All Commissioning articles – Page 487
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NewsSteve Jones to front BBC1 physical game show
The makers of Total Wipeout are to produce another Saturday night BBC1 physical game show from Argentina.
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NewsBBC4 to chart the history and art of maps
BBC4 has ordered two documentary series about the history of maps to coincide with a major British Library exhibition.
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NewsPeston to tell BBC3 viewers how to vote
Robert Peston is to tell teenagers how to vote in two short trails for BBC3 - part of a raft of new content around the general election.
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NewsFogle fronts Noma doc
Ben Fogle is to travel Ethiopia to investigate a rare flesh-eating disease for a BBC2 documentary from ORTV International.
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NewsBBC to film cashless priest over eight months
Anglican priest Peter Owen Jones is to be seen living without money for eight months for a major BBC series as he turns to a “simple life”.
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The Broadcast InterviewKim Shillinglaw, BBC science and natural history
The BBC’s outspoken science and natural history commissioning editor wants to combine more accessible programming with more challenging pieces.
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NewsBBC’s Shillinglaw hits out at ‘shit’ authored docs
BBC science and natural history commissioning editor Kim Shillinglaw has shocked indies by branding the majority of ideas she receives for authored docs as “shit”.
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NewsMore 4 plans full series of comedy piloted on C4
More 4 is lining up its first original comedy series, with Channel 4 pilot The Increasingly Poor Decisions Of Todd Margaret earmarked for a full run.
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NewsKids newcomer wins Disney XD order
Disney XD has commissioned its first UK production from Sassy Films marking the indie’s first foray into children’s programming.
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NewsSky to outline 3D commissioning plans
Sky is running an invitation-only event at Bafta next month that will detail the commercial opportunities and the commissioning agenda for its new stereoscopic 3D channel.
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NewsC4 to update top 100 stand-ups poll
Channel 4 has kicked off a search for the top 100 stand-up comedians of all-time.
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NewsBBC to boldly go into astronomy archives
The BBC is to make 40 years of astronomy content available to the public – drawing together material from Tomorrow’s World, Horizon, QED and Sky At Night.
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NewsBBC2 to debunk E-number myths
Food travelogue presenter Stefan Gates has scored his highest profile show to date with a BBC2 series bursting the myths around E-numbers.
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NewsEyeworks UK to film charity event for T4
Channel 4 youth strand T4 is to screen highlights of a major music and fashion event in an advertiser-funded deal with GlaxoSmithKline.
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NewsKudos wins apocalypse drama order from BBC1
Life On Mars producer Kudos Film and Television has landed a BBC1 commission for a post-apocalyptic drama set on another planet.
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NewsTitchmarsh and Don back on BBC2
Alan Titchmarsh and Monty Don are to return to their roots for two new BBC2 gardening series.
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NewsShiver series to showcase houseproud Brits
ITV1 plans to take a look behind the doors of Britain’s proudest homeowners in a Come Dine With Me-style daytime gameshow.
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NewsHeat on drama indies as film producers court BBC
Drama indies are facing increasing competition from feature film producers who are turning to the BBC with projects that never made it as cinema releases.
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NewsHoop Dreams director to make Storyville film
Steve James, the director of Oscar-nominated documentary Hoop Dreams, is to meet former gang members who break up fights on the streets of Chicago in a film for BBC’s Storyville strand.
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CBeebies set to order Snapper’s CGI alien series
CBeebies is poised to order a CGI animated children’s series based on Nick Butterworth’s bestselling books about an alien called Q Pootle 5.