All Commissioning articles – Page 448
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NewsTiger to lift lid on UK housing for C4 campaign series
Channel 4 has commissioned Tiger Aspect to make a campaigning series that will raise the roof on empty houses in the UK and look at ways to address the country’s burgeoning housing issues.
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NewsSilver River to bring AFP to C4 primetime
Silver River is producing Channel 4’s first primetime AFP series - an ambitious multiplatform project that will attempt to tap into the British public’s latent talents.
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NewsC5 snaps up Tigress/Endemol crocodile zoo doc
Channel 5 has commissioned a doc series following crocodile collector Shaun Foggett’s attempt to set up the UK’s first crocodile zoo.
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NewsShine’s Biggest Loser back for longer second run
ITV1 weight loss series The Biggest Loser is to return for an extended run in its primetime home.
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NewsDave revs up for remote control racing
Boy racers and policemen will go head to head racing real cars via remote control in a series for Dave.
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NewsOne Night Stand to return for third run
Dave’s One Night Stand has been recommissioned for a third series, which will launch later this year.
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The Broadcast InterviewDavid Booth and Kerry Taylor, MTV
Following its shift up the Sky EPG, MTV’s senior execs are on the hunt for ob docs, fact ent, scripted and structured reality series that can deliver on a global scale.
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NewsC5's Hotel Inspector to front BBC business show
Alex Polizzi, star of hit Channel 5 series The Hotel Inspector, is to front a new show for the BBC about failing family businesses.
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NewsBBC to revisit Gypsy Wars
BBC1 is to follow up seminal documentary Gypsy Wars five years on as the community of 400 traveller families prepare for eviction.
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NewsNickelodeon to revisit House of Anubis
Nickelodeon has ordered a second series of drama House of Anubis, the first ever UK-produced live action series from its US division.
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NewsJon Snow to front Thatcher doc
Channel 4 News presenter Jon Snow will front a one-off documentary looking at the career of Margaret Thatcher for Channel 4.
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NewsBeyoncé set for ITV1 special
Beyoncé is set to star in a special ITV1 show celebrating her music, according to reports.
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NewsNoel Fielding reveals new title for E4 show
Noel Fielding, one half of surreal comedy duo the Mighty Boosh, has begun filming his first solo project for E4 and revealed its new title on Twitter.
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NewsGreenlight round-up: Fresh factual fare
Factual shows for the BBC and Channel 4 take centre stage for this week’s Greenlight round-up.
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NewsBBC1 lines-up McIntyre Christmas special
Stand up comedian Michael McIntyre is returning to the BBC with a one-hour Christmas special of his Comedy Roadshow.
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News360 to commemorate Titanic sinking for BBC1
360 Productions has won a BBC1 commission marking the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic, as parent company Impossible Pictures opens a Republic of Ireland office.
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NewsC4 follow-up gives Brit teens taste of Amish life
The Amish community of Ohio will take in British teenagers for a Channel 4 follow-up to last year’s Amish: World’s Squarest Teenagers.
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NewsHistory of musicals takes centre stage for BBC4
BBC4 has commissioned Twofour to make a 3 x 60-minute series on the history of the musical in London’s West End.
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NewsCentury to make undercover police doc for C4
The undercover policeman who spent seven years posing as an environmental activist is to be the subject of a Channel 4 Cutting Edge film.
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NewsSo TV to make Armstrong’s Big Ask for Dave
Dave has ordered a full series of comedy panel show Alexander Armstrong’s Big Ask from So Television following a successful TX pilot.