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Wildstar Films snags BBC Natural History Unit boss to head development & production

UK factual prodco Wildstar Films has appointed Doug Mackay-Hope, the former head of development at…

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TBI Kids: BBC Studios on the global reach of ‘Planet Defenders’

We often hear how the future of the planet and the animals that live upon…

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TBI Factual: How UK city of Bristol became a global production powerhouse

Andrew Jackson is president of international production & development at Plimsoll Productions, based out of…

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Natural history co-pros unlikely as genre evolves for SVODs

Alastair Fothergill, producer of Netflix’s Our Planet, has warned that SVOD players “will not consider…

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BBC NHU, DHX open The Zoo for CBBC

UK kids channel CBBC has commissioned a ob-doc series in which the animals of Paignton…

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BBC, Endemol alum launches Objective prodco

Former BBC Natural History Unit and Endemol exec Gavin Henderson has set up an indie…

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Blue chip to new chip: natural history with bite

Stewart Clarke speaks to commissioners, producers, distributors and digital pioneers about their efforts to reimagine…

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Ex-Discovery specials chief joins Mansfield’s Plimsoll

Former Discovery Communications and BBC factual programming boss Andrew Jackson has joined Grant Mansfield’s fledgling…

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Eddie Izzard to star in BBC science drama

Actor and stand-up Eddie Izzard will star in a science-themed, fact-based drama for UK terrestrial…

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MIPJunior Hot Pick: Andy’s Dinosaur Adventures

Andy Day is already known to preschool fans of Andy’s Wild Adventures, in which the…

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