EDWARDIAN SUPERSIZE ME has been shortlisted in the 2007 Grierson Awards in the Jonathan Gili Award for Most Entertaining Documentary category. The nominations will be announced on 8 October and the winners will be announced at a ceremony at Savoy Place in London on the evening of Friday, 23 November which will be hosted by… [Continue Reading]

Broadcast By Jon Rogers BBC4′s season about the Edwardians got off to a cracking start at 9pm last night with Edwardian Supersize Me attracting 503,000 (2.67%), the highest audience this year for a show specifically commissioned for the channel. The 60-minute multichannel show, featuring restaurant critic Giles Coren and comedian Sue Perkins eating an upper-class… [Continue Reading]

Broadbent, Morton Nab Bafta TV Noms Backstage.com By Mimi Turner LONDON (THR) — The BBC dominates this year’s nominations for the 2007 Bafta Television Award field to be dished out Sunday May 20 on stage at the London Palladium. The awards, which are the gala highlight for the U.K television industry will be televised as… [Continue Reading]

RTS AWARDS Silver River Wins Arts Category 9/11: Out Of The Blue Silver River Productions for five “An outstanding film in which the combination of poetry and real interviews for the subject matter was strikingly original. It was judged to be a beautifully conceived and executed programme and Rufus Sewell’s performance of the poem was… [Continue Reading]

RTS Programme Award Nominees Tuesday 27 February, 2007 Silver River’s production 9/11: Out of the Blue has been nominated for a Royal Television Society Award in the Arts category. Arts 9/11: Out Of The Blue Silver River Productions for five Peter And The Wolf BreakThru Films for Channel 4 Simon Schama’s Power Of Art: Bernini… [Continue Reading]

Broadcast Pulling, the dark BBC3 comedy made by Silver River Productions, has been commissioned for a second series. The 6 x 30-minute series is being co-written by Sharon Horgan – who will return as Donna – and the playwright Dennis Kelly. The cast also includes Tanya Franks as Karen and Rebekah Staton as Louise. Pulling… [Continue Reading]

Fremantle reveals 638 Ways to Kill Castro Antony Reeve-Crook C21 Media 2007 FremantleMedia Enterprises has secured a worldwide distribution and home entertainment rights deal for the documentary 638 Ways to Kill Castro (1×90′), coinciding with the Cuban leader’s official 80th birthday. The documentary, produced by former Talkback Thames exec Daisy Goodwin’s Silver River Productions, aired… [Continue Reading]

Antony Reeve-Crook C21 Media 2007 FremantleMedia Enterprises has secured a worldwide distribution and home entertainment rights deal for the documentary 638 Ways to Kill Castro (1×90′), coinciding with the Cuban leader’s official 80th birthday. The documentary, produced by former Talkback Thames exec Daisy Goodwin’s Silver River Productions, aired on Channel 4 in the UK last… [Continue Reading]

The Stage (Liz Thomas) Channel 4 is creating a modern, real life version of Fame, in a new reality programme featuring young performers trying to make it in dance, acting and singing. The show is set to be aired on the broadcaster’s digital sister channel E4 and will follow around ten to 15 promising artists,… [Continue Reading]

BROADCAST Dan Wootton After launching in the midst of unexpected tragedy Daisy Goodwin’s start-up Silver River has had a bumper first year. Self-styled head girl tells Dan Wootton how she is fostering a culture of success at the indie Daisy Goodwin has always been the archetypal glamorous TV executive. She’s a talent-spotter par excellence, she’s… [Continue Reading]