All Commissioning articles – Page 312
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NewsBBC2 orders Spanish Armada docudrama
BBC2 is to tell the “untold story” of the Spanish Armada in a forthcoming docudrama.
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NewsC4 plans online One Born Every Minute spin-off
Dragonfly is to deliver an online spin-off of One Born Every Minute for Channel 4’s Shorts platform next spring.
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NewsE4 orders more Virtually Famous
Viral content panel show Virtually Famous will return for two more series for E4.
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NewsIndiana Jones inspires ITV’s Jekyll
Charlie Higson has drawn inspiration from Indiana Jones and classic 1930s horror movies for his ITV drama series based on Robert Louis Stevenson’s The Strange Case Of Dr Jekyll And Mr Hyde.
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NewsC5 to spend Christmas with the less fortunate
Channel 5 will peer into the lives of the less fortunate at Christmas with an ambitious four-part documentary from Crackit Productions.
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NewsVoltage explores property boom for C4
Voltage TV is to investigate the booming British property market in a documentary for Channel 4.
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NewsThe Cube gets ninth series
ITV has commissioned a ninth series of long-running Phillip Schofieldgameshow The Cube.
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NewsGrantchester blessed with second series
Period murder mystery drama Grantchester is to return to ITV in 2015 after a strong debut series.
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NewsSunset + Vine wins 2016 Paralympics contract
Sunset + Vine has picked up the production contract for Channel 4’s coverage of the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games.
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NewsSky plans penguin doc
Sky has ordered a documentary about penguins from in-house production arm Sky Vision.
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NewsYoung War Widows profiled by ITV
An ITV documentary is to explore the effects of war on three young women whose soldier husbands were killed in Afghanistan.
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NewsC5 tracks down more OAPs Behaving Badly
Channel 5 is to follow another group of pensioners as they blow their children’s inheritance and winter fuel allowance on cheap booze and holidays with a super-sized renewal of OAPs Behaving Badly.
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NewsPointless approaches 1000 episodes with latest order
The biggest-ever run of Pointless Celebrities forms part of a new multi-series deal for the long-running BBC format.
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NewsITV greenlights Jekyll & Hyde
ITV has added to its drama slate with an ambitious ten-part series inspired by Robert Louis Stevenson novel The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde.
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NewsITV orders 100 hours of Judge Rinder
British barrister Judge Rinder is to return to ITV with a super-sized daytime order.
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NewsWall to Wall to make Woman in Red for BBC2
The scandal surrounding 18th century aristocrat Lady Seymour Worsley is to be turned into a one-off factual drama produced by Wall to Wall for BBC2.
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NewsChalkboard TV wins first commission
Chalkboard TV will bring festive cheer to ITV2 with its first UK commission exploring office Christmas parties.
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NewsC4 searches for more Child Geniuses
Channel 4 has recommissioned Wall To Wall’s Child Genius for a third run in 2015.
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NewsShiver secures six ITV shows
Come Dine With Me producer Shiver has won a raft of factual commissions from ITV with a number of one-offs and a three-part series about the Carry On… films.
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NewsBBC2 plans super-rich season
Plum Pictures has secured access to Richard Branson’s Necker Island as part of a BBC2 season that will provide a window onto the lives of the super-rich.