All Commissioning articles – Page 568
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NewsBBC3 orders PA drama from indie start-up 2am
BBC3 controller Danny Cohen’s first drama series for the channel will be a female-skewing comedy drama about the lives and loves of four personal assistants.
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NewsRachel Stevens gets animated for BBC1
A nine-inch plasticine model of Rachel Stevens will be the centrepiece of a new animated comedy set to air on BBC1 Scotland.
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FeaturesOn location: Liverpool Nativity
Staging a live nativity in song is the biggest challenge yet for engineering manager Steve Chapman.
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NewsC4 Education shifts to Facebook and gaming
Channel 4 has unveiled the full extent of its education commissions for 2008 that will see the majority of its£6m commissioning budget shift from terrestrial to cross-platform projects.
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FeaturesTX: The Old Curiosity Shop
Carnival Films’ new drama The Old Curiosity Shop examines the theme of addiction.
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NewsMentorn to film Iraq debate
Mentorn is to film an Intelligence Squared debate for the first time this week, marking the beginning of what the production company hopes will be a new regular strand for the BBC.
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NewsHistory Channel delves into British past with Telegraph
The History Channel and Telegraph Media Group (TMG) have signed an ad-funded deal for a major new series.
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NewsTern scores doc hat-trick
Tern Television has won three single documentary commissions from BBC Northern Ireland.
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NewsShed lands double BBC order
Shed Media and its newly acquired subsidiary Wall to Wall have received a double commissioning boost, getting major orders from the BBC for Waterloo Road and Who Do You Think You Are?
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NewsFive orders holiday horrors super-series
Five is overhauling its Banged Up Abroad franchise, turning it into a big-budget 13 x 60-minute series that is senior programme controller Chris Shaw’s largest ever commission for the channel.
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Sky One and RDF to remake US karaoke hit
Sky One has teamed up with RDF Television to make a UK version of hit US karaoke-style gameshow Don’t Forget the Lyrics.
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Green light for Chart Show
C4 has ordered a fourth run of music series The Album Chart Show and a fifth summer live special of T4 on the Beach.
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College killings film for BBC
ORTV has been commissioned by BBC2 to make a 60-minute film to air in April 2008 to mark the one-year anniversary of the shootings this year at Virginia Tech in the US.
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FeaturesEureka! QI
QI creator John Lloyd on the game where points are won for being interesting, not correct.
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NewsDaily Cooks to return for fourth series
ITV has commissioned a fourth series of Daily Cooks fronted by Antony Worrall Thompson to air next spring.
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NewsBBC doc to follow Olympic hopefuls
The BBC will transfer its A Child of Our Time format to a group of young athletes preparing for the 2012 London Olympics, revisiting them in a series of documentaries each year until the games.
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FeaturesDisney to invest in UK production
Disney’s search for European talent has won UK producers new commissions. But, the presence of the US giant is not enough to make up the kids TV shortfall
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NewsBBC to serialise Jesus' final days
BBC1 has unveiled an ambitious retelling of the crucifiction and resurrection of Jesus Christ that will air next Easter.
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NewsNick commissions Retractorhead shorts
Nickelodeon has commissioned Cosgrove Hall to make a series of interstitials featuring their latest animation property Eddie Retractorhead.
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NewsCelebrity Predictions returns to C4
Channel 4 is to rate the winners and losers of the showbusiness world in a third installment of tongue-in-cheek almanac show Celebrity Predictions.