All Commissioning articles – Page 470
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NewsLakes chef presents first AFP show in C4 3pm slot
Chef Peter Sidwell is to cook his way around the Lake District in Channel 4’s first advertiser-funded show to air in the pre-Countdown slot.
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NewsPrincess triumphs in pitch for next 11 O’Clock Show
Princess Productions has won a competitive pitch from Channel 4 to find the successor to The 11 O’Clock Show and is working on a pilot.
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Good Food cooks up Malaysia AFP
UKTV’s Good Food channel has commissioned an ad-funded Malaysian cookery show from indie Denham Productions.
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NewsBBC2 bucks trend as PSBs cut spend on new shows
BBC2 was the only PSB channel to increase its spend on new shows last year, when more than £150m was stripped from the total pot for first-run programmes.
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NewsTV writers say "avoid commissioning briefs"
Two of the UK’s top TV drama producers have suggested that the process of responding to commissioning briefs is almost entirely flawed.
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NewsC4 to air British basketball
Channel 4 has picked up the rights to broadcast highlights from British basketball championship Standard Life Game on 2010 Eurobasket.
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NewsBBC2 orders Live Aid drama
BBC2 controller Janice Hadlow has commissioned a new feature-length drama charting the back story behind the legendary 1985 Live Aid Concert.
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NewsCriminal Justice creator pens new legal drama
Criminal Justice creator Peter Moffat and star Maxine Peake are to reunite for a six-part legal drama series on BBC1.
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NewsBritvic backs second Skillicious series for CITV
CITV has re-commissioned a second series of The Foundation’s ad-funded programme Skillicious With Fruit Shoot H20.
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Coogan signs for Sky Arts' Chekhov plays
Sky Arts has ordered four Anton Chekhov plays from indie Baby Cow starring a range of talent including Steve Coogan, Johnny Vegas and Julian Barratt.
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NewsFive and UKTV order emergency series
Five has commissioned a new ‘blue light’ series with UKTV following the high speed experiences of biker police and paramedics.
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NewsAl Murray fronts topical ITV comedy pilot
Al Murray is piloting an “apocalyptic, yet upbeat” ITV1 show that aims to take a comic look at the week’s events.
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NewsLewis to return for fifth series
ITV has ordered four more episodes of established detective drama Lewis.
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NewsJailed nursery nurse’s family to speak out in doc
The immediate family of Vanessa George, the Plymouth nursery nurse jailed for child abuse, are to speak in a HanrahanMedia doc for AETN UK’s Crime & Investigation Network.
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NewsFive lines up ‘all-singing, all-dancing’ gameshow
Ant & Dec indie Gallowgate is tuning up to produce a music gameshow for Five as part of the broadcaster’s ambitions to score a shiny-floor hit.
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NewsTurner channels want in on the live action
Turner Broadcasting’s new chief content officer, Michael Carrington, is making the inclusion of live-action programming a priority for his predominantly animationbased channels Boomerang and Cartoon N
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NewsBBC Children’s to target teens with extra budget
BBC Children’s plans to use some of its recently approved extra budget to try to attract more teenage viewers to its CBBC channel.
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NewsFrontrunners emerge for BBC commissioning role
Watchdog editor Jeff Anderson and BBC executive producers Lisa Edwards and Alison Kirkham are thought to be in the running to succeed Jo Ball as commissioning editor for features for BBC1 and BBC2.
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NewsITV breaks new ground in Baby Cow app transfer
Baby Cow has won an ITV commission for an animated series in what is thought to be the first time an iPhone app has been turned into a TV show.
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NewsC4 plans follow-up series to My Beautiful Face doc
Channel 4 is to turn its Bafta-nominated Cutting Edge documentary Katie: My Beautiful Face into a four-part series.