All Commissioning articles – Page 341
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NewsPlaystation orders TV comic adaptation
Sony Playstation has ordered a TV adaptation of graphic novel Powers, its first move into commissioning big-budget drama to rival the likes of Netflix, Amazon and Xbox.
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NewsLove heads to Leicester for Make Bradford British follow-up
DOCFEST: Love Productions is to follow Channel 4’s controversial 2012 documentary series Make Bradford British with a focus on “multicultural” Leicester.
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NewsDiscovery & Sky 3D explore Lost Worlds
Former Royal Marine Monty Halls will explore some of the world’s greatest natural wonders with world class climber Leo Houlding in Discovery and Sky 3D’s latest commission.
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NewsThe Garden opens up Tatler for BBC2
Inside Claridges-indie, The Garden Productions, is to go behind the scenes at high society magazine Tatler.
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NewsBBC docs boss: formats could be on way back
DOCFEST: The BBC’s Emma Willis has hinted that Charlotte Moore and Kim Shillinglaw are keen to take more risks with docs on their channels - and that factual formats could be on the point of returning.
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NewsFresh One cooks up Canadian food format
Jamie Oliver’s Fresh One Productions has landed its first order since tying up with North American indie Bristow Global Media.
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NewsOlly Lambert prepares latest Dispatches
Bafta-award winning director Olly Lambert is preparing to embark on his latest Dispatches project for Channel 4.
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NewsHasselhoff returns to Berlin Wall for Nat Geo
David Hasselhoff is to mark the 25th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall by fronting a Darlow Smithson film for Nat Geo.
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NewsC5 takes on UKTV in UK storage format battle
Channel 5 is going head-to-head with UKTV in the storage space after the broadcasters commissioned similar series.
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NewsBBC1 to promote a tidy Britain
BBC1 will hope to clean up with its latest daytime commission: a series celebrating the 60th anniversary of the Keep Britain Tidy campaign.
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NewsBBC to dramatise life in the Bloomsbury Set
BBC2 will explore the world of London’s controversial literary set in the early 20th century in a period drama from two indie rivals.
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NewsITV to mix comedy and reality for hen night series
Upcoming female comedians are to gatecrash hen parties around the country for a new genre-bending format for ITV2.
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NewsBBC3 to breathe new life into zombie genre
BBC3 may be on the chopping block but it plans to innovate ahead of its move online with a Release The Hounds-style crossgenre zombie gameshow.
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NewsUKTV resurrects Most Haunted
UKTV has resurrected Yvette Fielding’s paranormal reality series Most Haunted more than two years after it was cancelled by Sky.
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NewsBBC follows Mexican bat-man
The BBC is to follow a real-life Mexican bat-man for its latest wildlife documentary commission from Windfall Films.
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NewsNat Geo orders survival series from Icon
Nat Geo is exploring the survival techniques of ancient tribes in a new six-part series from Icon Films.
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NewsSky puts out The Smoke
Sky 1 has cancelled Kudos-produced fire-fighter drama The Smoke after a single series.
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NewsDSP prepares for Mars mission
Darlow Smithson Productions has gained exclusive access to film the Mars One space mission, which will send a number of astronauts on a one-way trip to the Red Planet.
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NewsBearkatt tracks orangutans for Nat Geo
Nat Geo Wild is to follow a group of orangutans in the wilds of Indonesia for its latest UK commission.
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NewsC4 gets graphic with animal mating doc
Channel 4 and US network PBS are to study animal reproduction in graphic detail in a four-part series produced by Windfall Films.