Exclusive: British networks ITV and Channel 4 are trying to battle through the near-blanket television production shutdown in the UK to make documentaries on how people are coping with the coronavirus.
In one of the bleakest weeks in history for the British television industry, program makers are still trying to find ways to tell human stories about a virus that is creating unprecedented chaos globally.
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MasterChef producer Shine TV is working on an ITV film about Covid-19 in the hope of documenting “changing lives in these unprecedented times.” The Shine documentary has the working title Coronavirus, Isolation & Me and was commissioned by Tom Giles, ITV’s controller of current affairs.
In one of the bleakest weeks in history for the British television industry, program makers are still trying to find ways to tell human stories about a virus that is creating unprecedented chaos globally.
More from DeadlineSugar Daddy Liberty Media Gives Struggling Live Nation A Hand In Tough Times, Repaying A LoanNetflix To Limit Streaming Quality For European Subscribers To Preserve Bandwidth During Coronavirus CrisisRep. Adam Schiff Leading Efforts In Congress To Extend Relief To Entertainment Industry's Suddenly Unemployed
MasterChef producer Shine TV is working on an ITV film about Covid-19 in the hope of documenting “changing lives in these unprecedented times.” The Shine documentary has the working title Coronavirus, Isolation & Me and was commissioned by Tom Giles, ITV’s controller of current affairs.
- 3/19/2020
- by Jake Kanter
- Deadline Film + TV
'The Great British Bake Off' winner Frances Quinn has a ''special bond'' with her fellow contestants. Although the fourth series of the hit BBC Two competition wrapped filming last summer, Frances says she is still in touch with fellow baking enthusiasts including Kimberley Wilson and Ruby Tandoh. She said: ''We get together on Sunday afternoons for Bakechat - a group discussion on Twitter. We have a private Facebook group ... we all share a special bond.'' Frances recently united for the first time with past 'Bake Off' winners Edd Kimber, Jo Wheatley and John Whaite to take part in a photoshoot and she...
- 3/5/2014
- Virgin Media - TV
The Great British Bake Off star Kimberley Wilson has criticised her portrayal on the BBC Two series.
Wilson has claimed that the "two-dimensional representation" of her character led to the criticism that she has received from viewers on social media.
Great British Bake Off 2013: Did Ruby, Frances or Kimberley win?
She alleged that viewers sent her messages telling her that she should "know her place" after she appeared "too confident" on the baking series.
She told BBC Radio 4's World at One: "[They said] I was too self-satisfied, I was too confident and cocky and cocksure and I wasn't showing enough vulnerability, I wasn't showing enough deference, I wasn't being gracious enough.
"I read comments which said I should know my place. That was really quite an interesting response to what I went into thinking was just a baking show. It felt political," she added.
Wilson added that although none of...
Wilson has claimed that the "two-dimensional representation" of her character led to the criticism that she has received from viewers on social media.
Great British Bake Off 2013: Did Ruby, Frances or Kimberley win?
She alleged that viewers sent her messages telling her that she should "know her place" after she appeared "too confident" on the baking series.
She told BBC Radio 4's World at One: "[They said] I was too self-satisfied, I was too confident and cocky and cocksure and I wasn't showing enough vulnerability, I wasn't showing enough deference, I wasn't being gracious enough.
"I read comments which said I should know my place. That was really quite an interesting response to what I went into thinking was just a baking show. It felt political," she added.
Wilson added that although none of...
- 12/24/2013
- Digital Spy
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