All Commissioning articles – Page 559
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C4 to make crunch era home show
Channel 4's latest property series will move away from buying and selling to focus on ways of helping frustrated owners to make the most of their homes.
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NewsProspect wins£3m of factual
Prospect Pictures has won£3m of serious factual business since the arrival of Todd Austin, the Bafta-winning former BBC One Life strand editor, seven months ago.
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NewsBlue Peter's Gethin goes thrill seeking for Virgin1
Blue Peter presenter Gethin Jones will delve into the world of obsessive thrill seekers in a new series for Virgin1.
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Spanish Civil War docs
The History Channel UK and THC Spain have commissioned Liverpool Street Productions to make two one-hour films on the Spanish Civil War.
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Scum Also Rises to BBC2
Advertising agency comedy The Scum Also Rises is set to move to BBC2 after a BBC3 pilot last year.
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Hat Trick's ITV crime drama
Hat Trick Productions has signed a deal with ITV to develop a new crime drama populated by “strong women in peril”.
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UKTV Gold to air ‘unseen' Blackadder
UKTV Gold will screen previously unseen footage of classic BBC comedy Blackadder during a two-part special celebrating the show's 25th anniversary.
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BBC4 links science and Islam
The team behind acclaimed BBC4 science series Atom will uncover medieval Islam's influence on modern science for their latest project.
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NewsTigress makes ‘biog' of Titus the gorilla
Tigress Productions is to tell the story of an extraordinary Rwandan mountain gorilla in a special “animal biography” for BBC2's Natural World strand and US broadcaster WNET.
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NewsBilly Joel gets South Bank treatment
US singer-songwriter Billy Joel is to give a rare interview for an edition of ITV1's The South Bank Show.
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NewsRound two for Supersize vs Superskinny
Channel 4's diet swap show Supersize vs Superskinny is to return for a second series later this year.
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NewsHistory Channel orders Spanish Civil War doc
Indie Liverpool Street Productions has won a joint commission from the History Channel UK and Spain to make two one-hour films on the Spanish Civil War.
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NewsHat Trick on the case with new ITV crime drama
Hat Trick Productions has signed a deal with ITV to develop a new crime drama populated by strong women in peril.
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NewsUnique producing R2 dance music series
Unique has won the contract to produce BBC Radio 2's second Summer of Love season to celebrate the 20th anniversary of UK dance music.
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NewsBebo unveils new drama
Bebo has teamed up with indie Monkey Kingdom and Universal Music for its latest web drama.
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NewsBob and Thomas get CGI makeover
Hit Entertainment has agreed deals to produce the next series of Bob the Builder and Thomas & Friends in CGI.
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NewsDragons' Den competition launches
Twelve producers will go head-to-head for development cash in a version of Dragons' Den at the MediaGuardian Edinburgh International Television Festival.
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NewsC4 orders Snowdon doc
Channel 4 is to broadcast a “revisionist” documentary on Lord Snowdon and Princess Margaret's marriage next month.
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NewsBBC2 orders pilot of BBC3 comedy
A second, studio-based pilot of advertising agency comedy The Scum Also Rises is being made for BBC2 after the show's first pilot went out on BBC3 last year.
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NewsInbetweeners second run
E4 has ordered a second series of The Inbetweeners days after the first series ended.