All Commissioning articles – Page 400
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DNI sets out ambitious plans
Discovery Networks International has ordered 20 hours of content from indie Maverick Television, as Julian Bellamy outlined the broadcaster’s “step change in ambitions” at the Broadcast Business Breakfast.
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NewsC4 goes on Fox Watch for spring
Channel 4 is lining up an ambitious natural history event looking at the lives of urban foxes for this spring
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NewsTouchpaper returns to supernatural for ITV2
The indie behind Being Human is to create a supernatural drama for ITV2 about contemporary witches living in London.
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NewsKindle updates Dickens for BBC1
Bafta-winning kids’ indie Kindle Entertainment is reimagining Charles Dickens’ The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby in a 21st century setting for BBC1 Daytime.
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NewsC4's Food Hospital to return
A second shorter run of The Food Hospital, which looks at using food rather than medicine to treat illnesses, has been ordered from Betty for Channel 4.
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NewsITV1 orders 'landmark' history series
ITV1 has teamed up with the British Museum to create a “landmark” series about historical artefacts uncovered by the public.
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NewsAysha Rafaele to leave C4
Channel 4 documentaries commissioner Aysha Rafaele, responsible for Coppers and Secret Millionaire, is leaving the broadcaster.
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True North make 'lifers' series
A handful of the UK’s 46 criminals with life sentences are to be the subject of a True North series for Crime & Investigation Network.
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NewsDeal or No Deal to make celebrity primetime debut
Daytime gameshow Deal or No Deal will move to a primetime slot for the first time, to mark the show’s sixth anniversary.
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NewsGeorge Gently inspects new series
BBC1 detective drama Inspector George Gently is to return for a fifth series - comprising four feature length films.
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NewsNutopia going back to the 80s for Nat Geo US
Nutopia is to use its mega-doc formula to investigate the cultural, political and financial impact of the 1980s for Nat Geo US.
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NewsBeing Human gets fifth series
BBC3 has ordered a shorter run of supernatural drama Being Human for its fifth series next year.
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NewsJon Snow in Paralympics pilot
Channel 4 newsreader Jon Snow is to front a pilot that the broadcaster hopes will become a live magazine show in the build-up to the London 2012 Paralympics.
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NewsKavanagh signs off with Download recommission
One of outgoing CBBC controller Damian Kavanagh’s final orders has been to recommission Salt Beef Production’s Friday Download - while the current series is still on air.
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NewsC4 to unveil von Hagens' corpse crucifix at Easter
Controversial German anatomist Dr Gunther von Hagens’ journey and exploration of a crucifix will air on Channel 4 on Easter Sunday.
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NewsBBC2 takes Stewart Lee to 2015
The BBC has ordered a further two series of Stewart Lee’s Comedy Vehicle, taking the series up to 2015.
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NewsMTV orders Welsh Valleys series
MTV UK has ordered a non-scripted reality series set in the Welsh capital Cardiff, from indie True North.
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NewsC4's Coming Up line-up revealed
MJ Delaney, the director behind viral hit Newport State of Mind, is to make a drama for Channel 4 starring This is England’s Thomas Turgoose, as part of the broadcaster’s Coming Up scheme.
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NewsITV hires Moore for comedy charge
Former Little Britain producer Myfanwy Moore is to become ITV’s first dedicated comedy commissioner in more than 18 months.