All Commissioning articles – Page 521
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C4 News names indie fund commissioner
Channel 4 News has appointed Mike Radford to the role of commissioning editor for its independents fund.
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BBC's This Week up for grabs to indie sector
BBC News is putting the contract for current affairs series This Week out to tender - in order that in-house production can hit its nations and regions targets.
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BBC's Beautiful People to return
BBC2 has ordered a second series of Beautiful People, the comedy drama adapted from Simon Doonan's memoir by Gimme Gimme Gimme creator Jonathan Harvey.
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C4 orders 'snow chaos' doc
Channel 4 has commissioned a fast turnaround documentary on the heavy snowfall that engulfed the UK last week.
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Foyle's War and Doc Martin to return to ITV1
Foyles War is to make a long-awaited return to ITV, while whimiscal drama Doc Martin is also set for further adventures.
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BBC4 to trace seminal year in jazz
BBC4 will go back to 1959 to celebrate to celebrate arguably the most creative year in all of jazz history.
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Coldplay get the South Bank treatment
An intimate portrait of rock group Coldplay will be produced by ITV Studios for long running arts programme The South Bank Show.
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John Sergeant turns tourist guide
Strictly Come Dancing star John Sergeant is to try his hand at being a tourist guide for a three-part ITV series.
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BBC announces new Knowledge structure
The BBC's Knowledge controller George Entwistle has announced a shake-up of the division's commissioning structure, focusing on genres.
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Liberty Bell seeks Angry Young Men for Paramount
Liberty Bell is making a younger version of its Grumpy Old Men BBC format for Paramount Comedy Channel.
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BBC4 redesigns idents for March Japan season
BBC4's idents will get a Japanese makeover to promote a season on “the real but hidden soul” of Japan.
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Antiques Roadshow gets BBC2 weekday spin-off
Antiques Roadshow is heading to BBC2 in a stripped weekday spin-off that will revisit some of the show's most memorable finds.
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Rise to uncover Indian culture clash for More 4
Factual indie Rise Films is making a feature-length ob-doc for More 4 about an indigenous Indian tribe facing up to the arrival of a large, multi-national company.
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Sky 1 hands Guinness World Records show an 11-part run
Sky 1 has ordered an 11-part run of Guinness World Records Smashed! following the show's one-off debut last November.
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ITV1 explores rough and soft side of Holloway
Wild Pictures will expose the drugs, arson and violence of Holloway Prison - as well as the softer side of Europe's largest female jail - in a three part series for ITV1.
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Linsey named BBC entertainment commissioner
The BBC has appointed Mark Linsey the new controller of entertainment commissioning, following Elaine Bedell's defection to ITV.
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Vinnie Jones to shadow hard cops for ITV4
Vinnie Jones will be returning to ITV4 for another round of World Toughest Cops, but this time will travel around the world to meet them on the front line.
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ITV hands Big Tackle to rugby star
England rugby stars Austin Healey and Matt Dawson have been selected to present new sports programmes on ITV4.
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Disney to launch Camp Rock talent show spin-off
Disney Channel UK will go in search of the next generation of young British music stars in an original commission inspired by its hit movie Camp Rock.
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Archie makes its kids debut with karaoke remake
Archie Productions is to remake a Finnish children's show for six new territories after landing its first ever kids' commission.