All Commissioning articles – Page 495
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The Broadcast InterviewSimon Bohrsmann, National Geographic
National Geographic’s UK general manager is keen to find more fresh and appealing shows to keep the channel relevant in a fiercely competitive British market.
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Bio orders Louis Walsh profile for In My Life
Bio has ordered a profile on X Factor judge Louis Walsh as part of its In My Life strand.
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NewsChiles goes from One to Ten with Avalon spin-off
Avalon Television is lining up a late-night spin-off of The One Show for the BBC that is expected to feature comedian Frank Skinner alongside Adrian Chiles.
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NewsAl Jazeera English orders Arab cities vox pop series
Al Jazeera English has commissioned Lion Television to produce a major current affairs series canvassing the opinions of ordinary people in Arab cities.
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NewsBBC3 reality show to chart lives of junior medics
BBC3 is to follow five doctors in their first four months of the job for a 6 x 60-minute series shot in the style of a glossy medical drama.
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NewsTwofour snares perfume guru to front BBC1 show
Perfume entrepreneur Jo Malone will front BBC1’s next business entertainment format in which members of the public attempt to make a success of a product they have created.
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NewsSky 1 orders sports panel show pilot
Sky1 has commissioned a 30-minute pilot of A League of Their Own, a panel show in which celebrity contestants compete to determine who has the best sporting knowledge.
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NewsOctober to produce Nobel Laureate doc
October Films has been commissioned to produce a documentary about the 2009 Nobel Laureate in Literature, Herta Müller.
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NewsChannel 4 to revisit The Hospital
Channel 4 is planning to return to Britain’s specialist NHS wards for an extended second run of documentary series The Hospital next year.
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NewsAdrian Chiles to pilot The Ten Show
The BBC is planning a late-night spin-off of The One Show in which Adrian Chiles will chair a debate about the stories behind the week’s headlines.
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NewsITV orders Ant & Dec Christmas show
Ant & Dec will front a Christmas variety show for ITV1 made by their indie, Gallowgate.
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NewsC4 reveals second Family
Channel 4 has unveiled the second family that will go under the microscope in its Bafta-nominated documentary format The Family.
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The Broadcast InterviewRichard Melman, AETN UK
Celebs? No thanks. And forget WWII overkill. This channel head wants history that hits home with a capital ‘H’. Robert Shepherd finds out about the future for programming the past.
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NewsC4 gives all-female sketch show a slot in comedy season
Channel 4 has extended its forthcoming pilots season Comedy Showcase to seven episodes after greenlighting an all-female sketch show from Objective Productions.
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Dave comedy to swap UK and US stand-up styles
Phill Jupitus and Flight Of The Conchord’s star Eugene Mirman will swap roles on either side of the Atlantic to perform stand-up in front of a foreign audience in a broadcast pilot for Dave.
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NewsC4 explores the links between race and science
Channel 4 is to explore the relationship between science and race in a controversial season of documentaries.
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NewsBBC3 plans Snog Marry Avoid? spin-off series
BBC3 has ordered Endemol subsidiary Remarkable Television to make a spin-off of its Snog Marry Avoid? format called Hotter Than My Daughter.
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NewsMoffat developing a ‘British Heimat’ for BBC1
BBC1 is developing a British equivalent of the German television landmark, Heimat, penned by Criminal Justice writer Peter Moffat.
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NewsFive to reveal secrets behind The Lost Symbol
The facts behind the fiction of Dan Brown’s follow up to The Da Vinci Code are to be revealed in a new documentary for Five.
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NewsSky 1 orders Jacko live séance
Psychic Derek Acorah is to attempt to make contact with late pop star Michael Jackson as part of two specially-commissioned shows for Sky 1.