All Commissioning articles – Page 510
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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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BBC2 probes tricks of the memory in Eyewitness series
BBC2 will investigate the reliability of eyewitness accounts in a 3 x 60-minute series funded by the Open University.
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NewsBBC2 backs Gardeners’ World ‘punk rock’ spin-off
BBC2 has greenlit a 6 x 30-minute Gardeners’ World spin-off, fronted by the series’ assistant presenter, Alys Fowler.
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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.
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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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NewsHarry and Paul moves to BBC2
Tiger Aspect sketch show Harry & Paul will move from BBC1 to BBC2 for its third run - despite scooping a Bafta for its most recent series.
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NewsITV1 'unlikely' to want half-hour comedies
BROADCAST TV COMEDY FORUM: ITV1 is unlikely to go for 30-minute comedies for the foreseeable future, ITV comedy commissioning editor Michaela Hennessy-Vass has warned.
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NewsE4 wants fact ent to fill Big Brother void
E4 is on the lookout for new British factual entertainment shows for the first time since Angela Jain took over as head of the digital channel.
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NewsBBC1 eyes more Reggie Perrin
The BBC is understood to be close to commissioning a second series of Reggie Perrin after dusting off the 1970s sitcom earlier this year.
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NewsITV1 goes for Hat Trick’s Dinner Date
Hat Trick Productions is moving away from its comedy roots with a dating-meets-cookery show pilot for ITV1.
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Shine exhumes corpses for BBC2’s History Cold Case
BBC2 has ordered a history series from Shine Television, billed as “Time Team for dead bodies”.
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NewsC4 plans fresh push in NI
Channel 4 has tasked three commissioners with finding returnable series from Northern Irish indies in a bid to reverse the “endemic” lack of commissions from the nation.