All Commissioning articles – Page 290
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NewsChannel 4 extends property portfolio
Channel 4 is beefing up its property portfolio after ordering a dozen new and returning shows.
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NewsBBC2's The Trip heads to Sky
Sky Atlantic has swooped on Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon’s comedy travelogue The Trip after BBC2 opted not to commission a third series.
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NewsBBC2 prepares teatime show
BBC2 will delve into TV news and gossip in a live teatime format presented by Emma Bunton, Sara Cox, Rufus Hound, Aled Jones.
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NewsKiss FM's Rickie and Melvin to front ITV gameshow
Kiss FM’s Rickie and Melvin are to front a Thames-produced gameshow for ITV.
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NewsCBBC to adapt The Worst Witch
CBBC has ordered an adaptation of Jill Murphy’s classic kids book The Worst Witch and a candid camera prank show to air later this year.
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NewsDave heads down under with job-doc
Dave is taking a group of British pest controllers down under to tackle Australian critters, in a 20-part series from Popkorn TV.
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NewsRichard Klein signs off with indie docs
Two series exploring the worlds of cats and council enforcement officers are among Richard Klein’s final factual commissions for ITV.
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NewsC4 commissions Paralympic series The Superhuman Show
Channel 4 has commissioned Princess Productions to make magazine series The Superhumans Show as part of its Paralympics coverage.
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NewsMainstreet develops period drama with Hammer
Unforgotten producer Mainstreet Pictures has partnered with classic horror firm Hammer to develop a period drama.
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NewsC5 returns to original comedy
Channel 5 has ordered a raft of new commissions, including its first improvised comedy and a major new wildlife series, as part of an overall channel rebrand.
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NewsStarz orders White Queen follow-up
US cable network Starz has commissioned a follow-up to The White Queen from Company Pictures three years after the fantasy drama launched.
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NewsPlimsoll explores cats for ITV
ITV is to investigate the relationship between big cats in the wild and domestic pussycats in a three-part doc series from Plimsoll Productions.
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NewsITV daytime orders include The Alphabet Game revival
Sky Sports presenter Jeff Stelling is to front an ITV quiz inspired by 1990s BBC format The Alphabet Game as part of a trio of daytime commissions.
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NewsOctober scores Discovery US order
Walking The Himalayas indie October Films has picked up a six-part survival series for Discovery - its third major US commission in the last two months.
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NewsTalpa UK hires ex-C4 commissioner
Talpa UK has hired former Channel 4 commissioning editor Madeleine Knight as its director of development and formats.
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NewsIn brief: More 4; RTS; Grass Roots
More 4 has picked up an Australian vet doc while the RTS is to invest £75,000 in TV technology bursaries.
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NewsShine takes The Force to Essex for Sky 1
Shine TV is to head to Essex for the second series of Sky 1 blue-light documentary The Force.
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NewsElectric Ray lands debut ITV order
Electric Ray has landed its first ITV commission – a primetime factual series following Britain’s army of council enforcement officers.
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NewsHincks slams ‘snobbery’ over BBC entertainment imports
Outgoing Endemol Shine Group president Tim Hincks has claimed that an “inherent snobbery” lies behind criticism of the BBC importing entertainment formats.
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NewsE4's Tattoo Fixers inks spin-off series
E4 has ordered two Tattoo Fixers spin-off series following the success of the Studio Lambert format.