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NewsPopular factual commissioners outline wishlists
Sheffield Doc/Fest: Popular factual commissioners at the BBC, Channel 4 and Five have outlined their wishlists for the coming year.
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NewsSky 1 hunts new factual talent
Sheffield Doc/Fest: Sky 1 plans to use the 8pm slot that was previously home to The Simpsons to break new popular factual presenting talent.
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NewsBroadcasters outline doc wishlists
Sheffield Doc/Fest: ITV1 is looking to commission several blue-chip documentary singles from top-end film-makers for 9pm.
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NewsGregory novel set for ITV1
Philippa Gregory’s novel The Little House is set to be adapted for a “atmospheric and chilling” two-part drama on ITV1.
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NewsSky 1 to send Ross Kemp to Israel and Gaza
Sky 1 is sending Ross Kemp to the Middle East for a two-part documentary looking at the ongoing tensions in Israel and Gaza.
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NewsPlater to pen ITV1 war drama
Bafta award-winning writer Alan Plater, who first made his name scripting Z Cars, is set to pen a new one-off period drama for ITV1.
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The Broadcast InterviewJane Rogerson and Clare Laycock, UKTV
Rebranding UKTV Style was an opportunity for Home’s channel head and her director of factual to make their mark with a slew of stylish commissions.
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NewsSir Trevor to front Back2back’s troops message show for ITV1
Sir Trevor McDonald will send Christmas messages to soldiers in Afghanistan’s Helmand Province in a one-hour special for ITV1.
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NewsBBC Bristol lands first UKTV commission with show for Home
UKTV has commissioned its firstever show from BBC Bristol, ordering a Nick Knowles-fronted property restoration series for lifestyle channel Home.
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NewsZig Zag and September make shock-docs for US
Zig Zag Productions and September Films have kept up their good international form by winning two shock-doc orders in the US.
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NewsMalone changes tune for BBC schools show
The Choir presenter Gareth Malone is to turn from music to education in a TwentyTwenty Television series for BBC2.
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NewsC4 promises slew of orders to test shows
Channel 4 head Julian Bellamy has promised a “wave of commissioning” in the coming weeks to create a surge of new shows for autumn 2010 that could return to replace Big Brother in 2011.
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NewsWall to Wall cleans up with raft of BBC deals
Wall to Wall has won 40 hours of BBC commissions, thought to be worth around £18m, including a six-part series about the cleaning of a National Trust property.
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NewsAnt & Dec family show to take over from Takeaway
Ant & Dec and ITV1 are lining up a family challenge gameshow as the long-term replacement for Saturday Night Takeaway.
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NewsCarbon to get inside the mind of the alpha male
Carbon Media has secured a raft of commissions including an 8 x 60-minute psychology documentary series for Sky 1.
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NewsWells back at ITV1 with Titchmarsh walks series
Former ITV Studios executives Mark Wells and Glen Middelham have secured the first commission from their old employer for their new indie Rain, teaming up with Spun Gold to produce a country walks series with Alan Titchmarsh.
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NewsTony Blair and Dolly Parton to discuss faith on BBC1
Fern Britton is to interview Dolly Parton and Tony Blair about their faith in a new BBC1 series this Christmas – one of the first commissions from its new religion chief Aaqil Ahmed.
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News3DD to take musicians back to their roots for C4
Channel 4 has commissioned 3DD to produce a new music series that will see artists such as Snoop Dogg and the Stereophonics revisit locations that inspired their work.
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NewsRobinson to front BBC2 series on wills
Sir Gerry Robinson will help people write their wills and divide up their estates in a Talkback Thames series for BBC2.
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NewsBBC4 to make MPs expenses drama
BBC4 is to turn the MPs expenses scandal into a comedy drama directed by Simon Cellan Jones.