All Commissioning articles – Page 425
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NewsC4's Undercover Boss to return
Channel 4 has ordered another series primetime show Undercover Boss and daytime format Four in a Bed from Studio Lambert.
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NewsSusan Boyle opens doors to Gypsy Weddings indie
ITV1 is to provide an intimate look at the life of Susan Boyle in a new documentary from the makers of Big Fat Gypsy Weddings.
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NewsCBeebies picks up reworked version of Waybuloo
CBeebies has acquired a reworking of The Foundation’s popular pre-school show Waybuloo, which is narrated by Come Dine With Me’s Dave Lamb.
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NewsFirecracker gives MTV platform to bullying victims
MTV International has ordered a one-off documentary from Firecracker Films tackling bullying, which will air across its non-US network, along with global documentary series Hoods, which takes celebrities back to their roots.
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NewsC4 eyes second playalong show
Channel 4 is working with Twofour on a project that could become the interactive gameshow follow-up to The Million Pound Drop Live.
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NewsSomethin’ Else to create virtual soap for C4 online
Channel 4 Education has commissioned a virtual “soap opera improvised by robots” from digital indie Somethin’ Else.
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NewsBack2back and Target team for style series
The Hunks and Extraordinary Dogs producer Back2back has cemented its relationship with Target Entertainment with a second co-funded project, The Changing Face Of….
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NewsObjective conjures up Christmas specials
Objective Productions has landed two Christmas orders from Channel 5 looking back at memorable events in the history of magic and celebrity highs and lows throughout the year.
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NewsC4 orders Renovation Game
Channel 4 has ordered a property series that will see homes being revamped in a bid to raise their value by £15,000.
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CommentGet off your arse and make your show
Bigger Picture’s John Matthews responds to the anonymous anti-commissioner tirade by ‘Gerri Gossage’ that ran last month in Broadcast – and he’s none too impressed.
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NewsCowell eyes cookery show
Having recently launched roulette-inspired gameshow Red or Black?, Simon Cowell’s production company has now turned its attentions to developing a cookery show.
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NewsGreenlight round-up: ITV1 exposes new strand
This week’s Greenlight includes a round-up of factual commissions from across the week, including ITV1’s new Exposure strand. [CLICK HERE TO ACCESS GREENLIGHT NOW]
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NewsRory McGrath digs up beer gardens for History/C5
Comedian Rory McGrath is to reveal “what makes Britain tick” by digging up pub gardens across the country.
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Tigerlily to follow naval cadets
Tigerlily Films is producing a new naval training series for AETN’s Military History channel.
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NewsHarkaway to follow Olympic hopefuls for H&C TV
Horse & Country (H&C) TV has commissioned Oxford-based indie Harkaway Media to make an 8 x 30-minute series focusing on the prospects for the British equestrian team in the run-up to the London 2012 Olympics.
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NewsViewers to help Current commission
Current TV is to ask viewers to help commission its next series of documentaries from four TX pilots as part of a new initiative dubbed ‘Open Season’.
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NewsCrackit takes structured reality to C4
Channel 4 has ordered a series based around London fitness chain Gymbox - marking the first time the terrestrial channel has entered the world of structured reality.
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NewsE4 asks contestants to ride the Love Shaft
Singletons will be given a chance to ride the Love Shaft for a new E4 dating show format in one of the channel’s first pre-watershed orders.
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NewsC4 restructures to streamline doc commissioning
Channel 4’s documentary commissioners have been allocated specific duties following a budget boost, as part of a drive to increase efficiency when working with producers.
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NewsC4 books a Place in the Sun
Channel 4 Daytime has ordered Freeform Productions to make a mammoth 80 hours of A Place in the Sun and spin-off A Place in the Sun: Home and Away.