All Commissioning articles – Page 364
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NewsAlex Zane fronts London Live show
Alex Zane is to return to his comedy roots with a new stand-up series for London Live.
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NewsC4 to bring back Benefits Street
Channel 4 is to bring back controversial doc Benefits Street for a second series as Love Productions starts to research potential locations.
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NewsITV pushes ahead with Lewis
Lewis is to return for an eighth series in spite of previous claims from creator Colin Dexter that the ITV drama had run out of steam.
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NewsJamie Theakston returns to Forbidden History
UKTV is to bring back Jamie Theakston’s Forbidden History for a second series.
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NewsCowell’s Over the Top wins ITV pilot
Simon Cowell’s fledgling indie Over the Top Productions is piloting its first project - a primetime ITV gameshow fronted by Bradley Walsh.
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NewsElaine Paige takes stage for Sky Arts
Sky Arts has ordered a six-part series about musical star Elaine Paige from Fresh One Productions.
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NewsThe Voice gets BBC2 spin-off show
The Voice UK is to be handed a Strictly: It Takes Two-style BBC2 spin-off show when the live rounds of the contest get underway.
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NewsThe Musketeers returns for series two
The Musketeers will continue their adventures on BBC1 after the channel commissioned a second series of the drama.
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NewsRemarkable launches Ejector Seat for ITV
Andi Peters is to front an ITV teatime quiz that ejects contestants from their seats if they get questions incorrectly.
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NewsRob Brydon to host BBC1’s Guess List
Rob Brydon is to front a BBC1 Saturday night comedy entertainment format in which celebrities help contestants win bespoke prizes.
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NewsRyan Giggs doc kicked off by ITV
ITV has ordered a documentary about footballer Ryan Giggs, produced by Fulwell 73 and distributed by Electric Sky.
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NewsSky orders more Parkinson
Michael Parkinson is returning to Sky Arts, which has commissioned his interview series for a second run.
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NewsC5 orders live immigration debate
Channel 5 is launching a live debate on immigration following the success of its benefits debate earlier this week.
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NewsC5 back in the dating game
Channel 5 has ordered its highestprofile dating format since cancelling The Bachelor after its second series last year.
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NewsITV orders Chocolate Media daytime quiz
An ITV gameshow from Chocolate Media is one of the first projects to come out of NBC Universal’s newly formed central development unit.
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NewsAnansi Boys developed by BBC
The BBC is developing an adaptation of Neil Gaiman’s novel Anansi Boys with Red Production Company.
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NewsNightmare Neighbours invited into C5
Channel 5 is to explore some of the UK’s most extreme disputes between neighbours in a six-part series from Flame Television.
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NewsC4 takes comedy pilots to series
Channel 4 has earmarked Caitlin Moran’s comedy Raised By Wolves and unaired pilot Scrotal Recall for full series.
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NewsBBC delves into shopping addiction
BBC1 is to explore the world of shopping addiction in a one-off documentary produced by Twofour.
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NewsC5 rings up bailiff doc
The bailiffs and repo workers responsible for reclaiming the nation’s bad debt are the subject of a Touch Productions doc series for Channel 5.