All Commissioning articles – Page 542
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NewsBBC2 show gives£1m to novice City traders
BBC2 is to unravel the dark arts of the unstable global financial markets in a series that turns eight people into City traders with£1m to invest.
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NewsMonty Python star returns to TV
John Cleese is to make a welcome return to British screens where he will take a mischievous look at the mad world of gadgets in a six-part series for UKTV channel Dave.
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NewsBBC3 doubles run of Snog Marry Avoid
Celebrities are to undergo a ‘makeunder' in the second series of BBC3's Snog Marry Avoid?.
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NewsBBC3 to strip audiences
BBC3 has commissioned World of Wonder to pilot a “fashion gameshow” in which the audience strips to its underwear.
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NewsFive orders Flesh Eating Monster
Icon Films Production will travel to northern India to investigate an animal that has caused the death of several people for Five's Nature Shock strand.
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NewsSerafinowicz back at Christmas
BBC2 sketch format The Peter Serafinowicz Show is to return for a Christmas special.
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RTE orders fifth Afternoon Show
The Afternoon Show is to return for a fifth series on leading Irish broadcaster RTÉ.
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NewsDavid Jason to quit Frost role
Detective Inspector Jack Frost is set to hang up his hat next year in a two-part finale to the long-running ITV drama series.
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NewsBBC4 unveils season line-up
BBC4 is to examine babies' development in the womb, in a series of groundbreaking documentaries lined up for the autumn/winter season.
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NewsE4 opens School of Comedy
E4 has ordered a full run of Left Bank Productions' sketch show School of Comedy following a one-off Comedy Lab on Channel 4.
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NewsDisney to remake Welsh radio sitcom
Disney is to adapt a comedy originally made for BBC Radio Wales as a children's animation for the UK and European market.
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NewsAnimal actors to star on Five
Leopard Films will reveal how trainers got Wellard the dog to bite Ian Beale's bum in EastEnders in a series about animal actors for Five, writes Kate McMahon.
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NewsPM will turn to kids for advice in BBC Election series
The winner of a new BBC kids series will give Gordon Brown advice on how to improve Britain.
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FeaturesAnalysis: Power to the nations
The BBC's plan to shift network commissioning power to Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland will have major implications. Broadcast gauges the reaction.
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FeaturesThe view from Northern Ireland
Phil Morrow is managing director of Wild Rover Productions in Belfast and a director of Northern Ireland Screen.
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FeaturesThe view from Scotland
David Strachan is joint managing director of Tern TV - based in Aberdeen, Glasgow, Belfast and London - and chair of Pact's Nations and Regions Policy Group.
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NewsBBC and C4 to create regional supply map
The BBC and Channel 4 are working together to draw up a “supply map” of the UK that will align geographical areas with specific programming genres.
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NewsStarkey to profile Henry VIII for C4
David Starkey is to produce a four-part “psychological profile” of Henry VIII for Channel 4.
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ITV1 doc looks at hunt for paedophile
Folio is to piece together the worldwide hunt for the paedophile dubbed “Mr Swirl” in a 60-minute doc for ITV1's Real Crime strand.