Shaminder Nahal


Channel 4 commissions ‘Warrior Women with Lupita Nyong’o’, ‘Your Room Or Mine?’

Oscar-winning actor-producer Lupita Nyong’o is fronting a new documentary on Channel 4 exploring the Agoji warrior women of West Africa. The specialist factual 1 x 60-minute commission, Warrior Women With Lupita Nyong’o (working title), finds the star journeying across Benin to explore the legacy of the Agoji women. Known to the Europeans as ‘Amazons’, the […]

Channel 4 poaches Channel 5 exec

UK broadcaster Channel 4 has hired two commissioners for its specialist factual and documentaries commissioning team, one from rival Channel 5, and promoted another exec. Channel 5’s Michelle Chappell (pictured) and experienced filmmaker Alf Lawrie will join Nick Mirsky’s documentaries team and the specialist factual team respectively. Chappell is currently commissioning editor, factual, news and […]