All Commissioning articles – Page 390
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NewsITV orders fourth Vera helping
Brenda Blethyn’s detective drama Vera, which originally started life based on Ann Cleeves’ character is returning for another four part series.
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NewsBBC1's By Any Means set to be UK's first tax credit drama
Tony Jordan’s BBC1 drama By Any Means has become the first production to pass the cultural test to qualify for high-end TV tax breaks.
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NewsC5 goes on tour with Hen Nights
Channel 5 has ordered Hen Nights, a five part reality doc series from True North Productions.
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NewsC5 orders three new docs
Channel 5 has commissioned three one-off shock docs to air later this summer.
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NewsITV shares out £20m origination pot
ITV has allocated the extra £20m it has set aside for originations, as a result of a budget boost that was announced at the broadcaster’s results.
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NewsDa Vinci's Demons to return
US cable network Starz and international broadcast group Fox International Channels have renewed BBC Worldwide’s Da Vinci’s Demons for a second season.
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NewsYesterday uncovers Professor Hutton’s Curiosities
Yesterday has agreed a co-production deal with Indigo Films and Television for a history series examining the hidden gems of Britain’s museums.
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NewsDirecTV orders Full Circle from Momentum
US pay-TV broadcaster DirecTV has ordered edgy adult drama Full Circle from Nick Hamm’s UK indie Momentum Television.
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NewsOutline tackles nature for BBC1
Outline Productions is moving into nature programming with a BBC1 show that campaigns to save some of Britain’s threatened wildlife.
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NewsBBC3 checks in at Hotel of Mum and Dad
BBC3 is to examine the growing trend of young couples who are forced to move back in with their parents in a series produced by Mentorn Media.
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NewsC4 orders second helping of Chicken Shop
Channel 4 is returning to Clapham’s Rooster Spot for three more episodes looking at the day-to-day workings of a fried chicken shop.
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NewsC5 orders student sex-text doc
Channel 5 has ordered Sexts, a one-off doc from the National Film and Television School, marking the first time that a terrestrial broadcaster has commissioned a programme from the organisation.
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NewsBBC2 orders gardening contest
BBC2 is hoping to capture some of the spirit of The Great British Bake Off with a show that pits pairs of passionate gardeners and cooks against each other.
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NewsC4 seeks that Friday feeling
Hit mobile game Draw Something is being made into a C4 entertainment show as the channel continues its search for Friday night success.
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NewsUS cable network GSN catches The Chase
ITV daytime quiz The Chase has been picked up by US cable channel the Game Show Network.
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NewsCBeebies reboots Andy’s Dinosaur Adventures
CBeebies is replacing the BBC Natural History Unit’s series Andy’s Wild Adventures with a reboot – Andy’s Dinosaur Adventures.
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NewsITV orders Hartswood mystery
The mystery of a little boy’s disappearance and how it tears apart a community is the premise of an ITV drama from Hartswood Films.
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NewsSky backs co-pro heist drama
Sky Atlantic has come on board for edgy heist drama The Panthers, a co-production with premium French broadcaster Canal+, indie Warp Films and French producer Haut et Court.
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NewsE4 axes Misfits
E4 supernatural comedy drama Misfits is to come to an end after its fifth series has aired.
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NewsBBC beefs up Shetland for full series
ITV Studios has been commissioned to make an expanded six-part series of BBC1 murder-mystery drama Shetland.