All Factual articles – Page 235
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NewsBBC2 hands Hospital bumper recommission
BBC2 channel editor Patrick Holland has recommissioned Label 1’s NHS documentary Hospital for a further two series.
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NewsDiscovery plots second free channel
Discovery is to launch a second free-to-air channel in the UK, following its acrimonious carriage deal negotiations with Sky.
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Behind The ScenesAndrew Marr: My Brain and Me, BBC2
The presenter agreed to our doc on one condition: he wouldn’t cry for the camera
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NewsManic Street Preachers doc heads to Sky
Manic Street Preachers’ album Everything Must Go is to be the subject of a feature-length documentary for Sky Arts.
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NewsPrue Leith set to join Bake Off
Former Great British Menu judge Prue Leith is to step into Mary Berry’s shoes on Channel 4’s Great British Bake Off, according to reports.
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VideoThe Trouble with Dad, Channel 4
Sundog Pictures doc on David Baddiel, his brother Ivor and their father who suffers from Pick’s Disease.
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NewsBBC docu-drama explores gay laws
BBC2 is to dramatise the real-life testimony of gay men who suffered under the draconian legal system of the 1950s.
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NewsC4 explores Saddleworth Moor mystery
True North is to explore the mysterious death of a man on Saddleworth Moor in a Channel 4 documentary.
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NewsC4 to lift lid on cabbies taking 'The Knowledge'
Channel 4 is taking The Knowledge with London black cab drivers and watching the greatest kids movies, in two separate one-off docs.
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NewsC4 ramps up war on fake news
Broadcaster suggests introducing social media ‘Kitemark’ for regulated news organisations
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NewsLionsgate UK eyes film remakes
Mad Men producer Lionsgate is looking to remake feature films such as Brooklyn and Bend It Like Beckham as British TV series following the appointment of former ITV drama chief Steve November.
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NewsDistributors unpack digital sales surge
Demand from global SVoD platforms and fledgling digital services across Asia has led to a boom in the sale of digital rights by British distributors.
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NewsSky dumps docs for fact ent
Sky is pulling the plug on factual programming in favour of Hunted-style fact ent formats and Big Brother-esque entertainment events.
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NewsRadio 1 commissions Valentine's Day doc
Radio 1 has ordered a Valentine’s Day-themed series hosted by DJ Alice Levine for its iPlayer channel.
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NewsITN plots Interview with a Murderer follow-up
ITN Productions is developing a follow-up to crime documentary Interview with a Murderer.
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VideoThe Wedding Day, Channel 4
Renegade Pictures meets the bride, groom and guests at a wedding that unites very different families.
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NewsRio Ferdinand fronts BBC1 film
Only The Best Productions, the indie established by former BT Sport executive Grant Best, has scored a BBC1 documentary in which Rio Ferdinand will explore grief.