All Commissioning articles – Page 398
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NewsBBC's Cassian Harrison to work with Scottish indies
BBC specialist factual commissioner Cassian Harrison is to have his role expanded, taking on Sam Anthony’s duties on an interim basis.
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NewsBBC3 to explore football racism after Terry trial
BBC3 is lining up a documentary exploring racism in football expected to be brodcast on the night John Terry’s trial for alleged racism concludes.
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News10 O'Clock Live set for third run
Channel 4 topical satire show 10 O’Clock Live is being lined up to return for a third series at the start of 2013.
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NewsUK's Ugliest Dog takes on world in C5 doc
Britain’s Ugliest Dog is the focus of a Channel 5 doc that follows the canine champion to an international competition in the US.
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NewsITV1 gives 71 Degrees North the cold shoulder
ITV1 has frozen out Arctic adventure show 71 Degrees North after having difficulties with celebrity bookings.
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NewsC4 orders festival series from Made in Chelsea indie
Channel 4 has greenlit a new series from the producers of Made in Chelsea, following a group of music fans throughout a summer of festivals.
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NewsMedieval machine gun to be rebuilt for C5 series
A new Channel 5 series will see engineers attempt to rebuild historical inventions including a medieval machine gun and a gothic megacrane.
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NewsCelebrities to compete in Muppet-style show for BBC1
Celebrity guests will go head to head in a series of games run by a cast of Muppet-style characters for a new BBC1 pilot No Strings Attached.
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NewsKevin Eldon to front BBC2 series
Brass Eye and Alan Partridge comedian Kevin Eldon has been handed his own BBC series, a mixture of sketches, songs, characters and guests.
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NewsAndrew Scott to star in ITV1 drama The Town
Bafta-winning Sherlock actor Andrew Scott is to star in a three-part ITV1 drama that will examine contemporary Britain through the prism of a small market town.
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NewsHenry Singer to make ITV1 baby death doc
The award-winning director behind Channel 4 doc The Falling Man is to a make an ITV1 documentary about a woman who killed her two year-old son.
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Wellcome Trust and BFI launch science writers prize
The Wellcome Trust and BFI have teamed to create a screenwriting prize encouraging the creation of films inspired by biology and medicine.
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NewsGood Food orders Sicilian AFP
UKTV’s cookery channel Good Food has secured an ten-part ad-funded programming deal with the Sicilian Tourist Board.
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NewsDiscovery orders amateur experiments series
Discovery Networks International has ordered a brace of science series from October Films and Blink Films.
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NewsBen Shephard to host ITV1 daytime quiz
Ben Shephard is to return to ITV1’s daytime line-up to host a quiz that will look to build on the success of The Chase.
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NewsBroomfield to launch Sky Atlantic doc strand Footprints
Sky Atlantic has handed Nick Broomfield the first commission in its documentary feature film strand Footprints.
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NewsC4's anniversary comedy line-up revealed
Vic and Bob, Harry Hill and the writers behind Peep Show, Father Ted and Drop the Dead Donkey will contribute to a fortnight of comedy marking Channel 4’s 30th anniversary.
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NewsGold brings back Comic Strip for 30th
The Comic Strip will celebrate its 30th anniversary on UKTV’s Gold after the pay-TV channel ordered a new film in its Famous Five series.
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NewsOttolenghi and spin-offs to build More 4 identity
More 4 is to become the home of acclaimed chef Yotam Ottolenghi, a One Born Every Minute spin-off show and a number of other new faces as its relaunch as a features and lifestyle channel gathers pace.
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NewsC5 tests truth of disaster films
Channel 5 has ordered a series that will test if disaster movies are realistic, and another that will again reunite Big Brother contestants Paddy Doherty and Sally Bercow.