All Firecracker Films articles – Page 7
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NewsC4 to delve deeper into life for BFGW follow-up
Channel 4’s record-breaking Big Fat Gypsy Weddings will return early next year to delve deeper into issues facing the travelling and gypsy communities.
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NewsUS Gypsy Weddings unveiled
The Big Fat Gypsy Weddings phenomenon is to be unleashed in the US as TLC picks up the UK version and commissions Firecracker Films to produce a local version featuring travellers in America.
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The Broadcast InterviewFirecracker Films: our Big Fat Gypsy success
As Gypsy-mania sweeps the country, Firecracker Films bosses Mark Soldinger and Sue Oriel tell Lisa Campbell about their plans to take the format to the US, spin-off series and more.
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NewsOctober’s Quinn to boost factual at Firecracker Films
October Films head of factual James Quinn is to leave the indie to develop factual output at Firecracker Films.
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NewsFirecracker heads for US and drafts in Oriel
Firecracker Films has opened a US office and drafted in former IWC Media managing director Sue Oriel to help develop the business.
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Firecracker bear series for Animal Planet
Animal Planet has commissioned Firecracker Films to make a full series based on its Five documentary The Man Who Lives with Bears.
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Firecracker to follow life of a mermaid girl
Firecracker Films is making a documentary about an American girl with “mermaid syndrome” for Five's Extraordinary People strand.
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NewsFirecracker Films tracks pre-teen preachers
Indie Firecracker Films is making a pair of one-off documentaries for Channel 4 including a film that follows a US child who began preaching at the age of three.
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Firecracker documents mania
Firecracker Films has produced and post-produced Mania, a 3 x 60-minute series of experimental documentaries for Channel 4.
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Firecracker looks at steroid abuse
Firecracker Films is to follow up its Five show The World's Strongest Boywith three commissions for the broadcaster including a documentary exploring the misuse of steroids.
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RDFR in first-look deal with Firecracker
RDF Rights has signed a two-year first-look deal with indie Firecracker Films. RDFR has picked up all international rights to Firecracker's output, which includes Five documentary World's Strongest Boyand Channel 4's Real Attack of the 50ft Woman. This deal follows earlier first-look ...
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Firecracker takes on world's strongest boy
Firecracker Films has tied down a trio of commissions, including The World's Strongest Boy for Five..
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In Production - Firecracker goes Superhuman.
Firecracker Films has completed the graphics package for Superhuman, Channel 4's extreme reality contest. In the
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Firecracker goes Superhuman
Firecracker Films has completed the graphics package for Superhuman, Channel 4's extreme reality contest. In the two-hour test of human performance one man and one woman will win the 'Superhuman' title.