All Mentorn Media articles – Page 14
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NewsJunior Doctors exec joins Mentorn
The executive producer of BBC3’s Junior Doctors and Underage And Pregnant has joined Mentorn Media to head up its fact ent and features department.
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NewsBBC4 charts the rise of American culture
BBC4 controller Richard Klein is pinning his hopes for autumn and winter 2011 on a new season of programmes about 20th century America.
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NewsMentorn poaches Talkback factual exec
Claudia Lewis, Talkback Thames’ head of specialist factual, is to join Mentorn Media as an executive producer.
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NewsIdiot goes further abroad
Hit Sky1 travel series An Idiot Abroad, starring Ricky Gervais sidekick Karl Pilkington, has been picked up in new territories around the world.
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NewsKatie Piper series heads to NZ
The ongoing story of acid burns victim Katie Piper is to be broadcast in New Zealand and Sweden following new sales by Mentorn International.
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NewsMentorn seals distribution deal with Daybreak
Mentorn International has signed a representation deal with Daybreak Pictures as part of a new push into drama distribution.
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NewsGoldsack leaves Mentorn Media for Silver River
Silver River has hired the executive producer behind Sky 1’s An Idiot Abroad and Channel 4’s forthcoming Katie: My Beautiful Friends as its first head of factual.
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NewsMentorn signs Beautiful Face's Piper
Mentorn has signed an exclusive development deal with Katie: My Beautiful Face star Katie Piper.
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NewsGervais and co to set up indie for new series
Ricky Gervais, Stephen Merchant and Karl Pilkington are setting up their own indie and have won a debut commission to produce the second series of An Idiot Abroad for Sky 1.
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NewsO'Leary wades into Question Time row
Presenter Dermot O’Leary has stepped into a row about BBC1’s Question Time, dismissing plans to relocate the show to Glasgow as “a joke”.
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NewsKarl Pilkington back on the road for Sky
Ricky Gervais sidekick Karl Pilkington, who fronted unconventional travelogue An Idiot Abroad for Sky, has revealed details of his next series.
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NewsCrufts returning to More4
Pedigree dog show Crufts will return to More 4 for a second year in March.
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NewsIdiot Abroad goes further afield
Hit comedy travelogue An Idiot Abroad has been sold into a host of territories, including the US, Canada and Europe.
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NewsMentorn's For Neda wins at FPAs
Mentorn documentary For Neda won two prizes, including the Winner of Winners, at the Foreign Press Association awards last night.
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NewsMore 4 to show Mentorn doc on death of Iranian protestor
More 4 has bought the rights to Mentorn Media’s documentary about Neda Agha Soltan, the young woman who was shot during the Iranian protests and whose death has been watched on the web by millions around the world.
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NewsMorgan set to join Mentorn as head of development
Emma Morgan has been appointed head of development and executive producer at Mentorn Media after nearly eight years at rival indie Twofour.
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NewsWorst Driver steers into France
Mentorn International’s Worst Driver is gearing up for new versions in France and the Ukraine.
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NewsBBC3 orders more young Question Time
BBC3 is positioning itself as the home for politics aimed at young people with four new editions of a youth-based Question Time in the pipeline.
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NewsC4 plans follow-up series to My Beautiful Face doc
Channel 4 is to turn its Bafta-nominated Cutting Edge documentary Katie: My Beautiful Face into a four-part series.
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NewsMentorn secures deals for Cops shows
BBC blue-light shows Traffic Cops and Motorway Cops have been picked up in Australia and Sweden, following new deals by Mentorn International.