All Commissioning articles – Page 515
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NewsC4 to stage plane crash
Channel 4 is broadcast the crash-landing of a 300-seat passenger jet for a new documentary.
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The Broadcast InterviewJames Hunt, Sky Arts
Sky Arts has gone from having no hours of commissioned programmes to more than 200 hours a year. Head of programming James Hunt tells Lucy Rouse the secret of its success.
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NewsBravo to follow Katie’s boyfriend in ultimate fight
Bravo will follow Katie Price’s cage-fighting boyfriend Alex Reid as he prepares to take on the current Middleweight Ultimate Challenge World Champion.
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NewsC4 calls time on Wife Swap
Wife Swap and How Clean Is Your House? have become the latest Channel 4 formats to fall victim to the broadcaster’s plan to clear the decks for new shows over the next 18 months.
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NewsC4 examines foreigners' role in UK history
Channel 4 has commissioned three indies to produce a 4 x 60-minute series of drama documentaries looking at the role that foreigners have played in key moments in British history.
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NewsIndia season tops C4 doc slate
An India season, life on the maternity ward, teen BNP members and Amy Winehouse’s dad are among the highlights of C4’s documentary slate over the coming months.
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NewsHadlow on hunt for ‘smart’ drama series
BBC2 plans to air regular 30-minute dramas at 10pm and is on the hunt for more “smart” returning series to stop the channel’s drama output feeling too bitty.
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NewsMonty Halls to escape to Outer Hebrides for BBC2
BBC2 has ordered a second series of Monty Halls’ Great Escape from Tigress Productions.
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NewsZeppotron makes Radio 4 show
Endemol UK has won its first ever radio commission - a 5 x 30-minute Radio 4 panel series called So Wrong It’s Right.
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NewsDad’s the word for BBC4 with documentary slate
BBC4 is to investigate the truth behind the cliché “every child needs a father” in a slate of films about fatherhood.
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NewsDoc explores when to take car keys away from elderly
BBC1 will look at the dilemma facing the families of many elderly drivers in a 1 x 60-minute documentary from Matchlight.
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NewsScripps set to cook up UK shows for Food Network
US cable broadcaster Scripps Networks Interactive is on the hunt for a raft of UK programming, including reality shows, travelogues and documentaries, to stock the schedules of the new UK version of its Food Network channel.
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NewsPeake to play "first modern lesbian" in BBC2 drama
Criminal Justice’s Maxine Peake is to play 19th century landowning lesbian Anne Lister, in a BBC2 dramatisation of her “painfully honest” diaries.
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NewsTitchmarsh set for 5pm move
The Alan Titchmarsh Show will take on the likes of The Weakest Link and Deal or No Deal next year, as ITV moves it to a 5pm slot.
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NewsC4 to follow fight for Harrow scholarships
Channel 4 is to lift the curtain on the fight for scholarships to Harrow School, after Boomerang Plus secured behind the scenes access.
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NewsPopular factual commissioners outline wishlists
Sheffield Doc/Fest: Popular factual commissioners at the BBC, Channel 4 and Five have outlined their wishlists for the coming year.
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NewsSky 1 hunts new factual talent
Sheffield Doc/Fest: Sky 1 plans to use the 8pm slot that was previously home to The Simpsons to break new popular factual presenting talent.
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NewsBroadcasters outline doc wishlists
Sheffield Doc/Fest: ITV1 is looking to commission several blue-chip documentary singles from top-end film-makers for 9pm.
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NewsGregory novel set for ITV1
Philippa Gregory’s novel The Little House is set to be adapted for a “atmospheric and chilling” two-part drama on ITV1.