All Commissioning articles – Page 357
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News7 Wonder lands Sky series as first order
7 Wonder, the indie co-founded by former Maverick boss Alex Fraser, has won its first commission: a Micky Flanagan-fronted travelogue in France for Sky 1.
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NewsNat Geo orders World War II docs for global slate
National Geographic Channels International has commissioned two big-budget World War II documentaries as part of its latest slate of global programming.
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NewsYesterday investigates Weekend Warriors
UKTV’s Yesterday is celebrating British eccentricity with a six-part series coproduced with Sky Vision Productions.
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NewsLifetime to remake Child Genius in US
US cable network Lifetime is to remake Channel 4’s Shed Media-produced documentary series Child Genius.
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NewsBBC3 heads to Successville for hybrid show pilot
BBC3 is piloting a hybrid comedy entertainment murder mystery show where a celebrity must guess the identity of a killer in a fictional world.
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NewsChannel 5 takes on Angry Britain
Channel 5 has ordered a six-part series which will make use of user-generated footage to show ordinary members of the public losing their temper.
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NewsNew Eleventh Hour team wins ITV order
Eleventh Hour Films has won its first commission from ITV since expanding its senior creative team.
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NewsSaltbeef serves up more Friday Download
Saltbeef TV has been commissioned by CBBC to produce a further 19 episodes of the studio entertainment series Friday Download.
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NewsBBC2 to go Inside Country Life
BBC2’s latest access documentary is to go behind the scenes at IPC Media magazine Country Life.
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NewsITV eyes Doctor Who-style dramas
ITV is bidding to replicate the global success of family dramas Doctor Who and Merlin by producing two ambitious fantasy adventure series.
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NewsMTV unveils UK shows at upfronts
US cable network MTV has ordered three series from All3Media America, Optomen Television and Zodiak.
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NewsC5 lines up Never Teach Your Wife To Drive!
Channel 5 will examine the patience of couples in Never Teach Your Wife To Drive! - its latest inhouse commission.
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NewsBBC1 revisits Lady Chatterley’s Lover
Lady Chatterley’s Lover, Cider With Rosie, The Go-Between and An Inspector Calls will be adapted as 90-minute dramas for a BBC1 season of early 20th century British novels and plays.
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NewsITV rustles up celebrity cookery series for daytime
ITV has used ingredients from Come Dine With Me and Through The Keyhole to create a celebrity-led daytime cookery series.
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NewsITV wins Broadmoor access for doc series
ITV has won approval from health minister Norman Lamb to secure unprecedented access to Broadmoor Hospital for an ob-doc series.
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NewsBritespark wins US commission for docu-drama
Britespark Films, the indie set up by former Cineflix head of documentaries Nick Godwin, has secured its second significant commission in the US.
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NewsJodie Marsh returns to TLC
TLC UK is extending its relationship with glamour model-turned-bodybuilder Jodie Marsh with two new documentary shows.
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NewsInteractive C4 doc explores NHS
Sanjay Singhal’s Voltage TV has picked up its first commission - an interactive documentary format about the NHS for Channel 4 in which viewers will give their opinions about patients receiving treatment.
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NewsPBS orders Windfall D-Day doc
US public broadcaster PBS has ordered a one-off D-Day documentary from Windfall Films which draws heavily on cutting-edge technology.
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NewsRichard Osman fronts Remarkable quiz
BBC Daytime has commissioned Pointless-indie Remarkable Television to produce a quick-fire quiz show for BBC2.