All Commissioning articles – Page 426
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NewsMatt Edmondson to front BBC3 pilot
STV Productions has won its first ever commission for BBC3 – a non-TX comedy panel show pilot starring Radio 1 DJ Matt Edmondson.
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News6Music's Adam Buxton spins Sky Atlantic show
BBC 6Music DJ Adam Buxton is to front a music video series for Sky Atlantic produced by Clive Tulloh’s Burning Bright Productions.
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NewsC5 heads behind bars
Channel 5 has commissioned a new three part series about crimes committed by some of the country’s most notorious serial killers entitled Killers Behind Bars: The Untold Story.
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NewsRev blessed with four BPG awards
BBC2 comedy Rev has scooped four categories at the Broadcasting Press Guild TV Awards which will be held later today in London.
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NewsBBC wipes out Total Wipeout
The BBC is canning teatime hit Total Wipeout at the end of this year.
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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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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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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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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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NewsSky Atlantic signs comedy duo
Sky Atlantic has commissioned a Mrs Merton-style comedy chat show hosted by two American Jewish mothers.
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NewsSky orders karaoke dating from Love Machine indie
Sky Living is to build on the early success of The Love Machine with a second dating show from the same indie, in which singletons are united by their passion for karaoke.
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NewsGold greenlights Yes, Prime Minister revival
Yes, Prime Minister is to return to TV after an absence of 24 years as UKTV’s comedy channel Gold kicks off its original commissioning push.
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NewsGumball producer to lead Turner’s hybrid Team Toon
Turner Broadcasting has commissioned a live-action and animation hybrid series led by the exec producer responsible for Bafta-winning The Amazing World Of Gumball.
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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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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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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.