All Commissioning articles – Page 379
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NewsRaw wins order for Investigation Discovery and History Television
Raw TV will produce a dramatic documentary series examining how people are coerced into carrying out unthinkable acts by criminals or abusive family members.
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NewsYesterday unveils new logo and programming strategy
UKTV’s free-to-air factual channel Yesterday is shifting focus to offer more entertainment-led content and has unveiled a rebrand and three new series.
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NewsITV greenlights Endemol's Prize Island
ITV has ordered new tropical island-set game show Prize Island from Endemol-owned Initial.
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NewsCITV's Bookaboo set to return for third series
CITV show Bookaboo will return for a third series after producer Happy Films secured two deals in Canada.
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ITV1 orders Sweeney doc
ITV1 is rejigging North One’s Unforgettable strand with a documentary about classic TV series The Sweeney.
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NewsMcLaren launches animation unit with Hamilton/Button toon
Formula 1’s McLaren Group has launched an animation unit and secured its first commission from Sky Sports F1 featuring Lewis Hamilton and Jenson Button.
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NewsCBBC sketch show to feature Brian Butterfield
Peter Serafinowicz creation Brian Butterfield is to make his children’s TV debut in a new CBBC sketch series from the co-creators of Horrible Histories.
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NewsNoel Edmonds to front BBC1 pilot
Noel Edmonds could return to BBC1’s Saturday night line-up for the first time in 13 years with an entertainment show about celebrity bodyguards.
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NewsKeo orders widen talent pool
Keo Films has secured a raft of commissions for the BBC and Channel 4, and recruited Twenty Twenty’s head of factual and entertainment as head of development.
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Green Inc wins first youth order with School Run
Fact-ent indie Green Inc has won its first commission for the youth market – a gameshow format called School Run.
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NewsTaylor meets indies to prepare for CBBC
Cheryl Taylor is to begin meeting kids’ indies ahead of starting as CBBC controller later this summer, to ensure a smooth transition from comedy commissioning.
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NewsBlakeway wins series for China
Blakeway Productions has partnered a Chinese indie to make a landmark series about the West that is being lined up for state broadcaster China Central Television (CCTV).
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NewsDani’s House becomes a Castle for CBBC spin-off
CBBC talent Dani Harmer is to graduate from Dani’s House to Dani’s Castle in a spin-off comedy series for the channel.
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NewsNorth One lines up gadget man Fry for C4 tech series
The Gadget Show producer North One is to extend its expertise in the genre for a new Channel 4 series that will be fronted by technophile Stephen Fry.
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NewsC4 working on 20 entertainment ideas in genre overhaul
Channel 4 is developing around 20 entertainment projects after receiving 250 pitches on the back of its wide-ranging brief to overhaul the genre earlier this year.
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NewsBBC2 explores servants’ lives ‘real Downton Abbey’
BBC2 has ordered a factual series that aims to portray the real Downton Abbey, lifting the lid on the true relationship between servants and their masters over history.
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NewsC5 to profile Moors murderer Ian Brady
Channel 5 has commissioned a new documentary about hospitalised Moors murderer Ian Brady.
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NewsTool Academy gets third order
E4 bad-boyfriend show Tool Academy is returning for a third series and relocating to Spain.
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NewsVine to host ITV1 daytime quiz
ITV1 is to challenge families to avoid “blowing the inheritance” as part of a new daytime quiz from the makers of BBC2’s Eggheads.
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NewsITV1 confirms Tennant drama
David Tennant is to lead an ensemble cast for a new ITV1 drama about the death of a boy in a picturesque seaside resort.