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BBC fulfils factual & arts pledge with slew of commissions
UK pubcaster the BBC has ordered a slew of new programming through its recently created…
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BBC orders ‘Crossfire’ thriller with Dancing Ledge & Keeley Hawes
UK pubcaster the BBC has commissioned Crossfire, a new miniseries about a hotel shooting to…
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BBC selects factual talent for documentary initiative
UK pubcaster the BBC has selected four filmmakers to make their first documentary film through…
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Seven, Globo & CBC among raft of buyers for BBC doc ‘Surviving 9/11’
Seven Network in Australia, Globo in Brazil and CBC in Canada are among a raft…
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BritBox hires former Kudos CEO & BBC alum Diederick Santer as creative chief
Global streamer BritBox has appointed former Kudos CEO Diederick Santer to the newly created role…
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TBI Weekly: What the UK’s kids commissioners want & why
As the Children’s Media Conference comes to a close, TBI’s deputy editor Mark Layton hears…
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BBC hires Jon Petrie from Netflix’s Broke and Bones to lead comedy
The BBC in the UK has appointed Jon Petrie from Charlie Brooker and Annabel Jones’s…
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BBC launches initiative to find & fund UK animation talent
UK pubcaster the BBC has launched Ignite, its “biggest ever” initiative to find and develop…
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UK’s ScreenSkills funds 19 TV ‘Leaders of Tomorrow’
ScreenSkills, the UK’s industry-led skills body, is to fund 19 mid-level TV production crew through a…
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News round-up: BBC calls ‘Gossip Girl’; ‘The Mole’ pops up in Italy; Lat Am lands Eccho’s ‘Legacy’
BBC calls Gossip Girl The BBC in the UK has picked up rights to the…