All Commissioning articles – Page 488
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NewsC4 orders second Half
Channel 4 has ordered a second series of RDF Television’s series How The Other Half Live.
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NewsC4 commissioners outline wish list for filling Big Brother gap
Channel 4 has given the first hints of what it will be looking for in 2011 to fill about 250 hours of its primetime schedule previously occupied by Big Brother.
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NewsHat Trick brings Israeli panel format to BBC2
MIPCOM: Hat Trick Productions is adapting Israeli news panel show format The Bubble for BBC2.
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NewsBBC daytime gets more Pointless
BBC2 has ordered a second 30-part run of Endemol daytime quiz show Pointless.
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NewsPhillips to host Sky Real Lives soldier series
Sky Real Lives is to “bring into sharp focus” the dedication, danger and loneliness of those serving in the British Armed Forces in a major series hosted by Fiona Phillips.
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NewsMeet the Natives heads Stateside
MIPCOM: Keo Films has won its first US commission with an adaptation of Meet the Natives for the Travel Channel and National Geographical Channels International.
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NewsChapman strikes first BBC deals
Chapman Entertainment has struck its first deal with the BBC, which has taken its new preschool properties Little Charley Bear and Rah Rah The Noisy Lion.
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NewsTalkback to co-pro Berlin Olympics drama
MIPCOM: The characters and controversy of the 1936 Olympics will provide the backdrop to a new miniseries, produced as part of a major drama partnership between TalkbackThames and Berlin-based UFA.
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NewsBoyle quits Mock the Week
BBC2’s topical panel show Mock the Week will return for two more series – but without outspoken panellist Frankie Boyle.
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NewsC4 to mark tsunami anniversary
Channel 4 is to mark the fifth anniversary of the 2004 Asian tsunami with a feature-length documentary that edits amateur footage of the disaster.
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NewsBBC gives go-ahead for second pregnancy series
BBC3 has greenlit an extended eight-part second run of Underage And Pregnant from Mentorn Media.
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Morrisons fund CITV series
CITV has struck a deal with supermarket Morrisons to produce a new fully-funded 10 x 20-minute factual series called Farm Camp.
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The Broadcast InterviewMark Bell, BBC arts
The man with the BBC’s arts tick is looking to throw off cultural programming’s elitist image and prove that there is more to arts coverage than just music.
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NewsHolden becomes singer and showgirl for ITV1
Mammoth Screen has been commissioned to make its first factual show - a 3 x 60-minute documentary for ITV1 called Amanda Holden: Fantasy Lives - in conjunction with ITV Studios.
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NewsBBC hires Merton for Hollywood and Euro cinema docs
Comedian Paul Merton is to front his first factual show on BBC2 in one of two commissions drawing on his love of cinema.
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NewsFive asks indie Gallowgate to Name That Tune
Five has tasked Ant & Dec’s indie Gallowgate with reviving classic gameshow Name That Tune.
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NewsITV1 eyes Dancing On Ice spin-off for Friday night slot
ITV1 will launch a Friday night primetime Dancing On Ice spin-off when the celeb skating show returns in the new year.
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NewsHat Trick to produce US TV satire for BBC2
Hat Trick Productions is making a BBC2 sitcom starring Friends actor Matt LeBlanc that satirises the trend for US remakes of British comedy shows.
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NewsFincham: drama deals could be way forward
ITV hopes to follow its resurrection of Primeval with more innovative drama funding deals designed to squeeze the most from its reduced budget.
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NewsAlesha Dixon to front BBC3 doc
A BBC3 doc about the implications of growing up without a father is to be fronted by singer and Strictly Come Dancing judge Alesha Dixon, to be produced by Flame TV.