All Commissioning articles – Page 447
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NewsMagnum and CPL vie for Sky 1 panel show
Sky 1 is piloting two news-based panel shows, hosted by Jack Dee and David Walliams, which will go head to head to win a commission.
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NewsMrs Brown's Boys to return for second series
The BBC has ordered a second series of Irish comedy Mrs Brown’s Boys.
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NewsUS orders more Being Human
US broadcaster Syfy has ordered a second series of supernatural drama Being Human.
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NewsC4 orders Japan quake docs
Channel 4 has ordered a number of “quick turnaround” programmes following the devastation that hit Japan last week.
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NewsBig Brother heads to Indonesia
It may be off air in the UK - for now - but reality format Big Brother is to live on with a new series in Indonesia.
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NewsEndemol sells 101 Ways format to ABC
Endemol has sold the format of its BBC series 101 Ways to Leave a Gameshow to US network ABC, following a pilot commission last year.
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NewsITV asks celebrities to Sing if You Can
Celebrities will battle it out by singing in an extreme circumstances for a new ITV1 entertainment show.
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NewsTurner sticks neck out with Gumball re-order
Turner Broadcasting has ordered a second series of live-action animation hybrid The Amazing World Of Gumball before the first series has aired.
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NewsCreative England in BBC regions warning
Creative England is to call on the BBC to avoid making Salford a “shorthand for all regional activity” and spread commissioning throughout the regions when it launches this autumn.
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NewsScott Free UK plans co-pro adaptation of Mosse’s Labyrinth
Scott Free UK has secured the option to adapt Kate Mosse’s bestselling novel Labyrinth as a four-hour TV series with Germany’s Tandem Communications.
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NewsRevolution develops Peace’s GB84 for C4
Channel 4 is planning to follow its adaptation of David Peace’s Red Riding with a new series based on GB84, the novelist’s fictional take on the miners’ strike of the 1980s.
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NewsBetty to hijack holiday makers for Channel 4
Betty is to send groups of people who are expecting a free luxury holiday on an authentic working experience instead, in a series for Channel 4.
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NewsYesterday orders two more docs for 1940s strand
Yesterday has ordered two 60-minute documentaries about World War II as it extends its Spirit of the 1940s strand.
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NewsBodies creator returns with gritty cop drama
Bodies writer Jed Mercurio is to put the “controversial and perverse realities of 21st century policing” under the spotlight in his new BBC2 drama, Line of Duty.
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NewsC4 lines-up transgender films
Channel 4 is to broadcast a week of short films focussed on transgender issues as part of a drive to improve their portrayal in the media.
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NewsBBC1 orders daytime legal drama
Daytime controller Liam Keelan has ordered a new legal drama from Liverpool-based Lime Pictures, to air on BBC1 later this year.
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NewsBeing Human to return in 2012
The BBC has commissioned a fourth series of supernatural drama Being Human.
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NewsBBC2 takes multi-genre approach to mixed race
BBC2 has commissioned a raft of programmes across genres for a mixed-race season, highlighting that Britain has the largest mixed-race population in the Western world.
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Free At Last kicks off crime forensics doc
Indie Free At Last has begun production on drama documentary Dead Man Talking about Sir Bernard Spilsbury, credited as a forefather of crime forensics.
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NewsShine bags double for History Cold Case
Shine TV has bagged a double commission for its forensic history series History Cold Case.