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NewsPatrick Holland wins race to be BBC documentaries boss
Patrick Holland, the managing director at Fremantle Media UK label Boundless, has been named head of documentaries at the BBC.
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NewsSheffield Doc/Fest 2015 line-up revealed
BBC1 controller Charlotte Moore, BBC2 boss Kim Shillinglaw and Channel 4 deputy chief creative officer Ralph Lee are among the executives signed up to talk at this year’s Sheffield Doc/Fest.
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NewsBBC1 plans live Monterey Bay wildlife series
BBC1 will explore the gathering of marine life at Monterey Bay in California as part of a live natural history series in August.
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NewsBBC factual in state of flux
BBC factual is in a state of flux as controller Emma Swain begins a year-long secondment to help shape the corporation’s approach to commissioning over the next five years.
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NewsJohn Sergeant to go barging again for ITV
John Sergeant will be back barging around Britain after ITV ordered a second series of the Alaska-produced show.
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NewsBBC factual boss takes on charter renewal role
Emma Swain is to take a year out from her role as controller of factual to help shape BBC television’s approach to commissioning in the run-up to charter renewal.
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NewsWingspan explores bohemia for BBC4
Wingspan Productions is to explore what it means to be bohemian in a three-part series for BBC4.
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NewsBritespark unearths engineering blunders for Discovery
Sinking skyscrapers and back-to-front bridges are to feature in a BriteSpark Films documentary series for Discovery Networks International.
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NewsAvalon targets factual push
Avalon Factual indie Liberty Bell Productions has won its second ITV primetime commission this year, while the group is looking to strike umbrella deals with producers as it targets further growth.
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NewsJamie Oliver serves up healthy-eating docs for C4
Jamie Oliver is back on the campaign trail with two Channel 4 healthy-eating documentary projects.
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NewsDragonfly installs fixed-rig in children's hospital
One Born Every Minute indie Dragonfly is returning to the wards with a fixed-rig series set in a children’s hospital for Channel 4.
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NewsC4 prepares party-planner pilot
Remarkable Television will follow one of Manchester’s foremost party planners in a TX pilot for Channel 4.
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NewsSky Arts 2 to close
Sky is to merge its two arts channels and hand the newly created Sky Arts an improved slot on its EPG.
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NewsNutopia to co-pro Civilisation revival
Jane Root’s Nutopia is to co-produce landmark BBC series Civilisation, with former BBC1 controller Michael Jackson acting as executive producer.
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NewsGeorge Entwistle to exec C4 election coverage
Former BBC director general George Entwistle has been drafted in to exec produce Channel 4’s election night coverage.
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NewsC5 supersizes 20 Moments That Rocked Britain
Channel 5 has ordered a full series of Crackit’s list show 20 Moments That Rocked Britain before the one-off special it originally commissioned has aired.
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NewsBBC Learning producer Katy Jones dies
BBC Learning executive producer, drama documentary maker and award-winning journalist Katy Jones has died suddenly at the age of 51.
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NewsBBC2 controller targets ‘gorgeous’ single docs
BBC2 controller Kim Shillinglaw has called on producers to pitch more stand-out single documentaries and current affairs investigations.
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NewsITV sends Davina McCall on extreme expedition
Davina McCall will explore how animals live in some of the Earth’s harshest conditions in a four-part series for ITV.
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NewsFormer Culture Show editor wins 75-part Bloomberg arts series
An indie founded by former Culture Show editor Eddie Morgan has secured a three-year deal with Bloomberg TV to make a 75-part art series.