Developing Factual Ideas
Greenlit: The Great Game, BBC2
The Great Game (2 x 60) – Documentary miniseries that looks back at 200 years of Western intervention and conflict in Afghanistan. Channel: BBC2 Producer: Matchlight TX: TBC Source: Broadcast
Greenlit: The Rise of the British Musical, BBC4
The Rise of the British Musical (3 x 60′) – Documentary series that explores the history of musical theatre from WWII to London’s West End and Broadway. Channel: BBC4 Producer: Twofour TX: 2012 Source: Broadcast
Greenlit: Holding Out for a Hero, ITV1
Holding Out for a Hero - The studio based gameshow, hosted by Gethin Jones features contestants playing to change somebody else’s life rather than their own. The show combines the very best qualities of a tense quiz show and adds a generous and heart-warming twist; three selfless players will nominate a deserving hero and compete [...]
Greenlit: Texas Multi Mamas, WEtv
Texas Multi Mamas (8 x 60′) – Docuseries following moms who have triplets, quads, quins or more. Channel: WEtv Producer: Shed Media TX: TBC Source: TBI
In Development: Business Makeover Project, TNT
Business Makeover Project w/t – Small businesses are helped to improve their businesses by a leading business person. Channel: TNT Producer: Arthur Smith TX: TBC Source: Cynopsis
Greenlit: World’s Worst Teens, Discovery Fit & Health
World’s Worst Teens (5 x 60′) - Lorrine Marar, a behavior expert, attempts to help families with seriously misbehaving teenagers. Channel: Discovery Fit & Health Producer: talkbackTHAMES TX: 23rd May 2011 Source: Cynopsis
Greenlit: Streetdance, Channel 4
Streedance w/t (3 x 60′) – Documentary series following street dance crews competing in the Street Dance XXL UK Championships. Channel: Channel 4 Producer: Fresh One TX: Summer 2011 Source: Broadcast
Kenny Lao’s New Bathroom Project
Kenny Lao, founder of Rickshaw Dumplings, star of an MTV special, one of Inc Magazine’s 30 under 30, and Crain’s 40 under 40, has a problem: he doesn’t like the bathroom in his apartment. So Architizer, the social networking site for architects decided to help him out, by running a design competition to make over [...]
Martian Summer
Martian Summer: Robot Arms, Cowboy Spacemen, and My 90 Days with the Phoenix Mission by Andrew Kessler is his offbeat, warts-and-all account of the summer he spent inside NASA as they prepared for a mission to Mars, after he secured unprecedented access to 130 of the world’s best scientists. The book is published on 15 [...]
Seven Wishful Thinking Ways to Improve Creativity
Mark McGuinness’s creativity blog, Wishful Thinking, has a number of tips to help you raise your game as you develop and pitch your non-scripted TV ideas. Here are some of the best for TV developers: Presentation Zen 6 Tips for Dealing With Feedback on Your Creative Work 10 Tips For Overcoming Writer’s Block Can the [...]
