All Commissioning articles – Page 532
-
News
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.
-
News
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.
-
News
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.
-
News
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.
-
News
Daisybeck to produce Sky 1 awards coverage
Indie Daisybeck Productions is to produce Sky 1's coverage of the News of the World Children's Champions Awards for the second year running.
-
News
Cutting Edge investigates surrogate mums
Channel 4 is to investigate serial surrogate mothers in a Cutting Edge documentary from True North Productions.
-
News
1 vs 100 to return
BBC1's The National Lottery: 1 vs 100 will move to Glasgow when the Initial show returns later this year.
-
News
Comic Relief's Let's Dance goes interactive
Tough Cookie has developed interactive content for Comic Relief's Let's Dance that will include video of the celebrity dancers' rehearsals.
-
News
Web drama moving to C4
Drama shorts produced for C4's educational web project Routes are to transfer to TV in the broadcaster's 3 Minute Wonders strand.
-
News
Hollyoaks duo to front 4Music show
Former Hollyoaks stars Matt Littler and Darren Jeffries are to front a 4Music battle of the bands format.
-
News
ITV1 revives 2007 dating show
ITV1 is resurrecting a dating series filmed in 2007 for its spring schedule this year.
-
News
BBC2 challenges celebrity chefs to make money
BBC2 will ask TV chefs to prove themselves in a busy restaurant in a spin-off of Reef TV's Put Your Money Where your Mouth Is.
-
News
Sky 1 to follow credit crunch strippers group
Sky 1 will say “balls to the recession” as it follow six jobless would-be male strippers who are attempting to put on a saucy show to raise some much-needed cash.
-
News
ITV1 lines up rural show for early evening slot
ITV1 will take an unlikely look at rural Britain's roots in a long-running, early evening show about the nation's heritage, landscapes and people.
-
News
Can Gerry fix your inheritance, asks BBC2 pilot
BBC2 has lined up businessman Sir Gerry Robinson to front a new show about inheritance.
-
Comment
Blog: Pitching during the downturn
As indies find it increasingly difficult to get projects green-lit with cash-strapped channels, Angus Henderson suggests some tips on improving your chances of winning commissions.
-
News
Roy Walker to host gameshow series
Catchphrase presenter Roy Walker is to front a series about the greatest moments in gameshow history for Virgin Media Television's Challenge.
-
News
BBC4 to reveal murky past of Tom Driberg
Former Fifteen to One presenter William G Stewart is to present a BBC4 docu-drama about the infamous former chairman of the Labour Party and alleged spy Tom Driberg.
-
News
Brigstocke's R4 chatshow moving to BBC4
Marcus Brigstocke is to challenge John Humphreys and Esther Rantzen to do things they've never done before in a TV version of Radio 4 series I've Never Seen Star Wars.
-
News
Living to probe haunted celebrity homes
Living TV will help Freddie Starr rid his home of unwanted spirits in the second series of paranormal show Living with the Dead.