National Geographic Hires BBC Factual Head and ‘Blue Planet II’ Commissioner Tom McDonald

Nick Vivarelli International CorrespondentProduction of European TV scripted content dropped by more than 600 hours in 2020, which is 4% of total, mainly due to less soaps being made. Conversely, production of high-end shows increased.These are among the main takeaways of a new report issued by the EU’s European Audiovisual Observatory on Tuesday during the MipTV market in Cannes.The report lists the BBC as the top commissioner of high-end TV shows in 2020 with between two-to-13 episodes, followed by Netflix, German state broadcasters ARD and ZDF and French pubcaster France Télévisions.Germany leads the way as the top TV scripted content production country in Europe in terms of number of overall seasons and TV movies produced.

The 2022 Canadian Screen Awards kicked off on Monday, announcing the winners in Broadcast News and Documentary & Factual– which was hosted by ET Canada’s own Sangita Patel.

READ MORE: Where BBC Eldorado stars are now from marriage to Only Fools legend to sad death at just 55He was given just a year and a half to live initially, but was able to extend his prognosis with several rounds of chemotherapy and radiotherapy. He left behind his wife Kelsey and their two children, two-year-old Aurelia and one-year-old Bodhi. He died around lunchtime surrounded by his friend and family on March 30.

Fast food fans can snap up 99p burgers and 20 per cent off at McDonald’s this week - but only if they have the app. The restaurant chain has revealed more than a week’s worth of offers for customers who order by phone this April.

Three days of public hearings about the controversial Prevention and Combating of Hate Crimes and Hate Speech Bill kicked off on Tuesday.

Simone Ashley is opening up about making love on screen.

Pusha T is taking aim at McDonald’s in a new commercial for the fast food chain’s competitor, Arby’s.

More artists have been announced for STV's Concert for Ukraine fundraiser.

Strictly Come Dancing star Nikita Kuzmin has discussed his grandmother's escape from Ukraine which saw her having to walk miles for the first time since undergoing an operation.

Amelia Anisovych, 7, went viral when she beautifully sang “Let It Go” in a Kyiv bomb shelter and she recently gave an encore performance in Poland, where she arrived safely after evacuating Ukraine with her siblings and grandmother.

Susanna Reid and Martin Lewis felt emotional watching a video clip of a young Ukrainian girl singing the country’s national anthem onstage during a major charity concert, weeks after she first went viral singing a song from Frozen in a bomb shelter. Introducing the clip on Monday’s Good Morning Britain, Susanna shared the ‘good news’ that Amelia Anisovych was now safe in Poland after fleeing Ukraine with her grandmother and brother Misha. The seven-year-old was able to escape her home country’s capital city of Kyiv shortly after her first video gained huge interest, and the 51-year-old presenter explained that Amelia was back and sharing her voice once more.

WeCrashed press tour. She has consistently been delivering in the style department as she promotes the Apple TV miniseries, about the rise and fall of WeWork, but the Los Angeles premiere was especially a stand out. stepped out in an electric blue cutout dress with a black bralette underneath alongside co-star .

National Geographic has signed up BBC Studios’ Factual boss Tom McDonald, the exec and commissioner behind some of the UK’s biggest natural history series including Blue Planet II and Planet Earth II.

Taron Egerton and Jonathan Bailey‘s play Cock has officially opened on London’s West End!

Sharon Horgan & Michael Sheen To Lead Jack Thorne’s ‘Best Interests’

Bella Hadid has finally owned up to having plastic surgery work done on her face — and the truth of the situation is causing a LOT of people to think about some of the past events of the model’s childhood.