All Commissioning articles – Page 478
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NewsCook Yourself Thin returns for C4 daytime run
Channel 4 daytime show Cook Yourself Thin is to return to screens after three years away, after securing a sponsorship deal.
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NewsLife on Mars duo reunite for Sky 1 drama
John Simm and Philip Glenister, who last appeared together in Life on Mars, are to star in new Sky 1 murder drama Mad Dogs.
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NewsCBBC returns to Paradise Café
CBBC is to return to the South Pacific for a second series of comedy adventure series Paradise Café.
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News"No guts, no glory", Abraham tells commissioners
Channel 4 commissioners must take a “no guts, no glory” approach and embrace creative risks, incoming chief executive David Abraham has declared.
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NewsDavies makes personal history of 1980s for C4
Comedian Alan Davies is to make his debut on Channel 4 with a personal journey exploring the political and social changes during the 1980s that underpinned his teenage years.
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NewsPageant series headlines BBC3 ‘adult’ doc season
BBC3 is turning Baby Beauty Queens into a six-part series and has lined up topless model Alicia Douvall to discuss her “Faustian” aspirations for her teenage daughter, as part of the channel’s second
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NewsC4 hunts new talent for Coming Up
Channel 4 is seeking up-and-coming talent for the 10th series of Coming Up in 2011, with Touchpaper TV again producing.
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NewsNigella ends Dahl speculation with a return to BBC2
Nigella Lawson is to return to BBC2 for a new 13-part series - ending suggestions that she has effectively been replaced by former model Sophie Dahl.
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NewsOpen and ITV Studios scoop best-seller on Obama campaign
Open TV & Film and ITV Studios have won the right to turn a critically acclaimed book on US president Barack Obama into a major TV biopic.
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NewsE4 pilots contest to endure ‘in-laws’ from hell
E4 is lining up a comedy/reality hybrid in which two men compete to survive an evening with their respective girlfriends’ families - who are being played by actors.
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NewsSky 1 orders anti-X Factor search for talent
Sky 1 has ordered a shiny-floor musical talent search that is being pitched as an anti-X Factor.
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NewsBBC unveils Africa project
The BBC is embarking on a major new series exploring the wildlife and landscapes of Africa.
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NewsMatt Smith to play Isherwood for BBC2
Doctor Who star Matt Smith is to play Christopher Isherwood in a 90-minute film for BBC2 charting the writer’s formative years.
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NewsBBC drama boss hunting shows for 2011
The BBC has £200m to spend on drama in 2011 and “literally nothing commissioned”, controller of drama commission Ben Stephenson has revealed - alongside his aspirations for a new 9pm police show and more younger-skewing drama.
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NewsNat Geo orders Icelandic volcano doc
National Geographic Channel has commissioned a fast turnaround documentary on the Icelandic volcano including close up footage of the dramatic eruption.
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NewsC4 presenter fronts web beauty series
Supersize vs Superskinny presenter Anna Richardson is to front a branded web series funded by the Channel 4 show’s sponsor.
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NewsVirgin 1 orders naked series
Staff at struggling businesses have been persuaded to strip naked for a new Virgin 1 series.
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NewsEndemol to make cinema debut with Man City doc
Endemol’s sports division has secured its first theatrical release – a film charting a year in the life of Manchester City Football Club.
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NewsPennington returns to revamp troops’ homes
UKTV’s homes and gardens channel Home is extending its relationship with US star Ty Pennington via a makeover series that will transform the homes of British soldiers.
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NewsC4 shows to raise profile of UK Paralympic athletes
Channel 4 has fired the starting gun on its 2012 Paralympics buildup with a Saturday lunchtime magazine show and a one-off documentary from the creator of Jump London that will take viewers inside athletes’ bodies.