All Commissioning articles – Page 386
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NewsC5 orders Extraordinary spin-offs
Channel 5 has ordered two spin-off series from its Extraordinary People strand and remains on the hunt for factual shows for its 10pm slot.
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NewsC4 Education targets teens with growing games portfolio
Channel 4 Education has ordered three free mobile phone games to address teen issues including happiness, bullying and sleep patterns.
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NewsMillionaire creator to pen gangster drama for BBC2
BBC2 controller Janice Hadlow has ordered the first self-contained TV drama series from Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? co-creator Steve Knight – a 6 x 60-minute period drama exploring gang life in 1920s Birmingham.
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NewsDCD Rize explores wedding traditions for BBC2 series
DCD’s Rize USA will investigate how couples from different cultures and religions plan weddings for a BBC2 series.
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NewsITV1's The Agenda to return
Tom Bradby’s current affairs debate show The Agenda is to return for a second series on ITV1.
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NewsSuchet to follow in footsteps of St Paul for BBC1
BBC1 has lured David Suchet away from his usual ITV1 duties to front a series on Biblical figure St Paul.
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NewsLine of Duty locks in second series
BBC2 has wasted no time in recommissioning Line of Duty after the police corruption drama bowed out with more than 3.3m viewers last night.
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NewsDownton indie to produce Dracula drama for Sky and NBC
Downton Abbey indie Carnival Films is to produce a new version of classic vampire story Dracula for Sky Living and US network NBC.
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NewsMiranda Hart pilots BBC panel show
Miranda Hart is to front a new BBC panel show pilot that will ask questions about groups of people connected by nothing more than their names.
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NewsDick and Dom to celebrate inventors for CBBC
Kids presenters Dick and Dom are to celebrate important inventors as part of a trio of new CBBC commissions.
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NewsITV1 to pilot Catch Phrase
ITV1’s bid to revive Catch Phrase has taken a step forward after the broadcaster ordered a pilot of the classic gameshow hosted by Stephen Mulhern.
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NewsBBC2 ties up with France 5 for human cells doc
BBC2 and France 5 have commissioned a single science documentary exploring human cells.
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NewsFoundation to develop Barrowman book series
The Foundation has optioned the TV rights from Capel & Land for a children’s fantasy adventure book written by John Barrowman and his sister Carole.
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NewsBetty teams up with C4 for more compulsive viewing
Betty will lift the lid on life as an obsessive compulsive cleaner for Channel 4.
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NewsNGC’s Mykura set for first orders
National Geographic Channel has ordered a series about dealers who strip second-hand cars for parts, as head of international content Hamish Mykura lines up his first commissions for the broadcaster.
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NewsPatten: BBC in-house commissioning guarantee will stay
Lord Patten has made clear that the BBC has no plans to reduce its in-house commissioning guarantee, despite indies winning a record share of the Window of Creative Competition (WoCC) last year.
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NewsC4 creative diversity enlists 48 partners
Channel 4’s creative diversity department commissioned 48 new and emerging companies in the first quarter of 2012, and is preparing to launch a short-form strand for new directors.
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NewsBBC1 and ITV1 close in on drama adaptations
BBC1 and ITV1 are lining up adaptations of Daphne du Maurier classic Jamaica Inn and Dorothy Koomson’s Ice Cream Girls respectively.
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NewsJoneses try to keep up with Kalahari tribe in Sky 1 follow-up
Sky 1 has ordered a follow-up to Steve Jones’ trip through the Amazon that will take him to the Kalahari Desert.
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NewsC5 orders £48m shipwreck doc
Channel 5 has revealed it has ordered a major documentary following the recovery of £24m of treasure from the British cargo ship SS Gairsoppa which sunk in 1941.