The ABC Commercial feature documentary, Stop at Nothing: The Lance Armstrong Story, has been sold to BBC UK and will be broadcast on July 6 in the BBC Four Storyville documentary strand. “This is a formidable piece of investigative journalism that gets to the darkest places in contemporary world sport and money. Armstrong ruled this world without scruple and by inspiring fear. I loved the film”, said Nick Fraser, Commissioning Editor, Storyville. “With the Tour de France … [Read more...] about “Stop at Nothing: The Lance Armstrong Story” sold to BBC UK
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BBC searches for Chief Business Correspondent
London – The BBC is launching an international search for the new role of Chief Business Correspondent to be based in East Asia, as part of a major drive to expand the breadth and depth of its international business coverage. Richard Porter, Director of News Content, BBC World News, tells TV ASIA Plus that the incoming correspondent has to be a credible journalist with a good track record of business reporting and one who is also capable of presenting on broadcast TV. While their prime … [Read more...] about BBC searches for Chief Business Correspondent
Exclusive: Icy response from CCTV
BBC Worldwide's Sales and Distribution business in Asia has secured a pre-sale for Frozen Planet with China Central Television's (CCTV) Documentary Channel. Still in production, the 6x50min series from BBC's world-renowned Natural History Unit, reunites narrator Sir David Attenborough with the award-winning team behind Blue Planet and Planet Earth, and features groundbreaking imagery as camera teams go deep under the ice, plunge into the heart of an erupting polar volcano, and get closer than … [Read more...] about Exclusive: Icy response from CCTV