All Mentorn Media articles – Page 13
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NewsDragonfly exec joins Mentorn as creative director
Mentorn Media has poached a senior exec from Dragonfly to head up its team in the new role of creative director.
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NewsMentorn renews Question Time contract
Mentorn Scotland has won the contract to produce BBC1’s flagship political panel show Question Time for another three years, fending off competition from Lion TV.
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CommentNew breed are eager to acquire striking content
Distributors can cash in on channel growth in new territories, says David Leach.
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World’s Scariest returning to C5
Channel 5 has commissioned a second series of the World’s Scariest strand from Mentorn Media.
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NewsWorst Driver steers to Brazil
Mentorn International’s Worst Driver format is to be remade by Brazilian broadcaster TV Globo, taking the number of territories airing local versions to 17.
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NewsMentorn follows youngsters’ ‘big day’ for MTV
MTV International has ordered an ob doc series from Mentorn Media focusing on teens and twentysomethings on the eve of their weddings.
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NewsHairy Bikers cooking UKTV debut
The Hairy Bikers are making their first show for UKTV’s Good Food with a series exploring soul food.
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NewsBBC3 rejigs QT spin-off
BBC3 series Young Voters’ Question Time is being overhauled, rebranded and expanded into a regular monthly format, with Formula One presenter Jake Humphrey taking on hosting duties.
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NewsMentorn emails C4 over Dispatches shortlist
Mentorn executive Steve Anderson has written to Channel 4 to express disappointment about the way the recently awarded Dispatches contracts were handled, Broadcast has learned.
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NewsMentorn hires Scotland head
Mentorn has hired a new head for its Scottish base after a gap of almost a year.
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NewsC5 orders Mentorn series on extreme events
Channel 5 has ordered a four-part series from Mentorn that looks at extreme events and near-misses.
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NewsBBC3 reveals diverse factual slate
BBC3 is to challenge young fathers to deliver their partners’ babies, while Radio 1 DJ Reggie Yates will go inside Britain’s gangs as part of a major crime season.
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NewsQuestion Time up for grabs for Scottish indies
The BBC is putting the three-year contract to produce Question Time out to tender to indies with a base in Scotland.
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NewsClaudia Lewis returns to Talkback
Claudia Lewis is to return to Talkback Thames to oversee Channel 4 show Four Rooms just months after defecting to Mentorn Media.
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NewsMentorn sets up comedy arm and sells Idiot Abroad
Mentorn International is to launch a new comedy division and has secured the first pre-sales for Sky 1 travelogue An Idiot Abroad 2.
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NewsMentorn to sell new Gervais/Merchant comedy
Mentorn International has picked up the distribution rights to Life’s Too Short, the new comedy series written and directed by Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant.
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NewsKatie Piper signs two-year deal with Channel 4
Channel 4 has signed up former model Katie Piper to a two-year exclusive deal and has also revealed some details of new projects for Derren Brown and Jimmy Doherty.
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NewsC5 gets Soho Blues again
Channel 5 has ordered a second series of emergency services series Soho Blues.
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NewsQuestion Time returns to debate riots
Question Time is to break from its summer hiatus for the first time to debate the riots that have flared up across the country, while BBC3 will hear from young people in a discussion presented by Richard Bacon.
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NewsMentorn updates Jaycee Dugard kidnap doc for C4
Mentorn Media has updated its film about the discovery of Jaycee Lee Dugard, the Californian girl who was kidnapped and imprisoned for 18 years.