All Commissioning articles – Page 528

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    Tim Roth to star in Sky 1's Skellig

    2008-09-02T13:02:17Z

    British Hollywood actor Tim Roth will star in the title role of Sky 1's Skellig in an all-star cast that also features Kelly MacDonald, John Simm and Bill Milner.

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    CBeebies returns Night Garden to bedtime hour

    2008-09-01T11:59:15Z

    In the Night Garden has returned to CBeebies Bedtime Hour, ending a four-month hiatus that sparked fury among parents of toddlers.

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    C4 to profile Churchill's mother

    2008-08-28T12:47:03Z

    Flame TV will profile Winston Churchill's mother, Jeanette ‘Jennie' Jerome, in a one-off documentary for Channel 4.

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    Medieval kids gameshow ordered by S4C

    2008-08-27T12:54:40Z

    A new children's adventure gameshow inspired by the legend of King Arthur has been commissioned by Welsh-language channel S4C.

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    Banks, bins and builders

    2008-08-27T12:46:42Z

    Channel 4 documentary strand Cutting Edge will tackle the credit crunch, litter collections and British builders' attitudes towards their eastern European competitors in its latest run.

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    Sky Real Lives fosters story of adoptive mum

    2008-08-27T12:40:00Z

    Sky Real Lives and publisher Harper Collins will cross-promote a TV documentary and book based on the story of an adoptive mother of eight children with special needs.

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    Chef Rachel to give UKTV a bake-up call

    2008-08-27T12:34:36Z

    UKTV Food has signed TV chef Rachel Allen to reinvent baking in a major primetime series.

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    BBC3 dares Brits to face terrifying tasks

    2008-08-27T12:30:44Z

    BBC3 will challenge young Brits to take on the scariest jobs in the world in a new series from the creator of Last Man Standing.

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    Eureka!: Mutual Friends (Hat Trick for BBC1)

    2008-08-27T12:24:28Z

    Co-creator Anil Gupta on the task of depicting the seldom-seen world of male friendships.

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    Red Dwarf to reunite on Dave

    2008-08-27T12:18:35Z

    Cult BBC comedy Red Dwarf is poised to return after 10 years for a retrospective on UKTV channel Dave.

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    Celeb Scissorhands to return

    2008-08-27T11:03:31Z

    Hairdresser Lee Staffird will again try to turn celebrities into hair and beauty experts in three weeks in his Camden ‘academy'.

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    BBC1 learns more New Tricks

    2008-08-26T09:11:09Z

    Amanda Redman, Alun Armstrong, Denis Waterman and James Bolam are to return in a sixth series of BBC1's hit drama New Tricks.

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    Bebo orders freshers' week show

    2008-08-23T17:59:03Z

    Edinburgh 08: Bebo has commissioned a series revealing what students get up to in freshers' week.

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    ITV1 hunting drama for 9pm

    2008-08-23T17:09:36Z

    Edinburgh 08: Peter Fincham has outlined his plan to reinvigorate the schedule of ITV1, starting with finding hit dramas to fill the 9pm slot and expanding the channel's factual programming.

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    Doctor Who's Moffat to pen modern Sherlock Holmes

    2008-08-23T16:33:24Z

    Edinburgh 08: Doctor Who showrunner Steven Moffat has teamed up with The League of Gentlemen's Mark Gatiss for a contemporary update of Sherlock Holmes.

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    Granny Bangers wins Dragons' Den prize

    2008-08-23T14:45:34Z

    Edinburgh 08: A pitch for a documentary entitled Granny Bangers was the overall winner of the Dragon's Den: Factual & Documentaries session, with producer/director Sarah Cronin-Stanley securing an opening with Channel 4 to explore the idea further and£1,000 in funding.

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    UKTV calls for new wave of property formats

    2008-08-23T13:29:02Z

    Edinburgh 08: Indies need to reinvent property shows to appeal to a new demographic according to Jane Rogerson, head of commissioning at UKTV.

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    Day One at Edinburgh

    2008-08-23T09:35:53Z

    Edinburgh 08: A round-up of the best stories from the biggest sessions on the first day of the Edinburgh TV festival.

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    More 4 plans return to original drama

    2008-08-22T18:59:38Z

    Edinburgh 08: More 4 head Hamish Mykura has signaled his desire for original UK drama to return to the channel as part of a new focus on giving it a broader contemporary voice.

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    Sky plans to hire its own Apprentice

    2008-08-22T17:30:18Z

    Edinburgh 08: Sky 1 controller Richard Woolfe is on the hunt for more factual formats fronted by famous faces and is hunting an Apprentice-style show for the channel.