All Commissioning articles – Page 504
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NewsFast Show star takes lead in BBC online comedy
A star of The Fast Show is bringing another comedy character to life, this time on the BBC Comedy website in the first online series to be produced by ITV Studios.
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NewsZig Zag wins major ESPN order
Zig Zag Productions is to produce 30 hours of archive-based content for ESPN Classic as part of US broadcaster ESPN’s biggest ever single commission outside of the Premier League deal.
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NewsBoomerang in profits warning
Welsh indie Boomerang Plus has warned that profits for the year ending May 2009 will be materially below market expectations.
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NewsBBC1 unveils new dramas
BBC Drama controller Ben Stephenson has announced five new dramas set for BBC1 in 2010, including a thriller set below the Arctic ice, a deaf girl who accidentally witnesses a murder and a mother’s affair across the years.
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NewsBBC Scotland signs League of Gentlemen producer
League of Gentlemen producer Jemma Rodgers has returned to the BBC to become executive editor of comedy for BBC Scotland.
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NewsBussell and Dixon in as Arlene exits Strictly
Prima ballerina Darcy Bussell is to join Alesha Dixon on the judging panel of Strictly Come Dancing after the BBC confirmed that Arlene Philips is to step down.
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The Broadcast InterviewAlison Sharman, ITV factual and daytime
Times are hard at ITV but factual and daytime boss Alison Sharman is rising to the challenge with a ‘menu’ of shows that includes access scoops and authored journeys.
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NewsITV demands commissioners prove shows’ ROI potential
ITV has effectively handed a commissioning tick to its business affairs team by insisting that commissioners prove a programme’s business worth as well as its creative merit.
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NewsNickelodeon to take on Disney in tween battle
Nickelodeon will take on rival Disney in the teen and tween girls market with a major new UK sitcom and the launch of a young-skewing daily T4-style strand.
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NewsITV1 orders more Morgan, Clunes and Lumley
ITV1 is set to cement Piers Morgan, Martin Clunes and Joanna Lumley as faces of its factual output with three travel-themed shows for 2010.
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Bio of porn king Raymond first from Neal stable
Drama guru Gub Neal is backing a feature-length biopic of the late porn baron, Paul Raymond, slated for Channel 4, as the first venture from his new company, Artists Studio.
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Wag TV explores X-Machines for Discovery EMEA
Wag TV is making a series about extraordinary machines for Discovery Networks EMEA, described as “Transformers meets Thunderbirds on an immense scale”.
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NewsMistresses returns for final fling
BBC1’s Mistresses is set for a final fling after the drama was recommissioned for a third series.
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ITV1 docs tackle coastal security
ITV1 is lining up two factual series following the specialist crime teams protecting Britain’s shores.
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NewsBBC3 eyes character-based sketch show
Comedian Simon Brodkin, who starred in BBC3 show The Wall, is recording his own sketch show pilot for the channel.
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NewsAtalla wins hypnotism comedy pilot
Ash Atalla’s indie Rough Cut TV has secured the final slot in Channel 4’s Comedy Showcase season of broadcast pilots.
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RTÉ looking for kids business shows
Ireland’s national broadcaster RTÉ is looking for business shows to help its children cope with the country’s economic crisis.
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NewsTrotters to return in Only Fools and Horses prequel
Del Boy’s coming back to BBC1 – but as a teenager.
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NewsBBC to resurrect Just William
Just William is to return to the BBC for the third time, in a new adaptation by Men Behaving Badly writer Simon Nye.
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CommentShowcomotion: Dunkirk spirit
At the Showcomotion children’s media conference in Sheffield, Katherine Rushton finds a cash-strapped industry adopting a Dunkirk spirit and a buzz around the BBC’s move north.