All Commissioning articles – Page 511
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French in BBC2 minutiae of marriage sitcom
Bafta fellowship-winning comedian Dawn French is to swap her cassock for civvies in a comedy about married life for BBC2.
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Milne and Daybreak develop C4 drama
Paula Milne, the writer of Channel 4 drama Endgame, has re-teamed with Daybreak Pictures for a series about a therapist accused of murder. C4 head of drama Liza Marshall has put development money into scripts for the project, which has the working title Cleaver.
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Zig Zag builds on Dyer brand with fourth series for Bravo
Zig Zag Productions will send Cockney actor Danny Dyer to live with some of Britain's most feared men in the follow-up to Bravo's best performing commission of 2008.
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Doherty to take fresh focus on food for BBC1
TV pig farmer Jimmy Doherty will visit the country's leading food manufacturers to discover the science behind mass production for his debut BBC1 series.
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Wire star to feature in BBC4 period drama
The Wire's Dominic West is to star as straight-talking Australian scientist in a BBC4 drama about the discovery of penicillin.
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Gary Glitter character to feature in C4 drama
Channel 4 is lining up a drama about the death penalty that will feature disgraced pop star Gary Glitter as one of its characters.
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C4 sends Location host to Oz
Channel 4 property presenter Phil Spencer is to head to Australia for his next project for the channel.
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ITV is overstocked, says Grade
ITV has scaled back its commissioning needs because it is “overstocked” with programmes, according to outgoing executive chairman Michael Grade.
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Monty Don back with C4 show
Monty Don is to meet people trying to live The Good Life for real in his first TV project since a minor stroke forced him to quit Gardeners' World.
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House of Saddam writer inks Greenlit deal
House of Saddam creat-or Alex Holmes has signed a first-look drama deal with Foyle's Greenlit Rights.
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BBC doc exposes skin-lightening products
The One Show and Watchdog's Anita Rani is to turn the spotlight on skin-lightening treatments in a one-off documentary for BBC1.
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Sky Arts goes backstage with Godot stars
Sky Arts will go backstage at Samuel Beckett's Waiting for Godot in what it claims is the first behind-the-scenes documentary series set in a major West End playhouse.
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Bedell seeks shiny-floor show
New ITV director of comedy and entertainment Elaine Bedell is looking for a 60-minute entertainment show to air at 9pm on Fridays on ITV1.
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BBC1 orders ‘PSB take' on The Amazing Race format
BBC1 has ordered an adventure format from the executive producer of Last Man Standing that will ‘abandon' losing contestants in far-flung locations around the world.
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ITV1 to air crime doc on TV appeal phenomenon
ITV1 is to examine the phenomenon of people who make impassioned TV appeals about kidnaps and murderers - and then turn out to have committed the crime.
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ITV's Benidorm to return with hour-long episodes
Tiger Aspect's Spanish holiday resort comedy Benidorm will switch to hour-long episodes kicking off with a one-off special when it returns to ITV1 this summer.
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Wurzer named new Living commissioning editor
Living has hired Target TV's head of development as a commissioning editor for the channel.
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Details emerge of Criminal Justice sequel
The sequel to BBC1's Bafta-winning drama Criminal Justice will revolve around a woman charged with murder.
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The Thick of It elected for BBC2 move
The Thick of It is to move from BBC4 to BBC2 for its third series.
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BBC2 orders more Mitchell and Webb
David Mitchell and Robert Webb will introduce “embarrassingly un-PC superhero” Captain Todger in the third series of That Mitchell and Webb Look, which has been commissioned for 2010.