All Commissioning articles – Page 273

  • Steve Anderson
    News

    Peacock Productions exec launches indie

    2016-12-23T11:17:00Z

    Steve Anderson, former managing director of NBC News’ Peacock Productions UK, has launched factual indie Shearwater Media.

  • Educating Cardiff
    News

    Educating... doc series returns to C4

    2016-12-23T10:13:00Z

    Twofour’s Educating… documentary is to return to Channel 4 in late 2017 after being rested this year.

  • Pitch Perfect
    News

    Tuesday's Child lands BBC1 singing format

    2016-12-21T12:26:00Z

    Tuesday’s Child has landed its first peak-time BBC1 show – a Saturday night music format inspired by the hit film Pitch Perfect.

  • The Health Detectives
    News

    C4 orders myth-busting health show

    2016-12-20T10:48:00Z

    Channel 4 has commissioned 7 Wonder to produce a health show that will attempt to separate fact from fiction. 

  • Dr Alice Roberts
    News

    Barcroft dino doc tops BBC science slate

    2016-12-20T10:44:00Z

    Barcroft Productions will uncover the mysteries surrounding the mass extinction of the dinosaurs in its first commission for BBC2.

  • The Ganges
    News

    Folk opens with Sue Perkins travelogue

    2016-12-19T17:00:00Z

    Former Indus Films creative director Steve Robinson has launched factual indie Folk Films as he embarks on his latest travelogue with Sue Perkins for BBC1.

  • Black in the Outback
    News

    Reggie Yates visits Australia for BBC3

    2016-12-19T12:42:00Z

    Sundog Pictures is reuniting with Reggie Yates for a two-part BBC3 series set in Australia.

  • Bear Grylls’ Survival School
    News

    Bear Grylls returns to CITV

    2016-12-19T11:47:00Z

    CITV has recommissioned a second series of Bear Grylls’ Survival School despite recent cuts to the channel’s original commissioning budget.

  • Doodlebugs-Electric-Ray
    News

    Electric Ray scores BBC1 pilot

    2016-12-16T10:33:00Z

    Electric Ray has scored a BBC1 Saturday evening pilot for animated sketch show Doodlebugs.

  • The Power
    News

    Sister Pictures options The Power

    2016-12-15T12:05:00Z

    Jane Featherstone’s indie Sister Pictures has picked up the rights to Naomi Alderman’s sci-fi novel The Power.

  • Go 8 Bit
    News

    Dave reloads gaming format

    2016-12-15T10:41:00Z

    Dave is to supersize Dara O Briain’s Go 8 Bit by ordering two ten-part series of the video gaming panel show.

  • Will
    News

    Wales targets high-end TV

    2016-12-15T07:04:00Z

    Wales is looking to ramp up the amount of high-end TV that is filmed in the country after hosting Will, a major 10-part US drama for TNT, its biggest production to date.

  • Coach Trip
    News

    Revamped Coach Trip scores bumper order

    2016-12-14T10:33:00Z

    Coach Trip has landed a double series recommission from E4 after the 12 Yard format was upgraded from Channel 4’s daytime schedule.  

  • The Lodge
    News

    Disney returns to The Lodge

    2016-12-14T09:54:00Z

    Zodiak Kids has secured a second series of Disney Channel’s music drama The Lodge. Filming on the 15 x 30-minute show will get underway early next year in Northern Ireland after the first series debuted in September to an audience of 270,000 (2.1%), well ahead of ...

  • Big Brides Boutique
    News

    TLC bolsters Brideday with Big Brides

    2016-12-12T13:00:00Z

    TLC has ordered a 20 x 30-minute series on plus-size brides from The Secrets of the Tea Chimps indie Angel Eye Media.

  • John McCririck
    News

    Celebs get C5 makeover

    2016-12-12T12:15:00Z

    John McCririck and Celebrity Big Brother star Lauren Harries are among the celebrities set to receive makeovers as part of a celebrity remake of 5Star’s 100% Hotter.

  • Strike-Back-4
    News

    Sky reboots Left Bank's Strike Back

    2016-12-09T13:13:00Z

    Sky 1 is returning to the world of global espionage with a reboot of Left Bank Pictures’ action series Strike Back.

  • Horizon Tim Peake Special
    News

    Horizon strand opened up to tender

    2016-12-09T12:37:00Z

    The BBC is to diversify Horizon with hybrid drama-docs and interactive play-along formats, after opening up the science strand to indies.

  • The Dog Rescuers
    News

    Dog Rescuers digs up bumper C5 order

    2016-12-09T09:59:00Z

    Channel 5 has commissioned a bumper 32-episode order of The Dog Rescuers and a one-off Jo Brand-fronted kitten spin-off.

  • Michael Buerk
    News

    BBC daytime recreates royal recipes

    2016-12-08T11:07:00Z

    Michael Buerk will explore a range of royal recipes made by celebrity chefs in a 15-part BBC daytime commission for Spun Gold.