambitious Channel 4 specialist factual entertainment format, Escape.
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NewsThis Time Next Year heads to US
US cable network Lifetime has ordered a remake of Twofour format This Time Next Year.
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NewsBetty hires director of programmes
Discovery’s Helen Hawken is to replace Duncan Coates as Betty’s director of programmes.
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NewsTLC bolsters Brideday with Big Brides
TLC has ordered a 20 x 30-minute series on plus-size brides from The Secrets of the Tea Chimps indie Angel Eye Media.
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RatingsGogglebox returns to form
FRIDAY: Gogglebox returned to form without competition from I’m a Celebrity…Get Me Out of Here – winning the slot in its final 30-minutes.
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NewsCelebs get C5 makeover
John McCririck and Celebrity Big Brother star Lauren Harries are among the celebrities set to receive makeovers as part of a celebrity remake of 5Star’s 100% Hotter.
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NewsC4 commissions crash site challenge
A group of engineers will be challenged to escape from a variety of “catastrophic” crash sites in Channel 4’s latest factual entertainment order.
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RatingsWho Do You Think You Are? slips to 3.3m
THURSDAY: Who Do You Think You Are? continued to slide despite the lack of competition from I’m A Celebrity, while The Apprentice added nearly 1m viewers to last week’s all-time low audience.