All Commissioning articles – Page 497
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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.
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NewsPrimeval resurrected on ITV1 with UKTV deal
ITV has resurrected hit sci fi drama Primeval for two new series in 2011, after agreeing a ground breaking co-production deal that will see UKTV have the first run of the fifth series.
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NewsJohnny Vegas heads CBBC slate
Johnny Vegas is to play himself in a new CBBC comedy, in which he balances his day-to-day showbiz career with a secret life as a puppet hunter.
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NewsWatch orders Thorpe Park gameshow
Heather Mills and Katie Price are among a number of famous faces who will brave a series of extreme theme park rides as part of a new TV gameshow on Watch.
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NewsBlick turns to drama for BBC2 thriller
Marion and Geoff creator Hugo Blick is to move away from comedy and into fully blown crime drama with a major series for BBC2.
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The Broadcast InterviewAngela Jain, E4
Her “small digital channel” has made a big splash with some distinctive original material, so how does the E4 head plan to fill a Big Brother-shaped hole in its schedule.
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NewsTurner’s Arnesen lines up animation before exiting
Turner Broadcasting’s European animation studio has won its first-ever commission - but the executive who got it off the ground, Finn Arnesen, is leaving the company.
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C4 orders 'Victorian' Muslim terrorist doc
Channel 4 is to draw parallels between British Muslim terrorists and Victorian anarchists in an “unsettling” 60-minute doc from the maker of The Seven Sins Of England.