All Commissioning articles – Page 545
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News'Lord of the Flies' format crowns C4 autumn season
Two groups of children will spend three weeks without adults in a factual entertainment format for Channel 4.
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NewsMore 4 to follow race for the US presidency
More 4 is to mark November's US elections with a series of programmes including full broadcasts of every presidential debate.
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NewsFive to air unseen Peter Cook and Enoch Powell interviews
Never-before-seen interviews with Peter Cook, Robert Maxwell, Sean Connery and Enoch Powell are to be aired for the first time in 40 years as part of a new series for Five.
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NewsFive boosts factual for autumn season
Five will open the doors to the Bank of England, Lloyd's of London and the Treasury as part of its autumn season.
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Report: Execs' trust in TV is lower than viewers'
New research from Deloitte has warned the industry is in danger of talking itself into a crisis over trust in TV issues.
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NewsE4's Brooker thriller is set in Big Brother house
Charlie Brooker's E4 zombie thriller Dead Set will be set in the Big Brother house.
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NewsITV1 orders ‘Las Vegas-style' daytime show
Bradley Walsh will preside over a giant Las Vegas-style slot machine in an afternoon quiz show that will be stripped across ITV1 weekdays.
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NewsBBC2 Switch orders ‘Baywatch boot camp'
The BBC is to subject eight British adolescents to “Baywatch boot camp”, in a new 8 x 30-minute ob-doc series that aims to turn teens into US lifeguards.
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Sky One charts addict's last days
Sky One is to follow the last three months of a heroin addict's battle with an ultimately fatal addiction.
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Christie goes behind bars in Virgin series
Linford Christie and Joe Pasquale will tough it out in the world's most merciless prisons in a new factual entertainment series for Virgin 1.
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FeaturesEureka!: Stacked (Brocken Spectre for Channel 4)
4Talent Pilot winner Bryony Ive on seeing her first drama commission come to life.
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NewsBBC1 obstacle course to Wipeout contestants
BBC1 will challenge contestants to tackle the world's biggest obstacle course in a UK version of global Endemol hit Wipeout.
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NewsC4 doc looks at ‘The Charles Generation'
Men born on the same day as Prince Charles will tell their stories in a Sue Bourne documentary that forms part of Channel 4's autumn schedule.
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NewsBBC plots 39 Steps remake
The BBC is to revive John Buchan's classic espionage thriller The 39 Steps in a one-off dramatisation to be made in Scotland.
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NewsMale Supernanny spin-off greenlit
Ricochet is making a male spin-off of Supernanny for US network ABC.
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NewsCurrie and Waterman to front regional BBC1 docs
Edwina Currie and Pete Waterman are to explore the effects of the closure of many of Britain's rural railways in the 1960s in a series of regional programmes for BBC1.
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NewsReady Steady Cook serves up 20th series
BBC2 has recommissioned Ready Steady Cook for a 20th series, and is moving the show to Television Centre for the first time.
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NewsSky to double arts content with new channels
BSkyB will double its coverage of the arts with an additional two bespoke Sky Arts channels.
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NewsThe Banana Splits to reform for TV comeback
Cartoon Network is resurrecting arguably the world's greatest animal-based rock band - The Banana Splits.
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NewsDisney UK orders teen sketch show
Prism Entertainment has won a commission from Disney Channel UK to produce a 16 x 5-minute comedy sketch series starring young British actors.