All Factual articles – Page 269
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NewsMarjorie Kaplan sets out DNI vision
Discovery Networks International (DNI) is looking to supersize its local commissions into global formats and is hunting for ideas that have the sensibility of independent feature docs.
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FeaturesHot Picks: 1916
Distributor RTÉ GlobalProducer Coco ProductionsLength 3 x 60 minutesBroadcaster RTÉ (Ireland)It’s now 100 years since the Easter Rising, when armed Irish Republicans seized key locations in Dublin and proclaimed an Irish Republic.Irish public broadcaster RTÉ aired three-part documentary 1916 to coincide with this anniversary.The films examined ...
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FeaturesHot Picks: Real Detective
Netflix’s Making A Murderer and HBO’s The Jinx have helped true crime become an increasingly killer genre in the world of non-scripted programming.
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FeaturesHot Picks: Inside Buckingham Palace
The British monarchy is a fascinating subject for people all over the world – a fact that should help distributor TVF International shift Inside Buckingham Palace.
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FeaturesHot Picks: Serena
Serena Williams is one of the greatest tennis players of all time – the Florida born athlete has won all four major tennis tournaments in a row, dubbed the ‘Serena Slam’, twice.
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FeaturesHot Picks: Truth and Power
Truth And Power is an ambitious investigative documentary series in which members of the public go to extraordinary lengths to expose abuses of power.
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NewsBBC1 resurrects Animal Park
Remarkable Television’s Animal Park is returning to BBC1 after a seven-year hiatus to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the UK’s first drive-through safari park.
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NewsBBC3 lands heavyweight Anthony Joshua access
Gary Lineker’s indie Goalhanger Films has been following British boxer Anthony Joshua for a year and will detail his preparations for a world heavyweight title fight in a series of shorts for BBC3.
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FeaturesHot Picks: The Story of God with Morgan Freeman
Morgan Freeman has famously played God against Jim Carrey in Bruce Almighty and Steve Carell in the sequel Evan Almighty.
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FeaturesHot Picks: Weiner
It has been a tumultuous year for US politics as the country approaches a landmark presidential election in November.
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NewsVice buys stake in Pulse
Vice Media has acquired a majority stake in Pineapple Dance Studios producer Pulse Films, Broadcast has learned.
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RatingsDonald Trump boosts Good Morning Britain
WEDNESDAY: The first UK broadcast interview with would-be US presidential candidate Donald Trump helped Good Morning Britain to its best audience in three weeks.
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Behind The ScenesBritain's Whales and Sharks, ITV
We had to wait 18 months for a whale to wash up on our shores, says Sarah Cunliffe. Then the sharks turned up…
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NewsTLC orders UK version of Say Yes To The Dress
US indie Half Yard Productions is to remake its hit series Say Yes To The Dress for TLC in the UK just months after producing a similar show for Channel 4.
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NewsRylan Clark to host C5 chat show
Channel 5 has ordered a weekly chat show hosted by Celebrity Big Brother winner Rylan Clark.
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NewsC4 duo reunite to launch indie
Gogglebox commissioner David Glover and Dragonfly TV managing director Mark Raphael are joining forces to establish a production company.
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NewsSky buys a spoonful of Sugar Films
Sky has taken a minority stake in Pat Younge’s production company Sugar Films, continuing its UK indie investment strategy.
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NewsPioneer lands Red Bull adventure doc
Red Bull has commissioned an Amazonian adventure documentary from Pioneer Productions.
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RatingsThe Tube transports 1.5m for C5
MONDAY: Channel 5’s London Underground documentary set off with a respectable audience as Davina McCall helped ITV to a slot-winning performance.