All Commissioning articles – Page 566
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FeaturesEureka!: Getting animated about music
Freefonix producer Chris Rice explains how mixing CGI with music created a fresh kids show.
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NewsITV's Uncle Max makes BBC1 comeback
BBC1 will screen a new run of children's slapstick series Uncle Max, an ITV show that was scrapped after just one series.
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NewsSearch is on for nation's golden comedy decade
UKTV Gold will call on the public to help search for the funniest decade in British comedy history in its biggest commission to date.
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CommentBlog: Has ITV overplayed its hand with Moving Wallpaper?
Is ITV1 hedging its bets too far with its new-found appetite for interactive and self-referential dramas, wonders Robin Parker.
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NewsITV1 has High hopes for Britannia
Gary Barlow, Arlene Phillips and theatre producer David Ian are joining forces in a new musical drama for ITV1.
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NewsChibnall to work on UK's Law & Order
Life on Mars and Torchwood writer Chris Chibnall will be the US-style showrunner on ITV1's version of US drama Law & Order.
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NewsBranagh to star in Harries crime drama
Andy Harries' indie's first commission is a£6m Kenneth Branagh detective series for the BBC billed as the new Inspector Morse.
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NewsSky One ups UK spend after US strike
Sky One is fast-tracking a number of home-grown UK projects and has freed up extra commissioning cash as a result of the ongoing US writers' strike.
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NewsFive to strip conservation series across six weeks
Michaela Strachan is to front a True North wildlife series for Five that will be stripped across six weeks.
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NewsC4 partners Darlow in Maddie film bid
Channel 4 is attached to Darlow Smithson's proposed documentary about the disappearance of Madeleine McCann, Broadcast can reveal.
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FeaturesEureka! The Spa of Embarrassing Illnesses
Tern TV creative director Harry Bell reveals how The Spa of Embarrassing Illnesses made it to air.
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NewsC4 to track 'real Elephant Man' doctor
Channel 4 will follow a maverick doctor in China who treats the people no one else will as part of its Bodyshock strand.
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Old Street on the money
Oxford-based indie Old Street Films has won its second commission for BBC2's Money Programme strand.
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Free Agents wins series
Channel 4 is lining up a full series of Free Agents, one of the six pilots in its recent Comedy Showcase strand.
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Shephard in lottery slot
Dance X host Ben Shephard is to take over from Dermot O'Leary as host of BBC1's National Lottery gameshow, 1 vs 100.
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Rhodes sets out across China for UKTV
UKTV aims to build on the success of Gary Rhodes' culinary travel show, Rhodes Across India, by sending the TV chef to China to celebrate authentic regional cuisine.
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NewsBBC to explore forces of nature worldwide
The BBC's Natural History Unit in Bristol is to look at how seasonal changes in the environment affect animals for a six-part BBC1 series.
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FeaturesAn interview with writer Tony Jordan
It took Tony Jordan 12 years to get his pet project aired in its undiluted form
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CommentBlog: Wives tales
Sky One's commissioning editor of factual, Andrew O'Connell, thinks the channel's forthcoming Wives offers “revealing insights” into modern relationships.