All Commissioning articles – Page 505
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CITV signs Britvic AFP deal
CITV has ordered a new magazine show sponsored by Britvic and produced by RDF’s The Foundation.
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CITV bucks trend to grow budget
CITV will be the only ITV channel to increase its budget next year – but it will not necessarily spend the additional money on original commissions.
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NewsCBBC commissions Cinderella sitcom and kids Dragon’s Den
CBBC has ordered a major sitcom about a modern-day Cinderella and a Dragon’s Den-style series in which children will compete to come up with inventions that could change the world.
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NewsBravo seeks to go beyond ‘bloke TV’ content
Bravo is looking for more factual entertainment and humour after controller Dave Clarke admitted that he “played it safe” by commissioning for the “blokier” end of his audience last year.
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Restoration and rip-offs land BBC daytime orders
The BBC is bolstering its daytime output with a “daytime Watchdog” and a 20 x 30-minute antiques show on repairing damaged goods.
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CTVC investigates late motherhood for BBC1
Religious and ethical indie CTVC is to meet the oldest women to give birth in a documentary for BBC1.
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NewsBBC4 drama to chart 1980s computer battle
The 1980s battle between the ZX Spectrum and the BBC Micro will be played out in a BBC4 comedy drama starring Martin Freeman and Alexander Armstrong.
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NewsDave plans first live broadcast
UKTV channel Dave will broadcast live for the first time for the climax of the second series of the Red Bull X-Fighters motorcross world tour.
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NewsStill not the last of Last of The Summer Wine
The BBC has recommissioned the world’s longest running sitcom, Last of the Summer Wine, for a 31st series -countering widespread rumours the show was about to be axed.
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NewsIndies battle for ESPN Premiership contract
North One, Sunset + Vine and TWI are set to vie for the contract to produce ESPN’s Premier League coverage, but they could come up against Sky’s production teams.
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NewsMeet the Natives to get Amish twist
Keo Films is to bring Amish youths to Britain in a follow-up to Channel 4’s “reverse anthropology” series, Meet the Natives.
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NewsArmstrong to present Pointless daytime quiz
Comedian Alexander Armstrong is to present a BBC2 daytime quiz that puts a twist on the Family Fortunes formula of polling the public.
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C4 is committed to docs but price worries remain
Channel 4 has committed to making another 40 editions of Dispatches and 30 of Cutting Edge in 2010, but factual producers still fear the effects of the channel’s cost-cutting.
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BBC1 goes Around the World with XM25 scheme
Former Touch Productions execs Nick Watts and Joseph Maxwell have teamed up with Nasa for the first project from their new company, Burning Blue Media.
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NewsBBC plans 'pop-up restaurant' show
BBC2 is piloting a primetime reality format based on “pop-up restaurants” – the second of its type to hit the headlines in as many months.
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NewsITV1 orders more Lewis
Kevin Whately and Laurence Fox are set to return for a fourth series of ITV1 murder mystery drama Lewis.
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NewsBBC1 to animate Gruffalo
BBC1’s is planning an animated version of the bestselling children’s book The Gruffalo as the centrepiece of its Christmas schedule.
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NewsBlakeway wins Nobel commissions
Blakeway Productions has won a double commission for two shows on this year’s Nobel Prize awards.
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NewsBBC comedy chief quits for Sky
The BBC’s comedy chief Lucy Lumsden is leaving the corporation after 11 years to join Sky.
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NewsTalkback unveils Scottish unit with Hole in the Wall order
Talkback Thames is to open a new production base in Glasgow, headed by BBC Scotland’s former creative director of arts and factual entertainment May Miller, and has bagged a second run of BBC1’s Hole in the Wall as its first commission.