All Factual articles – Page 259
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FeaturesIce Town: Life on the Edge; BBC Earth
Filming in icy conditions isn’t everyone’s idea of adventure. Robin Parker gets a glimpse of the challenges for crew and townsfolk alike
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NewsVice gears up for UK launch
Vice is to produce around 60 hours of original content for its linear channel by the end of the year after unveiling its initial slate of UK shows.
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NewsBBC and C4 seek fresh directors
The BBC and Channel 4 have stepped up their efforts to find a broader range of voices among the next generation of TV directors through two new schemes.
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NewsBBC Worldwide expands indie empire
BBC Worldwide’s indie investment push has gathered pace with the acquisition of a stake in 72 Films, the indie established by Gogglebox commissioner David Glover and ex-Dragonfly managing director Mark Raphael.
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NewsITN & Sky shortlisted for Int Emmy
ITN Productions’ documentary Escape From Isis has been nominated for an International Emmy Award, alongside Sky News coverage of the refugee crisis.
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Behind The ScenesMega Shippers, Quest
Fires at sea, tidal changes, hurricanes, and old-fashioned bad planning were all issues, says David Notman-Watt.
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NewsVice unveils debut linear slate
Vice is to explore hedonism on the frontline of the Greek refugee crisis and tackle racist extremists through the lens of comedy as part of the debut slate of shows for its linear channel.
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NewsBake Off contestant fronts C4 pilot
Great British Bake Off contestant Dr Tamal Ray is to front a health pilot from Love Productions as Channel 4 expands its populist investigative slate.
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Ratings2.4m invest in Dragons Den
SUNDAY: Viewers continued to invest in BBC2’s long-running format Dragons’ Den, while Robot Wars fell below the BBC2 slot average for the first time since its reboot.
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NewsBroadcast ties with Wildscreen
Broadcast will produce a special issue for the Wildscreen festival in October highlighting the latest trends and emerging technology in the natural history genre.
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RatingsMo doc runs off with 2.5m
THURSDAY: BBC1’s one-off film about British champion Mo Farah ran off with an audience of 2.5m ahead of tonight’s Rio 2016 opening ceremony.
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NewsC4 plans ‘refresh’ of long-running docs
Channel 4 is hunting warm and ‘life-affirming’ scalable documentary series to help refresh its slate of returning shows in the 9pm slot.
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NewsCrimewatch rebooted as weekly format
Crimewatch is to air weekly for the first time in its 32-year history as it undergoes a major refresh which includes live segments filmed from a mobile incident studio.
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NewsC4 appoints deputy head of factual
The Murder Detectives commissioner Amy Flanagan has been promoted to deputy head of factual at Channel 4.
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CommentHelp is at hand when your day job becomes traumatic
Don’t be afraid to ask for support when work takes a tough turn, says David Richardson
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NewsSky Arts eyes off the wall ideas
Phil Edgar-Jones is hunting “off the wall ideas” after extending Sky Arts’ annual £1m Amplify project into 2017, and is eyeing up the channel’s first virtual reality project.
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NewsChannel 4 orders real-life Hunted
True Vision will follow Thames Valley Police’s attempts to capture murderers, kidnappers and armed robbers in a real-life Hunted for Channel 4.
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NewsRaw explores one-punch deaths for C4
Raw TV is to explore the phenomenon of deaths caused by a single punch in a one-off documentary for Channel 4.
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RatingsITV fails to score with 1966 doc
SATURDAY: ITV’s World Cup 1966 lookback failed to draw a crowd – losing out to Celebrity Big Brother and a screening of Iron Man 2 on Channel 4.
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NewsKeo Films makes trio of hires
Keo Films has made a raft of new appointments: a head of digital and executive producer in the UK, and a managing director in Australia.