History UK
Greenlit: Seeking Salvage / Trash to Treasure, History UK / ITV1
Seeking Salvage (8 x 60′ – History UK) / Trash to Treasure (8 x 60′ – ITV1) – Docuseries that follows salvage companies in northwest England. Channel: History Channel (UK) / ITV1 Producer: RDF Television TX: Spring 2012 Source: Broadcast
Greenlit: No County for Old Men, History UK
No County For Old Men (8×60’) – Comedians and best mates Simon Day and John Thomson attempt to uncover and discover how our counties help define who we are….What’s the difference between an essex girl and a cornish maid?. Do you call a ‘bread roll’ a cob, batch, a barn cake or scuffler?. What’s the [...]
Greenlit: Pub Dig, History / Ch5
Pub Dig (4 x 60′) – Comic Rory McGrath teams up with archaeologist Paul Blinkhorn to undertake as number of excavations in the gardens and car parks of British pubs to unearth some unusual history and find out “what makes Britons tick”. (Probably Benson & Hedges and broken glass.) Channel: History / Channel 5 Producer: [...]
Greenlit: Mud Men, History Channel
Mud Men (8×60′) – Capital FM breakfast DJ Johnny Vaughan follows the Thames riverside digs of the Society of Thames Mudlarks who use metal detectors to locate archaeological treasures. Experts will value any finds and explain the history of the items. Channel: History (UK) Producer: ITN Productions TX: Early 2011 Source: Broadcast
Greenlit: Soldiers’ Stories: Northern Ireland, History Channel UK
Soldiers’ Stories: Northern Ireland (1×120′) – Former British troops who served on the streets of Northern Ireland in the latter half of the 20th century share their memories. Channel: HISTORY, HISTORY HD, VIRGIN TV Producer: POV Production TX: 10th January 2010 at 9pm Source: POV Production
Wanted: What the Specialist Factual Commissioners Want in the UK
At the Intelligent Factual conference a couple of weeks ago, specialist factual channel execs talked about which programmes have recently worked well for them and what they are looking for in the future. Click through to see what BBC1, BBC2, BBC4, Ch4, BIO, History UK and Crime & Investigation want in their science, history, art, religion and natural history slots. (Photo by plagel under CC BY-SA 2.0)
Greenlit: Outbreak, ITV1 / History
Outbreak (1×60′) – One-off documentary charting the first 24 hours of WWII, to commemorate the 70th anniversary. It is co-funded by ITV1 and History Channel UK in a bid to maximise the channels’ resources. ITV gets the benefit of the premiere, but History Channel expect to pick up viewers who missed the first transmission. Channel: [...]
