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Kim Shillinglaw
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How Netflix is shaking up the documentary world
Netflix is raising the bar for factual to premium levels and introducing ‘box sets’ and…
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UKTV, Endemol head north for reinvention
Broadcaster UKTV and producer Endemol Shine Group are looking to reinvent their brands in northern…
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Endemol Shine poaches BBC programming exec
Former BBC channel controller Kim Shillinglaw has hired BBC formats and features commissioning boss Donna…
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Sigourney Weaver on board Gorillas in the Mist doc
Sigourney Weaver will narrate a new Nat Geo series about Dian Fossey, the naturalist whose…
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Swain becomes latest BBC exit
Long-serving BBC executive Emma Swain is the latest high-profile programming executive to exit the UK…
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Shillinglaw resurfaces at Endemol Shine
Former BBC Two and Four chief Kim Shillinglaw has been appointed director of factual at…
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BBC doc boss takes BBC Two post
The BBC has appointed its head of documentaries, Patrick Holland, as channel editor of BBC…
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BBC Studios exodus continues with unscripted exits
The lead BBC exec at motoring series Top Gear is the latest senior staffer to…
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Moore: factual to be ‘heart’ of BBC Two
BBC programming chief Charlotte Moore plans to place factual programming at the centre of the…
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Another controller leaves the BBC
The BBC’s Janice Hadlow has become the second high-ranking channels to leave the UK pubcaster…
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Shillinglaw exits in BBC channels rejig
BBC Two and Four controller Kim Shillinglaw (pictured) is to leave the UK pubcaster, as…
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BBC buys O.J. Simpson drama series
UK pubcaster the BBC has picked up the high-profile upcoming US drama series The People…
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BBC Two to restart Robot Wars
UK pubcaster BBC Two has brought eccentric machine battle series Robot Wars back 15 years…
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ITV prodco making BBC panel show
UK pubcaster the BBC has ordered Insert Name Here, a new panel show format from…
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BBC Two begins Building Cars Live
UK public channel BBC Two has commissioned a 2x90mins series that uncover the world of…
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Chris Evans takes Clarkson’s Top Gear post
Chris Evans will succeed Jeremy Clarkson as presenter of the BBC’s money-spinning petrol-head fact-ent series…
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BBC lines up factual for One, Two
UK pubcaster the BBC has made factual commissions for flagship channels BBC One and BBC…
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Family Guy moving to BBC Two pre-ITV
American animated sitcom Family Guy will switch from BBC Three to BBC Two in the…
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BBC Two, America on alert for Intruders
The UK’s BBC Two and US cable channel BBC America are coproducing an 8x45mins mystery…
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BBC announces BBC Two/BBC Four controller
UK public broadcaster the BBC has appointed Kim Shillinglaw controller of its BBC Two and…
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BBC and Discovery making Nasa disaster drama
The BBC and Discovery’s Science Channel are coproducing a one-off factual drama with William Hurt,…