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Hamish Mykura
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Nat Geo hires Discovery hire for UK post
National Geographic’s UK base is adding Discovery Communications exec Bernadette McDaid to its ranks. McDaid…
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Nat Geo rejigs global team
National Geographic’s reorganisation under the leadership of Courteney Monroe has continued and she has named…
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Discovery poaches Nat Geo’s Sayer
Discovery Networks International has poached factual production veteran Ed Sayer to join Phil Craig’s new…
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Fox starts lab for format ideas out of Asia
Fox International Channels is teaming with Singaporean regulator and funding body the Media Development Authority…
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Quick-turnaround Nepal doc for Sky 1, Nat Geo
The UK’s Sky 1 and National Geographical Channels International are getting a quick turnaround doc…
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Nat Geo hires London content exec
National Geographic Channels International has hired Simon Young to commission and exec produce series from…
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Nat Geo buys Hitler’s Last Year
National Geographic Channels International has acquired WWII special Hitler’s Last Year. NGCI will put the…
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Nat Geo orders ITV Studios Norway ob doc
National Geographic Channels International has commissioned an ob-doc about Scandinavian tow truck drivers from ITV…
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Nat Geo performs Dino Autopsy, revives Explorer
National Geographic Channel has commissioned a two-hour special that will see scientists, anatomists and vets…
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Nat Geo hires international commissioner from Fox
National Geographic Channels International has recruited Mark Francis to commission original factual content for its…
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Pastore completes new-look Nat Geo Channels top team
Tim Pastore has been named president, original programming and production at National Geographic Channel. This…
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Ob docs: obsolete or of the moment?
Rumblings that the ob doc trend is stifling creativity on both sides of the Atlantic…
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Gene Simmons’ son in Nat Geo’s Jesus doc
National Geographic Channel has ordered a drama-documentary about the mysteries surrounding Jesus Christ’s life, which…
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Oldroyd upped in Nat Geo Channels International reshuffle
Jules Oldroyd (pictured) has been promoted to senior VP, programming strategy and development at National…
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Comet of the Century impacts Nat Geo schedule
National Geographic has ordered Comet of the Century, a one-off doc about the Ison comet,…
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Nat Geo replacing Adventure with culture-themed net
National Geographic Channels International is replacing its pay TV channel Adventure with one themed around…
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Nat Geo goes to UK producers for brain shows
National Geographic Channels International has ordered a new series and four special about the human…
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Epic drama for factual channels
The last decade saw the big factual channels move from documentary led schedules to grids…
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Nat Geo coproducing Jesus miniseries with Sky Vision
National Geographic Channels International and Sky Vision are joining forces to make a miniseries about…
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Nat Geo announces UK version of Doomsday Preppers
The first slate of programmes out of Nat Geo’s new programming hub has been announced…