All Factual articles – Page 290
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NewsSky to take arts to next level
Sky wants producers from the UK, Italy and Germany to bring it big budget ambitious arts projects for its new production hub in Milan.
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NewsShiver examines Animal Births for ITV
ITV has ordered a series about the birth of animals from Shiver and recommissioned several existing formats from ITV Studios’ factual arm.
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NewsFirecracker follows Llewelyn-Bowen to China
Firecracker Films is to follow Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen’s attempts to launch a lingerie brand in China for BBC2 in one of three orders picked up by the factual producer.
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RatingsITV struggles as The Island ends well
WEDNESDAY: Bear Gryll’s survival documentary The Island bowed out with a series average of 2.4m viewers as ITV suffered a tough night and was overhauled by Channel 5.
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The Broadcast InterviewRicochet
It’s been a busy time for Ricochet since Jo Ball became chief exec last year, with Katy Thorogood joining Simon Knight to help expand the indie’s slate. Hannah Gannagé-Stewart meets the trio
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NewsVoltage TV lands C4 funding
Channel 4 has backed Sanjay Singhal’s Voltage TV as it continues to spend its £20m Growth Fund.
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NewsIn brief: Lime Pictures; The Garden; Nan; Radio 5 Live 606
Lime Pictures is to delve into the world of clairvoyants for Channel 4 and Nan is to return for a two-part series on BBC1. Click for the rest of today’s news round-up.
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Ratings24 Hours In The Past concludes with 3.2m
TUESDAY: 24 Hours In The Past bowed out with an unspectacular 3m viewers, as Sky 1 dram Critical ended with fewer than 200,000 viewers.
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RatingsBenefits Street sheds 700k
MONDAY: Controversial Channel 4 documentary Benefits Street slipped by 700,000 as BBC2’s sexual crimes series The Detectives gained ground.
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RatingsMartin Clunes ITV animal doc dips below 3m
FRIDAY: Martin Clunes’ latest factual series for ITV got off to an underwhelming start as A League of Their Own returned to Sky 1.
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NewsSimon Raikes quits C5 to expand Red Planet Pictures
Factual commissioning editor Simon Raikes is leaving Channel 5 to launch a non-scripted division at Tony Jordan’s Red Planet Pictures.
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NewsC4 orders mental health series
Channel 4 has commissioned CB Films to make two-part series examining how people live with issues including pyromania, kleptomania and nymphomania.
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NewsDNI orders Nepal earthquakes doc
Discovery Networks International has commissioned a fast turnaround doc on the two earthquakes that have hit Nepal in the last month.
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RatingsThe Island and Born Naughty? deliver for C4
THURSDAY: Channel 4 had a strong evening as Born Naughty? debuted with more than two million viewers and The Island with Bear Grylls delivered its best performance of the second series.
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NewsITV orders school swap experiment
ITV has commissioned a 2 x 60-minutes series that will ask state and private school teachers and pupils to swap places.
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NewsChannel 4 returns to The Island for third run
Channel 4 is to head to the The Island with Bear Grylls for a third time after recommissioning the Bafta-winning show.
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NewsPatrick Holland and Polly Hill: indie verdict
New BBC documentaries and drama heads are broadly welcomed by production community
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NewsBBC4 ready for more slow TV
BBC4 is on the hunt for slow TV ideas on a bigger scale following the success of its Goes Slow season, which featured a canal trip and glassblowing.
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NewsLondon Live to launch local events strand
London Live is to launch a Live from London strand covering local events, such as Pride and two-day music festival Field Day.
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RatingsBenefits Street down on 2014
MONDAY: Benefits Street returned with 1.3m fewer viewers than last year’s debut, but still comfortably beat Channel 4’s slot average.