All Commissioning articles – Page 555
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NewsMary... queen of charity shops
Mary, Queen of Shops presenter Mary Portas is to turn her merchandising expertise to charity shops in a new project for BBC2.
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NewsITV4 on look-out for UK's Ax Men
ITV4 controller Dave Fewings is scouting for Britain's answer to Ax Men as part of his commissioning wish list for the channel.
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NewsRoss returning to BBC1 to fight crime
Former Crimewatch presenter Nick Ross is to return to BBC1 to present a primetime show about the battle to fight crime.
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NewsBBC eyes teen drama as rival to Hollyoaks
The BBC is planning to rival Channel 4's Hollyoaks with a new drama set in a hair and beauty academy in Manchester.
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NewsFive revives Going for Gold with 50-episode order
Five is to revive classic 1990s quiz show Going for Gold - but has ditched the European contestants.
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NewsSeptember's US star rises with£5m double order
September Films will follow a family-run pest control business in America's deep south after winning a company record of $8.8m (£4.9m) worth of business from two US networks.
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NewsProperty special for C4
Channel 4 has ordered a feature-length credit crunch special of IWC Media's property series Location, Location, Location.
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C4 orders more Wogan
Channel 4 has ordered 60 episodes of daytime quiz show Wogan's Perfect Recall following a four-week pilot.
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FeaturesEureka!: Flesh-Eating River Monster (Icon Films for Five)
Executive producer Harry Marshall embarked on an adventure to hook a man-eating catfish.
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ITV1 to chart singing priests' rise to fame
Three singing priests from rural Northern Ireland who landed a£1m recording contract with Sony BMG will star in a one-off documentary for ITV1 in the run-up to Christmas.
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NewsBBC adapts Jacqueline Wilson for Christmas
Juliet Stevenson is to star in a BBC film adaptation of Jacqueline Wilson's teen novel Dustbin Baby, about a girl whose life is a blur of social workers and care homes.
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NewsBBC2 to examine 80 faiths
Part-time Anglican vicar Peter Owen Jones is to explore 80 of the world's faiths in a major new religious series for BBC2.
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Sex tops C4 education slate
Channel 4 is putting sex and relationships centre stage in its upcoming education slate.
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NewsOfcom: ITV wants reduced indie quota
ITV wanted Ofcom to help it lobby the government to reduce the 25% quota of ITV1 programming that it has to source from indies, it has emerged.
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NewsBBC Vision's commissioning wishlist
As the credit crunch bites, the BBC is calling for more feel-good TV. With budgets stretched and its audience fragmented, all genres must be bold and inclusive.
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NewsBBC schedules its intentions
The BBC is feeling the credit crunch in more ways than one. Besides the staff cuts, the steadily tightening production purse strings, and the corporation's slew of economics scoops, the BBC is reshaping its schedules to relieve some of the wider economic gloom facing audiences.
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NewsBBC Vision: Michael Carrington, controller of CBeebies
Michael Carrington is on the hunt for new content for web-savvy two-to four-year-olds.
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NewsBBC Vision: Anne Gilchrist, controller of CBBC
Anne Gilchrist has taken the BBC's “fewer, bigger, better” mantra to heart and wants to find key brands that CBBC can go “hell for leather” with on all platforms.
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NewsBBC Vision: Liam Keelan, controller of daytime
Weekday mornings on BBC1 are about current affairs, presented in an accessible, tangible way that makes viewers feel empowered.
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NewsBBC Vision: Elaine Bedell, controller of entertainment
It is not long since Elaine Bedell commissioned physical gameshows Hole in the Wall and Total Wipeout for Saturday night on BBC1 but there is still room for one more, she says.