All Commissioning articles – Page 388
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NewsC4 picks up Fremantle daytime quiz show
FremantleMedia UK format 1001 Things You Should Know has been picked up for a daytime series on Channel 4.
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NewsITV1 to hand TOWIE's Mark Wright German format
Former The Only Way Is Essex star Mark Wright is to co-host a madcap ITV1 gameshow based on a hit German format.
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NewsSky confirms Idiot Abroad 3
Sky1 has confirmed a three-part An Idiot Abroad special which will feature Karl Pilkington travelling the globe with Warwick Davis.
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NewsC4's Superscrimpers to return
Channel 4 thrifty tips series Superscrimpers is returning for a third run with an aim to further build on the money saving advice offered to viewers.
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NewsWoolcock interactive film to premiere at Doc/Fest
Penny Woolcock, director of the Death of Klinghoffer, is to helm an interactive film celebrating the British coastline that will premiere at Sheffield Doc/Fest.
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NewsAnna Maxwell Martin to star in ITV1 murder mystery
Bafta-winning actress Anna Maxwell Martin is to star in a ITV1 murder mystery based around the code breakers of Bletchley Park.
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NewsSky Movies: British family features lacking investment
Sky Movies director Ian Lewis has revealed that the company’s decision to develop and produce family films has been partly triggered by a lack of investment in the genre in the UK, and has called on the UK production sector to pitch more ideas.
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NewsCurrent Sponge wins first terrestrial order
Sam Branson’s indie Current Sponge is making a fast turnaround documentary for Channel 4 – its first terrestrial commission since launch.
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NewsCBBC's Trade show to return
Leopard Films is taking its CBBC show Trade Your Way to the USA on the road ahead of a second series.
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NewsBBC to pilot second Talpa format
BBC1 is to follow up The Voice UK with a second entertainment format from Talpa - part of a two-year development deal between the BBC and John de Mol’s company.
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NewsKemps to front C&I gangs doc
Brothers Martin and Gary Kemp are to front a documentary series about British gangs for Crime & Investigation Network.
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NewsAttenborough to front Eden nature project
Sir David Attenborough is to front a series about the ways animals adapt themselves in a rare original commission by UKTV natural history channel Eden.
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NewsITNP searches for antiques experts in Sky Arts series
ITN Productions will unearth the antiques experts of the future in a series for Sky Arts that will combine elements of Four Rooms and Antiques Roadshow.
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NewsKudos to make C4 conspiracy thriller
Kudos Film and Television is to make its first Channel 4 drama in more than a decade – a dark conspiracy thriller written by the co-creator of Olivier Award-winning musical Matilda.
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NewsC4 to probe zoo tragedy and female Afghan soldiers
The slaughter of 50 exotic animals set loose by their owner in a small American town will be explored for a Channel 4 True Stories documentary.
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NewsITV1 doc to tell story of Soham victim’s family
ITV1 is to mark the 10th anniversary of the Soham murders with a documentary featuring exclusive access to the family of one of the victims, Holly Wells.
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NewsC4 to reconstruct 1950s house
Channel 4 will celebrate the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee by looking at science and innovation from the 50s and how it has affected our lives.
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NewsSky Atlantic to mark Jubilee with 'queens'
Sky Atlantic has ordered a new series looking back at six decades of flamboyant and iconic gay performers to tie in with the Diamond Jubilee.
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NewsSundance ties with Shine Group
Shine Group’s youth production arm is to produce a series of highlights packages of the inaugural Sundance London film and music festival.