UK pubcaster the BBC has acquired Australian scripted comedy series Colin From Accounts for BBC Two and BBC iPlayer. The series, which was originally commissioned for the Foxtel Group in Australia, is produced by Easy Tiger Productions and CBS Studios and was acquired by the BBC from Paramount Global Content Distribution. It was unveiled to […]
Talpa & Studio Glam ink first-look deal John de Mol’s Dutch format firm Talpa Concepts has inked a first-look deal with Israeli prodco Studio Glam. Under the terms of the deal, Talpa gains exclusive first look at all international non-scripted formats created by the firm. Studio Glam was launched by Ami and Ilan Glam in 2013 […]
BBC 2 in the UK has ordered a one-off film following mathematician, author, and radio and television presenter professor Hannah Fry as she documents her treatment for cancer. Making Sense Of Cancer With Hannah Fry is being produced by UK-based Curious Films and investigates whether current medical thinking about how to tackle the disease needs reassessing. Having […]
BBC heads ‘Inside Dubai’ UK pubcaster the BBC has commissioned Inside Dubai: Playground Of The Rich, a new three-part factual series from Spun Gold TV, for its BBC2 channel. The 3 x 60-minute series goes behind the scenes of the fast-growing city which now counts 52,000 millionaires and billionaires among its three million inhabitants. A tax […]
The BBC has ordered a raft of science-focused programming for linear networks BBC2 and BBC4 as well as online channel BBC3, including a show about dementia. Living With Dementia (2 x 60 minutes, working title) is being filmed over two years and will explore the lives of six people living with dementia and the complexities […]
BBC2 in the UK, PBS in the US and French pay operator Canal+ are preparing to air a documentary to mark the 50th anniversary of the first lunar landing. 8 Days: To The Moon And Back (1 x 90 minutes) is being co-produced by BBC Studios’ Science Unit, PBS and The Open University, in association […]
BBC 2 has commissioned an eight-part comedy drama based on This Is Going To Hurt, the best-seller from former junior doctor Adam Kay. The show is being produced by scripted specialist Sister Pictures, which picked up the rights to the book in autumn 2017. This is Going to Hurt is described as “a blisteringly funny, […]
BBC 2 in the UK has commissioned a two-hour mini-series from UK producer October Films, in which journalist and former British soldier Adnan Sarwar returns to Iraq to explore how the country has changed since he served there during the Iraq War. Sarwar went to Iraq in 2003 as a 24-year-old soldier with the British […]
Zinc Media, the indie group formerly known as Ten Alps, has put Lucy van Beek in charge of its factual prodco Blakeaway. The company said van Beek will expand Blakeaway’s remit beyond current affairs and historical programming, and move it into the broader world of specialist factual. Van Beek has been an exec producer for […]
Dutch public broadcaster Ned 1 has ordered a local version of the Keeping The Nation Alive format. The ob-doc is pitched as a behind-the-scenes snapshot of 24-hours in the nation’s healthcare system. The show was created by ITV-owned producer The Garden and the original version, Keeping Britain Alive, went out on UK channel BBC2. ITV […]
