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BBC Daytime has commissioned a second series of Fraud Squad
BBC Daytime has commissioned a second series of Fraud Squad from Brown Bob Productions – the ratings-winning series tracking investigations in to people who steal from the public purse. The new series doubles the number of episodes to 10×45, and was commissioned by Lindsay Bradbury. Each episode will continue to feature investigators on the case of people suspected of stealing from the NHS; but the series is expanding its remit to also cover HMRC fraud and cases against public institutions investigated by the City of London police….
Yesterday hunts history in two new series from Brown Bob Productions
UKTV Original History Hunters (6×60) follows father-and-son team Dave and Steve Nuwar, military antiques specialists, as they search for little pieces of history and the riveting tales behind them. From War & Son, their thriving Herefordshire shop, the History Hunters travel the country to source items from fairs, auctions, house calls, and online, and tracing the deeply personal, historical and moving stories behind each item. Another UKTV Original, The Architecture the Railways Built (10×60) sees railway expert and train enthusiast Tim Dunn exploring the stunning architecture that lines the railway network. He visits stations made up of simple stone buildings, decorative Victorian grandeur, art deco masterpieces……
Brown Bob scores Yesterday double
Inside the Ambulance indie Brown Bob is to tackle military antiques and rail architecture in a pair of commissions for Yesterday. History Hunters (6 x 60) follows military antiques specialists and father-and-son duo Dave and Steve Nuwar as they search for pieces of history. The pair will scour the internet and fairs, make house calls and travel the country sourcing items for their shop, discovering personal and historical stories along the way. Meanwhile, in the 10 x 60-minute series The Architecture the Railways Built, train and railway expert Tim Dunn will explore the architecture surrounding Britain’s rail lines. Both series……
W calls for more Inside the Ambulance as series moves south.
LONDON – Wednesday 11th March 2020: W, UKTV’s premium entertainment channel, has commissioned two new series of Inside the Ambulance (2 x 10×60’) and also confirmed that these will now be filmed in Oxford and Portsmouth. Inside the Ambulance has aired nine series, along with a special Christmas series, since 2016 and has reached 12.3m adults across all episodes (including repeats). The tenth series is coming to W in May and will include the 100th episode. The series, which is produced by Brown Bob Productions, uses GoPro cameras mounted inside an ambulance and on crew members to get viewers closer than ever to the work of ambulance……
Brown Bob launches US office
Inside the Ambulance indie Brown Bob Productions has expanded into the US with the launch of an office in New York. The fixed-rig specialist has appointed Gillian Hourihan as development producer to lead Brown Bob US, effective immediately. US national Hourihan was previously working in Brown Bob’s London office but is relocating. She’ll report to Brown Bob co-chief executives Nicki Gottlieb and Jacqueline Hewer. Hourihan has 10 years’ experience in television, during which time she developed, produced and cast reality shows for NBC Universal such as E4’s Made in Chelsea, which NBCU-owned Monkey produces. Her brief is to develop and……
Fixed-rigs: the next frontier
Brown Bob Production’s Nicki Gottlieb on the future for fixed-rig shows I vividly remember the taster tape we produced for season one of Inside the Ambulance for UKTV five years ago. Back then we were only really starting to investigate the full power of GoPro camera technology and how it could be intertwined into broadcast television. But there we were, gaffer tape and soldering irons in hand, as well as a few back and forth trips to Maplin electronics store, attempting to figure out how exactly to assemble the first edition of a camera rig that would go on to define our……
Hitting a century: the benefits of a high volume returner
Inside the Ambulance has transformed Brown Bob and given us confidence to spread our wings, says Jacqueline Hewer Truth be told: when we first received a commission from UKTV to produce Inside the Ambulance in 2016, it was only in our wildest dreams that we would reach the 100-episode milestone. Being able to deliver this amount of high-volume lower cost programming – 10 series in just under four years – has been an extraordinary experience, and we are all incredibly proud of what we have achieved. The show continues to go from strength to strength. It’s the longest running original production on UKTV’s……
BBC adds new formats for daytime, early peak
The BBC has announced a range of new formats and titles for BBC One Daytime and BBC Two Early Peak from Boom, Brown Bob, BBC Studios, Red Sky and Plimsoll. In the mornings on BBC One, Dom Littlewood examines the booming home delivery industry, tracing the journey of online orders. Deliveries Unwrapped with Dom Littlewood w/t (10 x 45) is executive produced by Rachel Evans for Boom in Cardiff. Moment of Proof (15 x 30) is a new true crime doc for BBC Daytime, telling the stories of police investigations centred around the moment where detectives realise they’ve cracked the……
Inside the Ambulance – Wonder Women
British broadcaster UKTV has ordered an International Women’s Day special of its observational series Inside the Ambulance for W, its flagship entertainment channel. The 90-minute doc, Inside the Ambulance: Wonder Women, was produced by Brown Bob Productions and will focus on some of the women the series featured since its debut five years ago. The special will include new interviews with the female paramedics including, for the first time, during their off-duty hours and at home. “As a company run by women, we have always looked to celebrate the Wonder Women in front and behind the camera,” Jacqueline Hewer, joint……
Secrets of the London Underground
UKTV has commissioned, Secrets of the London Underground (6×60’) from Brown Bob Productions for factual channel, Yesterday. In the new series, railway historian Tim Dunn (The Architecture The Railways Built) and Siddy Holloway from the London Transport Museum will explore hidden areas of the London Underground that – despite being just feet away from where millions of people regularly travel – hardly anyone knows about. The pair will explore abandoned tunnels, secret bunkers and hidden staircases that have been concealed from public view for years. They will use their unique and privileged access to tell the story of places including……
Broadcast Magazine: Inside the Ambulance, W
We wanted to get an intimate view of the ambulance crews. The solution: shooting on GoPro cameras and wrangling data in the back of a Volkswagon, says Jacqueline Hewer Production company Brown Bob ProductionsCommissioner Hilary RosenLength 10 x 60 minutesTX 8pm, W, weeknights for two weeks from 28 NovemberExecutive producer Jacqueline HewerSeries producer Audrey NeilProducers Soufian Shamsi; Sarah BinnsHead of production Nicki GottliebPost house Rapid PicturesProgramme summary An ambulance rigged with cameras gives a unique perspective on what it’s like to respond This is what I wrote in our pitch document: “We will use interstitials of the medics’ conversations between……
