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Kanye West.The project, which currently has the working title of We Need To Talk About Kanye, will air on BBC Two. It will be fronted by the investigative journalist Mobeen Azhar, who previously made an award-winning documentary in 2021 about Britney Spears‘ conservatorship, The Battle For Britney. Per a press statement by BBC’s media centre: “Unfolding against the backdrop of Ye’s 2024 election campaign, and at a time when his behaviour has sparked outrage and a re-evaluation of his place in popular culture, this one-off documentary follows Mobeen as he attempts to understand the complex journey that led Ye to become one of the most famous and creatively successful artists of his generation.

20 Days In Mariupol, the Oscar-winning Frontline/PBS and Associated Press documentary, was one of the big victors at the UK’s prestigious Grierson Awards on Wednesday.

Kanye West once said that he believes Jewish people were “holding him back”, according to an interview in a new documentary.The statement was made in the new BBC documentary The Trouble With KanYe. Fronted by investigative journalist Mobeen Azhar, it explores “the complex journey that led Ye to become one of the most famous and creatively successful artists of his generation, but more recently, to condemnation and notoriety”, including his descent into anti-Semitism.The documentary features various interviews with people who have interacted with West.

Fresh Kanye West antisemitism accusations have emerged in a BBC documentary charting the recent times of the troubled artist.

Leo Barraclough International Features Editor Abacus Media Rights has pre-sold a documentary feature with the working title “We Need to Talk About Kanye” to several territories. The film, which was ordered by the BBC in February, explores the rollercoaster life and career of Kanye West, A.K.A. Ye. Its producer Jeremy Lee spoke to Variety, ahead of MipTV, the TV market and conference, which kicks off Monday in Cannes. A number of high-profile broadcasters and platforms have already acquired the film, which is fronted by the investigative journalist Mobeen Azhar, including Foxtel in Australia, NPO in the Netherlands, TV4 in Sweden and Finland, NRK in Norway, TV2 in Denmark, and VRT in Flemish Belgium.

The BBC has announced that it will air a new documentary all about Kanye West which, needless to say, will be somewhat of a different programme than if it had been made two years ago.With a working title of ‘We Need To Talk About Kanye’, the documentary will be fronted by investigative journalist Mobeen Azhar, who previously made ‘The Battle For Britney’ which put the spotlight on the controversial conservatorship that controlled the life and career of Britney Spears until 2021.The new documentary will, among other things, look at West’s political ambitions in the US, and how the rapper ended courting so much controversy with his increasingly offensive and dangerous statements that he stalled his music career and other business ventures.The BBC says: “Unfolding against the backdrop of Ye’s 2024 election campaign, and at a time when his behaviour has sparked outrage and a re-evaluation of his place in popular culture, this one-off documentary follows Mobeen as he attempts to understand the complex journey that led Ye to become one of the most famous and creatively successful artists of his generation. But more recently, to condemnation and notoriety”.A transmission date for the new documentary is yet to be announced.

The BBC has set a documentary and eight-part podcast exploring the life of Kanye West.

Afua Hirsch, a broadcaster, journalist and presenter on Samuel L. Jackson’s Epix series Enslaved, has been appointed Advisory Chair of this year’s Edinburgh TV Festival.

Naman Ramachandran “RuPaul’s Drag Race: U.K. Versus The World” will be the centerpiece of the opening night on BBC Three, the U.K.

Brian Friedman has revealed that he received multiple death threats from Britney Spears' fans while he was working with her.