All Factual articles – Page 238
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NewsBBC plans mental health season
Blink Films has landed a one-off BBC1 documentary exploring the physiological effects of stress as part of a season of mental health programming to play across the BBC this spring.
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NewsShiver hires docu-formats boss
ITV Studios label Shiver has hired former Ricochet creative director Mark Rubens as head of documentary formats.
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RatingsTrump boosts BBC1 & C4
MONDAY: Panorama and Dispatches both scored their biggest audiences in seven months with their investigations into the President Elect, but BBC1 trumped in the battle of the Donald documentaries.
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NewsTVF scores Discovery deals
Discovery has picked up a slate of programming from London-based distributor TVF International for its global channels, including ITV4 fishing format The Big Fish Off.
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NewsObjective US opens indie
Peep Show US producer Jimmy Fox has launched a production business which will form part of Objective Media Group America.
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RatingsSpy In The Wild spots 5m
THURSDAY: Wildlife documentary Spy In The Wild launched ahead of BBC1’s previous animatronic outing Spy In The Pod.
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NewsNetflix swoops for ITV's Investigator
ITV’s The Jinx-style series The Investigator: A British Crime Story has been picked up by Netflix.
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RatingsHospital beds in with 2m
WEDNESDAY: BBC2’s timely look at the NHS delivered an audience in excess of 2m as Gogglebox-inspired Common Sense struggled to find a sizeable crowd.
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NewsRalph Lee expands C4 factual team
Channel 4 has appointed three commissioning editors to its factual department as it prepares for the long-term renewal of its existing factual slate.
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NewsFrancis Bacon & Paula Rego docs on BBC arts slate
IWC Media, Kimset and Wavelength Films take on Britain’s cultural heroes are among a raft of BBC arts commissions.
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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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NewsRise bolsters factual team
Plebs indie Rise Films has hired Betty executive Kate Morey as head of popular factual and 7 Wonder head of specialist factual Steve Condie as an executive producer as it bulks up its factual team.
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RatingsClunes outmuscles Lumley
TUESDAY: Martin Clunes’ ITV travelogue outmuscled Joanna Lumley’s recent effort as BBC2 failed to muster 1m for Our Dancing Town.
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NewsITV Hub hosts refugee football film
A documentary about a refugee football tournament is to feature on ITV Hub following a tie-up between the broadcaster and youth brand Copa90.
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NewsMidnight Oil strikes investment deal
Specialist factual indie Midnight Oil Pictures has secured an investment deal from tech investor Richard Green, following last year’s inaugural Indielab programme.
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NewsRare Day's Peter Dale joins NFTS
Rare Day founder Peter Dale is to join The National Film and Television School to support one of its flagship factual degrees.
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Behind The ScenesFaking It: Tears of A Crime, Investigation Discovery
Why do criminals think TV is the place to protest their innocence?
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NewsSundog hires development chief
Sundog Pictures has tapped Nicky Huggett as head of development as it looks to “double down” on documentaries and expand into the US.