All Commissioning articles – Page 254
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NewsBlink boots up Dave gadget format
Comedian Marcus Brigstocke and Celebrity MasterChef winner Alexis Conran will put the world’s top gadgets to the test in a ten-part series for Dave.
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NewsHungry Bear scores Alan Carr show for C4
Alan Carr is opening his own social club in a four-part entertainment series for Channel 4.
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NewsWorld of Weird lands C4 series
Lion Television’s one-off doc World of Weird is to return to Channel 4 as a six-part series.
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NewsRDF indie lands Crystal Maze order
RDF’s fledgling entertainment indie Fizz is to produce the return of cult gameshow The Crystal Maze for Channel 4.
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NewsLime leads the way onto Netflix for All3
Lime Pictures has become the first All3Media indie to secure a Netflix series – picking up a 10-part tween drama from the SVoD giant.
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NewsNew shows: the best of Edinburgh TV Festival
Jed Mercurio drama and a maritime adventure series are among this year’s big orders
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NewsComedy Central orders Chris Ramsey studio show
Comedy Central UK has ordered a studio comedy entertainment series fronted by comedian Chris Ramsey.
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NewsC4 eyes return to Crystal Maze
Cult gameshow The Crystal Maze is set to return to Channel 4 after a 21-year absence as part of charity special Stand Up to Cancer.
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NewsMinnow kicks off long-term C4 social mobility project
Channel 4 is to embark on a long-running documentary project, filmed over five years, to expose the reality of social mobility in Britain.
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NewsThe Miniaturist adapted by BBC1
Jessie Burton’s period novel The Miniaturist is being made into a three-part BBC1 drama.
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NewsBBC4 to recreate first British TV broadcast
BBC4 is to recreate the first broadcast on British TV using the original technology and filming techniques used 80 years ago.
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NewsBBC2 slate led by Nigel Farage mockumentary
A comedy from The Inbetweeners creator Damon Beesley and a mockumentary starring Kevin Bishop as Nigel Farage are among the latest slate of BBC2 shows.
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NewsBBC3 heads to the USA
Donald Trump’s superfans, African-American teens and the latest documentary from Reggie Yates are to feature in a season of BBC3 documentaries about the US.
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NewsMarcella to return to ITV
Hans Rosenfeldt’s Scandinavian drama Marcella is to return for a second series on ITV.
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NewsTop talent beefs up ITV entertainment
Harry Hill, Dawn French and Jack Dee are all fronting new shows for ITV as the broadcaster beefs up its entertainment and comedy slate.
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NewsBen Frow 'bored' of copycat accusations
Channel 5 content chief Ben Frow has hit back at accusations of copycat commissioning and used a raft new of commissions, including the renewal of scripted comedy Borderline, to underline the channel’s distinctiveness.
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NewsITV factual to 'go big on crime'
ITV’s Sue Murphy has ordered a police series tracking the first hour of murder investigations as she prepares to “go big on crime”.
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NewsJane Featherstone scores debut commissions
Former Kudos chief Jane Featherstone has landed a BBC drama and an E4 comedy – the first commissions for her fledgling indie Sister Pictures.
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NewsC4 orders Troubles comedy and extreme survival series
Channel 4 has unveiled a raft of commissions including a Northern Irish comedy set amongst the troubles and a survival series recreating one of the most dangerous expeditions in history.
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NewsJed Mercurio drama leads BBC1 orders
Charlotte Moore has ordered a raft of dramas for BBC1 including a six-part series from the creators of Line of Duty.