All Commissioning articles – Page 470
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NewsDownton Abbey to return for second series
ITV’s lavish period drama Downton Abbey has been speedily recomissioned following critical and ratings success.
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NewsAlan Partridge returns in Fosters AFP
Foster’s has funded an online comedy series from indie Baby Cow that features Alan Partridge and is written by Armando Iannucci.
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NewsLiving TV orders paranormal special
Living TV has ordered a Halloween special from STV Productions that will see competing teams hunt for paranormal activity in a haunted location.
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NewsScott Free to co-produce Philip K Dick sci-fi classic for BBC1
Almost 30 years on from Blade Runner, director Ridley Scott is to return to the works of Philip K Dick for a major BBC1 drama series.
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Maddigan takes commissioning position at ITV1
A former producer on some of BBC1’s biggest Saturday-night shows has joined ITV1 as an entertainment commissioner.
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NewsZeppotron to create celebrity gossip show sitcom for BBC2
Endemol-owned indie Zeppotron is to make an improvised sitcom for teens set behind the scenes on a daily celebrity gossip show.
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NewsStephenson seeking ‘serious’ BBC3 drama
BBC3 is looking for “seriousminded” single drama to complement its documentary output, the broadcaster’s controller of drama commissioning has said.
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NewsVirgin Media eyes original 3D content to add to movie slate
Virgin Media is set to join rival Sky in investing in original 3D content productions following the launch of its on-demand service.
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NewsDiscovery seeks history for relaunched channel
Discovery Knowledge is to be rebranded as Discovery History from early November, with a commissioning slate fronted by talent including Dan Snow and Lord Michael Ashcroft.
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Survival docu-drama greenlit by Animal Planet
MIPCOM: Animal Planet has greenlit an additional season of Darlow Smithson’s docu-drama I Shouldn’t Be Alive.
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NewsHarry 'prisoner' docudrama planned
Plans have been announced for a “dramatised documentary” depicting the results of Prince Harry being captured while serving on the front line in Afghanistan.
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NewsTwofour54 takes Driver Dan to Arabia
Indie production house twofour54 has inked a deal with Baraem TV, the pre-school arm of Al Jazeera Children’s Channel (JCC), to air the Arabic language production of its CBeebies series Driver Dan’s Story Train.
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NewsC4 extends Come Dine With Me deal
MIPCOM: Come Dine With Me is to stay on Channel 4 for at least two more years after ITV Studios signed a new multi-year deal with the broadcaster.
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NewsPeter Rabbit hops to Nickelodeon
Beatrix Potter’s The Tales of Peter Rabbit are to be turned into a new animated series following a deal between Nickelodeon, content producers Chorion and publishers Frederick Warne.
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NewsBBC2 series to help families split wills
MIPCOM: BBC2 is to follow families as they go through the emotional journey of drawing up their wills.
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NewsJK and Joel to host celebrity CBBC show
MIPCOM: DJs and presenting duo JK and Joel are to front a new series for the BBC in which children take control of a celebrity for a day.
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NewsThree in a Bed rolls over to new series
Channel 4 has commissioned a second run of B&B series Three in a Bed and topped up the order with a stripped daytime version.
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NewsCITV orders first animation in five years
Kids channel CITV has commissioned its first animated series in five years from children’s publishers Walker Books.
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NewsQuentin follows in ex’s footsteps with ITV India tour
Tiger Aspect is to take actress Caroline Quentin on a tour of India for ITV - two years after it took her ex-husband Paul Merton to the same country for Channel 5.
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NewsBragg to explore film history of Britain for BBC2
Melvyn Bragg is to front a BBC2 daytime history series that will look back at how life in Britain used to be through film collections and archives.