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:lol: Some top notch programmes from Betty TV......

betty tv - company profile
betty tv is an independent television production company founded in 2001 by Liz Warner, producing high quality contemporary television, engaging and popular documentaries and factual drama relevant to modern Britain and the world. It produces for Channel 4, Sky One, channel Five and BBC television .

Before starting betty tv Liz worked at Channel 4 as Commissioning Editor for contemporary factual programmes and educational programmes.

Company policy is to have an ethical approach and to respect contributors to its programmes.

2004 productions include:

Pissed on the Job 1 X 75 dramatised documentary for C4 about drink culture in Britain telling stories of people who regard themselves as high functioning on alcohol while having other people's lives in their hands. TX Jan 04 – watched by 2.6m “a new genre” The Guardian

The Real Charlotte Church 1 X 60 revealing documentary for C4 about Britain 's highest earning singing protégé. TX Feb 04 - watched by 3.7m.

It'll Never Last 1 X 60 C4 Cutting Edge documentary about women pursuing love across a cultural divide, in Tanzania and the Russian Steppes. TX June 04 – watched by 3.2m.

I'm Free – Inside the Comedy Closet 1 X 120 for C4 on TV's gay showbusiness set and how the climate has changed for them since the 1960s to present day. TX July 04 – watched by 2m.

My Breasts are Too Big 1 X 60 documentary for C4 about women having breast reduction operations because their big bust is ruining their life, either psychologically or physically. TX Aug 04 – watched by 3.2m.

In production:

Teen Life 5 X 30 for 4Learning – documentaries about teenagers labelled anti-social.

Retail Therapy 10 X 60 BBC Three – documentary feature series. Out of control spenders, nominated by desperate partners & friends, are given a mind makeover to overcome their spending addiction, with a psychologist and a presenter who knows how to live better on less.

betty tv C4 documentary production credits include:

This Teen Life 1 X 60 centrepiece documentary for a C4 season on teenagers based on a specially commissioned UK-wide survey.

The Curse of Friends Reunited 1 X 60 for channel Five, telling the flipside of effect the phenomenally successful schoolfriends website has had on people's lives.

The Joy of Teen Sex 1 X 60 surprising, sensitive and good-humoured testimonies of teen sex life - opening documentary in C4's Teen Kicks cluster of programmes.

Drugs Are Us 1 X 60 rivetingly honest accounts of teenagers' true drug consumption, p art of C4's Teen Kicks.

Vain Men 1 X 60 for C4 male insecurities and body image in an image obsessed world.

Bald 1 X 60 for C4 about male attitudes to hair loss explored as the last male taboo.

Fame in the Family 1 X 60 for C4 about famous siblings and their relationships.

Mini Me 1 X 60 documentary about a new generation of children who are growing up prematurely.

Factual drama and betty

At betty tv Liz took an executive producer role on white-collar domestic violence docu-drama Falling Apart starring Hermione Norris and Mark Strong, a 1 X 90 C4 special with Century Films, which won BAFTAs for new writer and new director. At C4 Liz moved the channel into its first docu-dramas with Secrets & Lines exposing the lives of coke dealers, and Secret Britain uncovering a furtive British culture of smuggling, prostitution and witness protection.

People

Liz Warner at Channel 4: she commissioned a number of popular one offs, including Victoria's Secrets , Coked Up and Perfect Breasts . Liz was responsible for Big Brother , the first and second series along with Comic Relief Big Brother . She executive produced the Robbie Williams film for C4 Nobody Someday . As C4 education commissioner she also commissioned The Real Birth Show , Embarrassing Illnesses and Women's Bit's as well as being responsible for the series Ramsay's Boiling Point, She's Gotta Have It, Driven, Tourist Trap and Grand Designs.

Andrea Michell , has been a documentary maker and series producer at the BBC and C4 who has specialised in drama development for the past three years, working on factual drama at betty as well as factual development. Credits range from series for the BBC like Human Chemistry about how hormones affect behaviour, to Predictions a BBC series on the future, to Hidden History for the BBC telling untold stories of black British life, to various seasons of programmes for C4, to formats like long running popular BBC One series like Barking Mad on pet psychology and DIY SOS .

Dave Nath , head of popular factual at betty , previously worked at Granada as a documentary maker and executive producer, looking after ITV1 series Airline, Holiday Airport and returning marriage series: For Better For Worse; Sky One's Behaving Badly and C4's Trial format. Dave's own authored films include Cutting Edge: Brian's Story tracking a journalist's spiral into alcoholism and depression (nominated for RTS Best Documentary ). Other directing credits include The Fall of the House of Usher for C4's Cutting Edge strand, to White Van Man and The Psychic Detective for ITV1 documentary strand Real Life . Dave also produced and directed C4's Ramsay' Boiling Point for Liz Warner at C4.

Multicultural and New Talent Commitment

betty tv is committed to employing a culturally mixed production team and to having a rich cross section of multicultural Britain appearing on screen. betty also has a commitment to growing and discovering new talent.

© betty tv 2004
 
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