All Commissioning articles – Page 377
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NewsBBC orders factual format from iCreate
The BBC has commissioned factual format Make My Dream, the first project to come out of its fledgling staff crowdsourcing platform iCreate.
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NewsThird time lucky for The Syndicate
Kay Mellor’s Rollem Productions has been recommissioned to make a third series of The Syndicate, which will return to BBC1 in 2015.
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NewsBBC to adapt The Great Escape
The BBC is developing a TV series based on iconic Steve McQueen film The Great Escape.
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NewsChannel 5 calls in the RSPCA
Channel 5 has ordered a 10 x 30-minute documentary series from Middlechild Productions that follows a group of RSPCA workers who protect dogs from abusive owners and unscrupulous breeders.
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NewsThe Garden lands first C5 order
The Garden Productions has landed its debut commission from Channel 5, an ob-doc series following a family-run bus service in Yorkshire.
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NewsRory Kinnear plays Lord Lucan for ITV
ITV has confirmed that Jeff Pope is to pen a major biopic on Lord Lucan, the playboy aristocrat who vanished in the 1970s after his children’s nanny was murdered.
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NewsC4 orders nightclub toilet doc
Channel 4 is to open the door to the toilets of a Crawley nightclub for a one-off fixed-rig documentary.
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NewsNutopia behind C4 & PBS Algerian terrorist doc
Nutopia and the Bafta-winning director behind Our War are making a doc about the terrorist attack on Algeria’s In Amenas gas facility for Channel 4 and PBS in the US.
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NewsRaw opens Unexplained Files for Discovery
Discovery has ordered an X-Files-style documentary series from Raw TV to air around the world.
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NewsCNBC orders All3Media gambling series
US cable network CNBC has commissioned All3Media America to produce gambling format Money Talks.
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NewsSweet TV lands Scripps orders
Scripps channels Food Network and the Travel Channel have commissioned three series from Sweet TV.
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NewsC5 teams up with Wonga for adventure series
Channel 5 Productions is making a 4 x 60-minute adventure series funded and co-developed by controversial loan company Wonga.
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NewsDNI Lat Am scouts UK indies
Discovery Networks International’s (DNI) Latin American commissioning hub has placed several orders with UK-based producers and its boss plans to come to the UK to scope out further opportunities.
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NewsNGCI orders Blast! Kennedy doc
National Geographic Channels International (NGCI) has ordered a two-hour documentary about former US president John F Kennedy from UK indie Blast! Films to run alongside its forthcoming scripted drama Killing Kennedy.
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NewsStudio Lambert to find Britain’s top interior designer for BBC2
BBC2 is set to hunt for Britain’s best amateur interior designer in a major early-peak format from Studio Lambert.
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NewsSky loses three execs in factual commissioning shake-up
Sky has completed the second stage of its factual and factual entertainment commissioning restructure, resulting in the departure of three execs including Clare Handford.
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NewsSky reopens Young Doctor's Notebook
Sky Arts has renewed A Young Doctor’s Notebook, starring Daniel Radcliffe and Jon Hamm, for a second series.
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NewsJonathan Ross Show returns in 2014
Jonathan Ross will present another two series of his ITV chat show after extending his deal with the commercial broadcaster by a year.
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NewsNanny Mewes parachutes into C4
Professional nanny Kathryn Mewes is to front a Liberty Bell series for Channel 4 which will help parents struggling with difficult children.
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NewsC4 shelves Bad Sugar
Channel 4 has shelved plans for a full series of spoof telenovela Bad Sugar due to clashing projects between the cast and crew.