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Show of the week: The Coronation
For the first time the Queen discusses her Coronation, which took place 65 years ago…
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We’re going on a millennials hunt
With Planet Earth II beating reality TV programmes to audiences – including those crucial, lucrative…
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Ex-Darlow Smithson, Atlantic execs join UK prodco
Former Darlow Smithson Productions (DSP) senior exec Ulla Streib Atlantic Productions’ Ruth Roberts are joining…
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BBC embarks on Mission Galapagos
BBC One has commissioned a major natural history series following a team of international scientists…
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Atlantic adds to UK team
Independent producer Atlantic has hired two new execs and promoted another. Ian Syder (left) has…
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David Attenborough series goes global
David Attenborough’s Great Barrier Reef has landed in 180 territories following natural history broadcaster Attenborough’s…
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10 MIPTV takeaways: #2 VR now a reality?
The television content business might be a sucker for a new medium to explore, but…
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MIPTV unveils 4K Ultra HD line-up
MIPTV has announced details of an “extensive” 4K, Ultra High Definition programme at the event…
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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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MIPTV Hot Pick – Attenborough’s Great Barrier Reef
Entertainment One has moved into high-end, big-budget blue-chip factual with veteran British naturalist and presenter…
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Aussie net goes Inside the Commons
The ABC in Australia has tapped UK indie Atlantic Productions for 4x60mins doc series Inside…
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ABC Oz buys new Attenborough BBC series
ABC in Australia has bought Attenborough’s Great Barrier Reef, the latest series from the renowned…
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Sky, Scandi nets join Attenborough’s Conquest
Sky’s Italian business and a pair of Scandinavian pubcasters have acquired David Attenborough’s Conquest of…
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BBC orders Attenborough Great Barrier Reef series
BBC One has ordered a three-part series about the Great Barrier Reef, fronted by veteran…
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The factual landscape: ducks, docs and digital
The business of selling factual programming is changing – with free-to-air slots for classic factual…
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BBC orders pre-election Parliament doc series
UK pubcaster the BBC has greenlit Inside the Commons, a four-part documentary from political filmmaker…
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Oz net joins Time Scanners team
Australia’s ABC has become the first prebuyer of upcoming history and science series Time Scanners….
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Broadcasters buy new David Attenborough series
Atlantic Productions has sold its two-part documentary David Attenborough’s Rise of Animals: Triumph of the…