All Commissioning articles – Page 569
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NewsRadio 2 scores goal with Beckham
BBC Radio 2 has signed David Beckham for a two-hour question and answer session on Christmas Day just after the Queen’s speech.
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NewsBBC finds Neighbours replacement
The BBC is to replace Neighbours with a new daytime soap, commissioned from an Australian production company and overseen by a former producer of Home & Away.
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NewsKay to present ITV1 'Toothbrush' style show
ITV1 is lining up an offbeat Don’t Forget Your Toothbrush-style entertainment format fronted by presenter Vernon Kay.
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NewsHunt fast-tracks raft of shows to fill Five hiatus
Five’s new director of programmes, Jay Hunt, has commissioned a raft of fast-turnaround factual shows to air early next year.
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NewsRemedy wins Switch teen talk pilot
Remedy Productions, the indie behind E4 Music, is to produce a pilot episode of a teen talk show for new BBC2 strand Switch.
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CommentCommissioners are paranoid androids
Who’d be a commissioning editor in these risk-aware days?
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Features
Eureka! Hitler’s Favourite Royal
Fi Cotter Craig explains how the story of Hitler’s Favourite Royal practically sold itself to C4.
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Discovery for older viewers
Discovery Networks UK is looking to bolster its historical programming in a bid to win back loyalty from older viewers.
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Secret Millionaire returns
The Secret Millionaire will return for a third series on Channel 4 next year.
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NewsSky One opts for big drama events
Sky One has abandoned its search for a replacement for long-running football drama Dream Team and is now looking for “noisy, glorious” drama events.
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NewsVirgin strand grapples with boobs
Virgin 1 is building on the success of its one-off documentary Penis Envy with a strand centred on the theme of envy.
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NewsAnimal Planet tells birth stories
Animal Planet International will screen the rare birth of a giant panda cub on “panda-cam” CCTV as part of a five-part series on baby animals from Parthenon Entertainment.
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Sky Real Lives follows brain op family
Sky Real Lives is to tell the poignant story of a man’s battle to receive life-saving treatment for a potentially fatal brain condition.
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C4 counts the cost of counterfeits
Documentary director Nick Hornby is to follow up Return to Jamie’s School Dinners with a two-part Channel 4 series tracing the human cost of the global trade in fake goods.
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BBC airs Aerial Britain
The BBC is to examine the workings of the country from the air in Britain from Above, a 3 x 60-minute documentary series for BBC1 now in production at Lion TV.
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NewsFive's Hotel Inspector lured by C4
Channel 4 has lured Five’s Hotel Inspector Ruth Watson away from her inspection duties with an exclusive presenter deal.
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More Freshly Squeezed
Channel 4 is to extend weekday breakfast music show Freshly Squeezed to Saturday mornings.
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FeaturesCommissioning Focus
Bravo has healthy budgets on offer for new commissions - so long as indies can deliver the range of anti-social behaviour its action-hungry audience loves.
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NewsTitter ye not with comedian dramas on BBC4
BBC4 is dramatising the lives of leading British comedy figures including Frankie Howerd, Hughie Green and Steptoe and Son with Trevor Eve, Jason Isaacs and Ken Stott all starring in the special tribute season.
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CommentBlog: The 'defining wake' for kids TV?
The great and the good of the kids TV industry were out in force at the children's Bafta awards to celebrate all that is great and good in kids TV.