All Commissioning articles – Page 432
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NewsBBC scraps multiplatform commissioners
The BBC is scrapping the role of multiplatform commissioners and cutting ten more jobs from BBC Vision as part of its restructure of BBC online.
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NewsMTV orders Firecracker pilot on troubled teens
Firecracker Films is to build on the success of Big Fat Gypsy Weddings by producing an ob doc pilot about troubled teens and their mothers for MTV.
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NewsNavelgazing TV to produce spoof sketches for Dave
Dave’s first sketch show commission will be made by the indie behind hit online comedy Toyboize.
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NewsJamie to explore British food origins for C4
Jamie Oliver’s latest series for Channel 4 will see the chef travel the UK exploring the origins of traditional British food.
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NewsC4 to delve deeper into life for BFGW follow-up
Channel 4’s record-breaking Big Fat Gypsy Weddings will return early next year to delve deeper into issues facing the travelling and gypsy communities.
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NewsBennett sets out BBC3 stall
A new Sharon Horgan comedy, a British Hurt Locker “but with laughs”, and a season tackling unemployment are among the first commissions by new BBC3 controller Zai Bennett.
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NewsBig name drama set for BBC1
William Boyd and Sally Wainwright are both writing 9pm BBC1 dramas as part of a 25-hour slate designed to “challenge what popular mainstream drama is on the channel”.
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NewsChannel 5 books Silent Library
Channel 5 has commissioned a remake of a Japanese gameshow in which contestants must keep quiet while enduring ‘punishments’.
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NewsDavid Walliams to host Sky panel show
Comedian David Walliams is to front a new panel show for Sky1 made by CPL Productions, the indie behind A League of Their Own.
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NewsITV eyes Selfridges drama
Writer Andrew Davies is working on an adaptation of period novel Shopping, Seduction & Mr Selfridge for ITV1.
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NewsITV to launch investigative journalism strand
ITV is preparing to launch a major new investigative journalism documentary strand titled Exposure.
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NewsNat Geo to build human-sized beaver lodge
Nat Geo Wild has ordered a new series that will see a team live in human-sized recreations of animals’ homes such as a beavers’ lodge and a bird’s nest.
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NewsGetting On to return for third series
NHS comedy Getting On is to return for a new series, following Jo Brand’s success at the Bafta TV awards.
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Greenlight round-up: Kew Gardens to get 3D treatment
This week Greenlight round-up joins Sir David Attenborough on his explorations through Kew Gardens in London for a new Sky 3D documentary.
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NewsVic Reeves to star in C4 pilot
Vic Reeves and Flight of the Conchords star Rhys Darby are to appear in a new Channel 4 comedy pilot penned by Russell Brand’s former writing partner.
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NewsCBBC's Gastronuts cracks new format
CBBC food series Gastronuts is to relaunch with changes to the format and new title.
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NewsLong Lost Family to reunite for second run
ITV is close to commissioning a second series of family reunion show Long Lost Family.
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NewsWild at Heart roars into series seven
ITV has confirmed that it has commissioned a seventh series of hit drama Wild at Heart.
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NewsITV lines up new Poirot
Rumours of the death of Poirot, ITV’s long-running adaptation of the Agatha Christie detective, have been greatly exaggerated: ITV is actively developing a new film starring David Suchet as the moustachioed Belgian detective.
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NewsITV returns to scene of crime drama trio
ITV1 crime dramas The Suspicions Of Mr Whicher, Case Sensitive and Vera are all being lined up for a second outing, Broadcast understands.