All Commissioning articles – Page 499
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NewsITV puts faith in Vera as successor to Frost
ITV has earmarked an in-house detective drama as a successor to A Touch of Frost and is taking the format to a full eight-hour series before the pilot has even aired.
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NewsDavid Jason going cockney for ITV drama
Sir David Jason is to go back to his cockney roots in a new drama for ITV.
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NewsMock the Week to return
Satirical panel show Mock the Week is to return for a new series next month.
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NewsIannucci and Fry unveil new films
The latest projects from Armando Iannucci, Stephen Fry and screenwriters Peter Morgan and Abi Morgan have been revealed in Cannes, where it has also been announced that Dustin Hoffman will make his directorial debut for the BBC.
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NewsRuth Jones to play Hattie Jacques for BBC4
Gavin & Stacey star Ruth Jones is to play Carry On legend Hattie Jacques in one of two new projects for BBC4.
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NewsSofia's Diary indie launches online series
Sofia’s Diary producer CR Entertainment is launching an online interactive magazine show with the Belfast Telegraph newspaper.
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NewsSpooks' Norris heads up BBC sci-fi epic
A new sci-fi epic from the makers of Spooks and Ashes to Ashes that explores “what it is to be human” has been commissioned by the BBC.
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NewsThornton to head Comedy Central commissioning
Comedy Central has appointed BBC exec producer Pete Thornton as its commissioning editor, on a fixed-term basis.
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NewsLime Pictures secures first US commission
Lime Pictures has won its first international commission, with Nickelodeon US ordering an English-language adaptation of a Belgian teen drama originally planned for CBBC.
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NewsCrozier: ‘no in-house quota’
ITV chief exec says he won’t set target for how much content ITV Studios should produce.
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NewsC4 to show ‘jaw-dropping’ animal behaviour
Over-sexed dachshunds, incontinent llamas and narcoleptic horses are to get the Embarrassing Bodies treatment in a Channel 4 series.
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NewsBravo visits World Cup with Sun, Sea and A&E
Bravo has ordered a World Cup-themed spin-off of its Sun, Sea and A&E format to tap into public enthusiasm for this summer’s football tournament.
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NewsTwenty Twenty examines Titanic crafts for Channel 4
Channel 4 is to attempt to rebuild parts of the Titanic in a series from Shed Media’s Twenty Twenty dubbed “the Edwardian Gadget Show”.
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The Broadcast InterviewRalph Lee, specialist factual, Channel 4
C4’s head of specialist factual doesn’t want to fall into the trap of making great programmes that get lost in the schedules. Commissions must make an impact, he tells Robin Parker.
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NewsWall to Wall to bring family history to ITV1
Davina McCall and Nicky Campbell are to front an ITV1 series that goes beyond the family history of Who Do You Think You Are? to reunite estranged relatives.
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NewsO'Connell to front R2 World Cup quiz
Christian O’Connell is to make his BBC Radio 2 debut as host of a World Cup comedy panel show.
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NewsLiving predict more Psychic Sally
Living is bringing its psychic road-trip series back for a second run and will follow the medium as she goes for gastric bypass surgery.
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NewsBBC3 reveals World Cup line-up
Being Human actress Leonora Crichlow is to chart the life of Nelson Mandela as part of a season of BBC3 programmes to mark the World Cup in South Africa.
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NewsEx-BBC exec launches North West indie
New indie Platform Productions is aiming to become an umbrella for up-and-coming filmmakers in the North West of England.
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NewsBacon talks about Blue Peter sacking for C4 site
Presenter Richard Bacon is to open up about his sacking from Blue Peter in a Channel 4 web project from Somethin’ Else.