All Lion Television articles – Page 5
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News
BBC1 signs Peter Jackson for WW1 season
Tessa Ross and Juliette Howell’s House Productions to produce Hollwood director’s archive-based doc
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UK talent in running for Kidscreen Awards
Lime Pictures’ Netflix drama Free Rein and Lion Television’s Horrible Histories make the shortlist
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Features
Lion Television
“We really want people to feel that they are Lion alumni and to retain some affection for, and loyalty to, the company.”
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Behind The Scenes
Time Commanders, BBC4
Rebooting the format a decade on allowed the use of much more powerful software
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Lion goes all-inclusive for C4
Lion TV is to document the great all-inclusive British summer holiday for Channel 4.
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World of Weird lands C4 series
Lion Television’s one-off doc World of Weird is to return to Channel 4 as a six-part series.
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BBC brings back Time Commanders
The BBC is bringing back military strategy competition format Time Commanders after a ten year break.
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Lion and PBS in science doc deal
Lion Television is to develop and produce a number of archaeology-based documentaries for PBS’s flagship science strand Nova.
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Twenty Twenty director of programmes joins Lion
Twenty Twenty director of programmes Lisa Edwards is to join Lion Television as factual creative director.
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Lion tracks GI Janes for C4
Lion TV is to shine a spotlight on a group of women as they prepare for life in the military for a Channel 4 documentary series.
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Ratings
Monty Don dreams big for BBC2
THURSDAY: Monty Don returned to BBC2 with almost 2m viewers – well up on the first series opener of Big Dreams Small Spaces.
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Sexy Beasts shipped to Russia
Lion Television’s unorthodox dating show Sexy Beasts has been snapped up by Russia’s CTC Network.
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BBC2 celebrates Chinese New Year
BBC2 is to celebrate Chinese New Year with a season of five shows, including Guy Hibbert’s One Child drama and a three-parter from Lion Television about the festivities.
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Indies land literary commissions for BBC reading campaign
Blast! Films and Century Films are among the indies producing literary films to support the BBC’s Get Reading campaign next year.
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Zig Zag & Lion to co-produce US dating format
US network WEtv has ordered a cab-based dating format from Zig Zag Productions, Lion Television and Israeli firm Matar Formats.
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Mary Beard returns to Pompeii for BBC1
Professor Mary Beard is to front an hour-long documentary on the restoration of Pompeii for BBC1.