All Commissioning articles – Page 510
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Waddell gets a kick out of Bruce Lee deal
Waddell Media has secured a major commission from History US and Biography Channel UK/EMEA to make a two-hour special on Bruce Lee.
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Kwei-Armah to retrace Queen's charm offensive
Actor and playwright Kwame Kwei-Armah is to visit his family's West Indian roots in a Channel 4 series retracing the Queen's 1953 tour of the Commonwealth.
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Five to profile YouTube lion
Video: A lion reared by two London shopkeepers that went on to become a YouTube phenomenon is to be the subject of a new documentary for Five.
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Birds of a Feather comeback in pipeline
Hit comedy Birds of a Feather could return to TV after an 11-year absence.
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Five goes Mad for Dance
Five and the Community Channel will air a series of Arts Council England-backed films about the benefits that dance can offer people with mental health issues.
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Billie Piper in talks for new ITV drama
Secret Diary of a Call Girl actress Billie Piper is in talks to star in a new Tiger Aspect drama being developed for ITV1 about a struggling single mum.
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Adam Kemp to leave BBC
Adam Kemp, the BBC's in-house commissioning editor for arts, music and religion, is to leave the corporation.
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Landmark to produce junior beauty pageant doc
Indie Landmark Films is to make a documentary on junior beauty pageants for BBC3, marking a return to production for Nick O'Dwyer.
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BBC orders more Great British Menu
Some of the UK's top chefs will cook for the country's war heroes in a fourth series of Optomen TV's Great British Menu.
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Blog: Production tips for magazine shows
Icon Films' Dominic Weston provides tips on how to produce reports for magazine shows.
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Cutting Edge set to probe joys of newlywed bliss
The highs and lows of the first year of married life will be looked at in a Channel 4 documentary by indie Monkey Kingdom.
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BBC2 bids for success with antiques series
Flog It! presenter Paul Martin is to gamble people's savings on the antiques market in a new BBC2 daytime series.
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BBC1 to air Dimbleby art docs
David Dimbleby is to roam the world in search of British art from the past 2,000 years in a landmark arts documentary series for BBC1.
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Being Human to return
BBC3 has commissioned a second series of Touchpaper Television drama Being Human.
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BBC3 gets weighty with diet-and-dilemma docs
BBC3 is to tackle some of the major issues facing young women - ranging from diets and plastic surgery to rehab and abortion.
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Mackie reunites the Cold Feet team for rom-com
Cold Feet exec producer Andy Harries and director Declan Lowney will be reunited for an ITV -comedy-drama series about six friends negotiating life and love.
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Real Hustle producer to ‘screw' consumers
The team behind The Real Hustle is to give members of the public “the consumer experience from hell” in a new BBC3 series.
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BBC to bring back Five Days and Criminal Justice
The BBC is to turn Criminal Justice and Five Days into returnable brands by applying their stripped format to new casts and storylines.
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Folio to follow up Soho Blues for Five
Five has commissioned Folio to make a fast-turnaround follow up to its successful doc series Soho Blues.
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Laura Mackie on...
The director of ITV Drama talks to Kate McMahon about budgets, bonnets and why she's still on the lookout for ideas that are ambitious and different.