All Commissioning articles – Page 318
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NewsDave orders police sitcom from Ant & Dec writer
Dave has commissioned a Donnie Brasco-style police sitcom from Ant & Dec’s full-time writer Andy Milligan.
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NewsC4 appoints deputy head of features
Channel 4 has promoted features commissioning editor Alex Menzies to the newly created position of deputy head of features.
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NewsAnimal Planet catches Big Fish Man with Tern
A hunt for the world’s largest freshwater fish is to begin on Discovery’s Animal Planet after it greenlit a six-part series from Scottish indie Tern TV.
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NewsIn The Club returns for second series
BBC1 has ordered a second run of Rollem Productions’ pregnancy drama In The Club, one week after the conclusion of the first series.
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NewsBBC2 heads to world’s biggest food markets
BBC2 is to head to food markets in New York, Mexico City and Delhi as part of a new series produced by Twofour-owned producer Indus Films.
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NewsDiscovery commemorates WW1 with 3D series
Discovery is to mark the centenary of World War One with a 3D series fronted by Tony Robinson.
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NewsW1A set to return to BBC2
Hugh Bonneville-fronted BBC mockumentary W1A is heading back to BBC2 for a second series in 2015.
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NewsBBC3 plans second Pistorius doc
BBC3 has secured access to Reeva Steenkamp’s parents for a special documentary that will chart how they coped with Oscar Pistorius’ trial.
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NewsBBC1 plans The People's Strictly
BBC1 has commissioned a Strictly Come Dancing spin-off series celebrating the work of “everyday heroes”.
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NewsC4 pub doc to combine fixed-rig and structured reality
Eleven Film is to explore masculinity in the 21st century via a documentary for Channel 4 which will combine fixed-rig and scripted reality elements – and is set in a pub.
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NewsViacom eyes Channel 5 commissioning boost
Channel 5 is set to ramp up its commissioning plans after Viacom completed its £450m takeover of the free-to-air commercial broadcaster this week.
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NewsSky Living orders British Asian TOWIE
Sky Living has ordered Desi Rascals (working title), a British Asian take on The Only Way Is Essex from Buccaneer Media, created by Bend It Like Beckham’s Gurinder Chadha.
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NewsITV orders celebrity talent show
ITV is lining up a new celebrity entertainment format to replace the outgoing Dancing On Ice in 2015.
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NewsBBC3 brings back Siblings
Bwark Productions’ sitcom Siblings has been commissioned for a second series by BBC3 before the conclusion of the debut run.
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NewsViacom closes £450m deal for Channel 5
Viacom has closed its £450m acquisition of free-to-air broadcaster Channel 5 and confirmed that programming chief Ben Frow and chief operating officer Paul Dunthorne will stay with the business.
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NewsSir David Attenborough heads back to Great Barrier Reef
Sir David Attenborough is heading back to the Great Barrier Reef for an Atlantic Productions documentary for BBC1.
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NewsC4 orders milestone Deal or No Deal series
Remarkable Television is to tweak the format of Deal or No Deal after signing a deal with Channel 4 that will take the gameshow into its 10th year.
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NewsRick Stein heads to the Med for BBC2
BBC2 has ordered a six-part Mediterranean cookery and travel show fronted by Rick Stein from Devon-based indie, Denham Productions.
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NewsBlueprint wins first TV order with Sadie Jones adaptation
In Bruges producer Blueprint Pictures is to make its debut TV project – an adaptation of Sadie Jones novel The Outcast for BBC1.
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NewsSky takes fixed-rig to the pub
The Nightclub Toilet producer Firecracker Films is to give pub quizzes the fixed-rig treatment in a genre-bending ob-doc series for Sky 1.