All Factual-entertainment articles – Page 99
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RatingsThe Interceptor dents Long Lost Family
WEDNESDAY: BBC1 crime drama The Interceptor got underway with 3.7m denting the fortunes of ITV’s Long Lost Family.
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NewsStephen Lambert: non-scripted struggles on US networks
Stephen Lambert has outlined the challenges of launching non-scripted formats on network television in the US.
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NewsRevealed: Jeremy Clarkson’s Top Gear swansong
Jeremy Clarkson’s final Top Gear appearance will be in a 75-minute special that will air on BBC2 in the next few weeks.
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NewsSky searches for genius dogs
Sky 1 is searching for Britain’s most extraordinary canine characters in a six-part commission from Oxford Scientific Films.
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NewsScripted reality heads to BBC4
Electric Ray is to produce a scripted reality series focused on a group of Bournemouth-based friends in their 60s, 70s and 80s for BBC4.
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NewsBBC hires raft of factual commissioners
Darlow Smithson Productions director of programmes Rachel Morgan and UKTV commissioner Catherine Catton have joined the BBC as part of a number of factual appointments.
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NewsBBC 'offers Hammond and May £4.6m to remain on Top Gear'
The BBC has offered Top Gear presenters Richard Hammond and James May £4.6m to continue to front the show in the wake of Jeremy Clarkson’s departure, a report has claimed.
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NewsFYI hunts 'alternative' ideas from UK
Jana Bennett, president of US channel FYI has revealed the channel is hunting for shows focused on “alternative lifestyles” and unveiled a host of series from UK producers.
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NewsTop Gear could return with guest hosts
Top Gear could return with a different host each week as part of its overhaul, according to reports.
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NewsBBC Trust rejects Top Gear number plate complaint
The BBC Trust has found that a car displaying a H982 FKL number plate in the Top Gear Patagonia Christmas special was not a deliberate reference to the Falklands War.
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NewsBBC defends ‘Hunger Games-style’ social experiment
The BBC has defended new BBC2 format Britain’s Hardest Grafter as a “serious social experiment” after it was compared to the Hunger Games.
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NewsBroadcasters snap up Bear Grylls
Bear Grylls’ ITV series Mission Survive is to travel to 150 countries after a swathe of broadcasters, including Discovery, acquired the celebrity endurance format.
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NewsUKTV prepares Watch re-brand
UKTV is set to re-brand pay-TV channel Watch to appeal to a more female-skewing audience.
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NewsFirst Dates scores bumper C4 order
Twenty Twenty has notched up a super-sized order of dating format First Dates for Channel 4.
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NewsCBBC expands Junior Vets
CBBC has ordered a further two series of True North’s Junior Vets and expanded the factual format across the UK.
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NewsBBC exec welcomed Top Gear team home after Argentina ordeal
BBC entertainment boss Mark Linsey travelled to Heathrow airport to personally welcome the crew of Top Gear after they flew back to the UK having filmed the controversial Patagonia Christmas special.
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NewsLiberty Bell rings up investment format for Dave
Liberty Bell is to produce an entertainment format for Dave in which ordinary people will risk their own money by investing in innovative ideas.
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NewsShiver examines Animal Births for ITV
ITV has ordered a series about the birth of animals from Shiver and recommissioned several existing formats from ITV Studios’ factual arm.
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News5Productions lands first MTV show
5Productions has picked up its first order from MTV in a fresh slate from the broadcaster which includes Remedy’s first factual entertainment show.
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The Broadcast InterviewRicochet
It’s been a busy time for Ricochet since Jo Ball became chief exec last year, with Katy Thorogood joining Simon Knight to help expand the indie’s slate. Hannah Gannagé-Stewart meets the trio