All Factual articles – Page 257
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NewsMurder Detectives director prepares debut drama
The Murder Detectives director Dave Nath is moving away from factual for the first time to direct and write a Channel 4 drama.
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Behind The ScenesChildren On The Frontline: The Escape, C4
Revisiting a family trying to escape the conflict in Syria presented many challenges, says Marcel Mettelsiefen. But the hardest was balancing the roles of friend and film-maker
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NewsThe Island and Hunted producer joins Channel 4
Shine TV’s former managing director Kelly Webb-Lamb has joined Channel 4 as head of factual entertainment.
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NewsRedundancies loom at Discovery
Discovery Networks International (DNI) could be asked to make redundancies in the UK and around the world after the global factual broadcaster revealed a major cost cutting plan.
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NewsTigress MD to retire
Tigress managing director Dick Colthurst is to retire from television in the autumn after a 35-year career.
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NewsBBC1 brings Dom back to daytime
BBC1 is bringing Don’t Get Done, Get Dom star Dom Littlewood back to daytime after cancelling his eponymous show last year.
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NewsFood Tube eyes fresh outlets
Jamie Oliver-owned YouTube network Food Tube is eying expansion onto other platforms to better position the business for growth.
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NewsBBC Studios factual chief departs
BBC Studios head of factual Natalie Humphreys has become the latest executive to leave the corporation.
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NewsITN Productions drives record growth
ITN has reported its sixth consecutive year of growth after increasing its operating profit by £1m over the past year.
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NewsCarol Vorderman flies off with C5 series
Arrow Media is to track Carol Vorderman’s attempt to become the ninth woman to fly solo around the world for a Channel 5 documentary.
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RatingsPaul Merton travelogue departs with 1.6m
SUNDAY: Paul Merton’s latest televised trip started solidly on Channel 4, while ITV’s The Durrells and BBC1’s Undercover fell to lows.
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NewsT. Rex Autopsy exec sets up Bristol indie
T. Rex Autopsy executive producer Paul Wooding is leaving Impossible Factual to set up a Bristol-based production company, backed by indie investment network Bob & Co.
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CommentThe story behind a successful Korean co-pro
The Bridge founder Amanda Groom this week won an award for the Most Significant Contribution to the UK-Korea TV Creative Collaboration at an event organised by the London Korean Drama Club. Here she reveals the story behind RTS Award-nominated S4C film Tears of Blood, which was co-produced by a Korean ...
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NewsBlast! Films to open Brighton office
Blast! Films is opening a Brighton office to be headed up by Boundless executive producer Sarah Spencer.
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NewsMuslim docs take centre stage
The BBC, Channel 4 and Channel 5 will go head to head with programming about British Muslim communities amid concerns that broadcasters focus too heavily on extremism.
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NewsBBC prepares Hillsborough special
BBC2 has ordered an in-depth documentary about the 1989 Hillsborough disaster following this week’s inquest verdict, to air early next month.
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NewsDiscovery marks Battle of Somme centenary
Sir Tony Robinson is to mark the centenary of the Battle of the Somme with a one-off documentary for Discovery.
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Behind The ScenesLord Montagu
How did a Texan come to make a feature-length doc about an aristocrat he had never heard of? Luke Korem explains
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RatingsBarging Round Britain sinks to 2.5m
FRIDAY: John Sergeant returned with fewer viewers for the second series of his barge-based travelogue as Ben Fogle’s latest Channel 5 wildlife documentary struggled to outperform the adventurer’s previous outings for the channel.
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RatingsLouis Theroux scores biggest ratings since 2011
SUNDAY: Louis Theroux scored his best ratings for BBC2 in nearly five years with his documentary on alcoholism in the UK.