All Commissioning articles – Page 407
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NewsC4 to spotlight Secret Eaters
Overweight families will be put under 24-hour surveillance for a Channel 4 series that aims to examine the psychology and science of eating habits.
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NewsPratchett off to Borneo for BBC2
Fantasy novelist Sir Terry Pratchett is to travel to Borneo and track down an orangutan king as he contemplates the meaning of mankind’s existence for a new BBC2 documentary.
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NewsDarlow to make Concordia film
Darlow Smithson Productions is producing a new documentary about the Costa Concordia disaster for Discovery Networks International.
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NewsLuton extremists to feature in C4 doc
English Defence League co-founder Tommy Robinson and Sayful Islam, who has disrupted the homecoming parade of British troops, are to feature in a new Channel 4 documentary.
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NewsC4 Gypsy ad stirs protest
Ads for C4’s Big Fat Gypsy Weddings have sparked complaints from the London Gypsy Traveller Unit and two London Assembly Members.
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NewsBarrowman fronts ITV1 comedy pilot
John Barrowman has fronted an ITV1 comedy panel show pilot that put his life under the spotlight.
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NewsITV1 eyes Jonathan Ross panel show
Jonathan Ross is gearing up to pilot an ITV1 comedy panel show inspired by Twitter.
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NewsSteps returning to Sky Living
Reformed pop group Steps are to feature in a second series for Sky Living, tracking their 22-date comeback tour around the UK.
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NewsC4 acquires Black Cab Sessions
Channel 4 has picked up online music format The Black Cab Sessions USA, which has been adapted into a longer form for TV.
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NewsBBC3 reboots Snog, Marry, Avoid
BBC3’s make-under show Snog, Marry, Avoid is being refreshed for its fifth series with comedian Ellie Taylor as presenter.
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NewsTwenty Twenty recruited for BBC1 conscripts drama
The final intake of National Service men is to be dramatised by Twenty Twenty in a new commission for BBC1 Daytime.
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NewsWhisper races off with first BBC1 commission
Whisper Films has won its first commission since being set up a year ago - a doc with the brother of Formula 1 star Lewis Hamilton.
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NewsSky boosts Isle of Wight coverage
Sky is upping its live coverage of this year’s Isle of Wight Festival to 18 hours - including broadcasts in 3D.
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NewsITV1 eyeing new Surprise Surprise
ITV1 is set to dust off classic show Surprise Surprise - more than a decade after its last appearance.
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NewsITV1 to chart TV's most memorable moments
ITV1 is to celebrate the most popular moments in television history ahead of Britain completing the digital switchover this year.
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NewsE4 calls for third Phoneshop
High street comedy Phoneshop will return for a third series on E4 at the end of the year.
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NewsDragonfly set to go West
Dragonfly is expanding its operations with the opening of a new office in Bristol later this month, after securing its first factual series commission for BBC2.
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NewsWindfall plans Colditz escape
Windfall Films will revisit Colditz Castle for Channel 4 in an ambitious attempt to recreate an escape glider and launch it from the roof.
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NewsWatch partners with Travel Channel on Scream gameshow
UKTV entertainment channel Watch has partnered with the Travel Channel in the US on a new series of gameshow Scream If You Know The Answer!.
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NewsI’m Spazticus pilot back as C4 series
A Channel 4 Comedy Lab pilot from 2005 featuring on and off-screen disabled talent is being dusted off to become a five-part series called I’m Spazticus.