All Commissioning articles – Page 260
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NewsPeep Show & Inbetweeners creators land iPlayer comedy
Bain, Morris & Beesley prep Ill Behaviour
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NewsBenedict Cumberbatch lands BBC1 drama
Drama chief Piers Wenger has made his first major commission since joining the BBC – ordering an Ian McEwan adaptation from Benedict Cumberbatch’s Sunnymarch TV.
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NewsBBC2 hands Hospital bumper recommission
BBC2 channel editor Patrick Holland has recommissioned Label 1’s NHS documentary Hospital for a further two series.
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NewsManic Street Preachers doc heads to Sky
Manic Street Preachers’ album Everything Must Go is to be the subject of a feature-length documentary for Sky Arts.
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NewsBBC docu-drama explores gay laws
BBC2 is to dramatise the real-life testimony of gay men who suffered under the draconian legal system of the 1950s.
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NewsC4 explores Saddleworth Moor mystery
True North is to explore the mysterious death of a man on Saddleworth Moor in a Channel 4 documentary.
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NewsThe Chase lands Saturday slot
ITV is turbocharging daytime format The Chase – preparing a revamped family version to air in a Saturday tea-time slot.
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NewsC4 to lift lid on cabbies taking 'The Knowledge'
Channel 4 is taking The Knowledge with London black cab drivers and watching the greatest kids movies, in two separate one-off docs.
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NewsNewman & Baron Cohen win debut order
Andrew Newman and Sacha Baron Cohen’s fledgling indie Spelthorne Community Television has picked up its debut commission – a comedy short for Channel 4.
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NewsTwofour reunites ex-lovers for C5
Long-lost exes are to be reunited by Twofour for a Channel 5 social experiment.
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CommentOn the hunt for the best of British
Gritty UK and glossy US shows can sit side by side on Comedy Central, says Louise Holmes
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NewsRadio 1 commissions Valentine's Day doc
Radio 1 has ordered a Valentine’s Day-themed series hosted by DJ Alice Levine for its iPlayer channel.
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NewsRio Ferdinand fronts BBC1 film
Only The Best Productions, the indie established by former BT Sport executive Grant Best, has scored a BBC1 documentary in which Rio Ferdinand will explore grief.
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NewsLive Fleabag lined up by BBC
The live stage show of Phoebe Waller-Bridge’s dysfunctional comedy Fleabag is being lined up to air on the BBC.
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NewsCactus retains Saturday Kitchen
Cactus TV has retained the £5m contract to produce BBC weekend cooking format Saturday Kitchen.
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NewsIndies question BBC tender process
The BBC tendering process is in the spotlight after BBC Studios fought off competition from more than a dozen indies to win the first competitive pitch to make A Question Of Sport.