All Commissioning articles – Page 430
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NewsBBC3 prescribes a second dose of Junior Doctors
BBC3’s highly acclaimed Junior Doctors: Your Life in Their Hands has been recommissioned for a second series, after it racked up record ratings for the digital channel.
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NewsComic Strip returns to C4 with Blair spoof
The Comic Strip is to return to Channel 4 with a film noir spoof that features Tony Blair on the run for murder and Jennifer Saunders as Margaret Thatcher.
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NewsGavin Henson to be C5's Bachelor
Channel 5 has confirmed it will adapt US reality show The Bachelor, with rugby star Gavin Henson in the title role.
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NewsBarry Manilow to host An Audience With...
Music legend Barry Manilow has been lined up to host An Audience With… for ITV1.
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NewsBBC2 orders Festival of Britain retrospective
The Proudfoot Company has been commissioned to make its first history documentary for the BBC about the Festival of Britain.
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NewsGreenlight round-up: Channel 4 order doc fest
Factual programmes are at the centre on Greenlight this week, with Channel 4 and More 4 announcing new documentaries.
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NewsDailymotion plans first UK commission
Video sharing site Dailymotion hopes to commission original UK content following strategic investment by Orange and the appointment of the site’s first head of international content.
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NewsMulhern to front ITV1 quiz pilot
Britain’s Got More Talent host Stephen Mulhern is to front a new ITV1 gameshow pilot made by the team behind The Chase.
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NewsC4 helps hoarders face their addiction
Channel 4 has ordered a factual series from Twenty Twenty that will attempt to help people who cannot help hoarding bric-a-brac.
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NewsSpall and Crompton re-team to launch indie Barge Pole
Actor Timothy Spall has launched a production company with former Steadfast Television executive Paul Crompton.
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NewsC4 wins murder trial access
Channel 4 and Windfall Films are planning to create the most ambitious courtroom documentary series on British TV in more than 15 years.
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NewsSnow/Murthy to front C4 docs
Channel 4 News presenters Jon Snow and Krishnan Guru-Murthy are to front Dispatches and Unreported World docs as part of a strategy to boost current affairs output.
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NewsC4 specialist factual to woo male audience
Channel 4 head of specialist factual Ralph Lee has been briefing indies that his department is seeking programmes to attract male viewers to the channel.
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NewsMore 4 and BBC4 set for gypsy docs clash
More 4’s True Stories will go toe-to-toe with BBC4’s Storyville after commissioning a documentary about bare-knuckle fighting in the traveller community.
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NewsBBC3 orders trio of disability docs for Fresh strand
BBC3 controller Zai Bennett and documentaries commissioning editor Charlotte Moore have ordered three 60-minute films for the Fresh strand that have disability as their central theme.
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NewsITV2 links with Cadbury for US gameshow remake
ITV2 is to reversion NBC gameshow Minute To Win It as part of a major new commercial partnership with confectionery company Cadbury.
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NewsC5 orders celeb news from ITN
Channel 5 has ordered ITN Productions to produce two daily entertainment news bulletins for digital channels 5* and 5USA.
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NewsReeves and Mortimer return in Fosters AFP
Vic Reeves and Bob Mortimer are to star in a brand new online sketch show funded by lager brand Fosters.
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NewsUKTV signs first product placement deal
UKTV has become the latest commercial broadcaster to move into product placement, signing a deal with Friends Reunited-owner Brightsolid.
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NewsSky1 orders Tree House Challenge
Sky1 has launched a search for the ultimate environmentally responsible community space with a grant of £20,000 up for grabs.