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Brook Lapping
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BBC docs strand Storyville hires Brook Lapping alum to lead commissioning
The BBC has landed Brook Lapping’s Emma Hindley as lead commissioning editor for its docs-focused…
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Factual round-up: BBC orders Putin docuseries; eOne preps D&D 50th anniversary film; Prime Video explores ‘Life After’ NFL
BBC orders Putin docuseries UK broadcaster BBC Two has ordered Putin And The West, a…
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BBC Studios strikes international deals for Brook Lapping’s 9/11 feature doc
Factual producer Brook Lapping’s 9/11: Life Under Attack, which coincides with the 20th anniversary of…
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Zinc Media’s creative director on shooting deeply personal talent-led content
Emma Hindley, creative director at UK-based factual production outfit Zinc Media Group, lifts the lid on…
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TBI Weekly: What Brook Lapping’s Trump docuseries tells us about tenacity
UK factual producer Brook Lapping launches its three-part docuseries Trump Takes On The World on BBC…
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Zinc Media raises a further $5m as ‘bulwark’ to Covid & to fuel growth
UK-based factual production outfit Zinc Media Group has raised £4m ($5.2m) via a new share…
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BBC4 boards hunt for Gaddafi’s billions
The UK’s BBC4 has boarded a documentary from Zinc Media-owned factual outfit Brook Lapping examining…
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News round-up: ITV, France TV explore 9/11; Discovery orders Snowman adventure; Mexico welcomes ‘Wounded Birds’
ITV, France TV order Brook Lapping 9/11 doc ITV and France Televisions have ordered a…
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News round-up: Germany’s Redseven returns to production; BBC Two, Arte explore US foreign policy; Silverlining’s ‘Farm’ to open in July
Redseven returns for Sat.1’s The Taste Red Arrow Studios-owned German producer Redseven Entertainment has returned…
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News round-up: Amazon adds Brook Lapping’s Cuba doc; Sky returns to ‘Breeders’; Scorpion, TVF updates
Amazon, Nat Geo Mundo bag Brook Lapping’s Cuba doc Amazon Prime in the US, TV…
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BBC orders Peter Sellers doc from Brook Lapping
BBC Two in the UK has commissioned Brook Lapping, part of Zinc Media, to produce…
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Zinc Media raises $4.6m to fuel growth plans across US and UK
Factual production outfit Zinc Media Group has raised £3.5m ($4.6m) after a new share issue,…
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Drive adds ex-Channel 5, Tigress exec to ranks
Former Channel 5 and Tigress Productions exec Lulu Prutton has joined UK-based production funding and…
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Roy Ackerman surfaces at Murder Detectives prodco
Seasoned UK executive Roy Ackerman has been appointed managing director of Films of Record, the…
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UK factual prodco gets MD, expands remit
Zinc Media, the indie group formerly known as Ten Alps, has put Lucy van Beek…
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Zinc CEO Wood stepping down
Mark Wood is leaving his post as CEO of Zinc Media, which is the new…
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Ten Alps buys into Chrysalis Vision
UK-based independent production group Ten Alps has bought a stake in Chrysalis Vision, the recently…
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Japanese VOD service, UK prodco in doc copro
A Japanese video service and UK producer Blakeway Productions have come together to create a…
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Ten Alps buys UK prodco as Geldof exits
Restructuring UK production group Ten Alps has acquired factual producer Reef Television, as company founder…
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Geldof prodco secures funding, welcomes ITN’s Wood
Ten Alps, the British production group singer Bob Geldof co-founded, has raised £300,000 (US$510,000) from…
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Arte and BBC join forces for Obama doc
French cultural channel Arte and UK public broadcaster the BBC are joining forces to make…
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Thatcher doc gains traction
A documentary chronicling the controversial political career of the late former British prime minister Margaret…