All Commissioning articles – Page 574
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NewsUKTV budget swap
UKTV is cutting the commissioning budget of UKTV History and will pump the cash into UKTV Gold.
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NewsZeppotron to make Friday Night Live-style series
Endemol producer wins the battle to make new BBC3 strand.
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NewsFive puts chefs on trial
Five director of programmes Jay Hunt has made her first major mark on the channel’s schedule.
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FeaturesITV entertainment specials
ITV has upped the ante this year by investing generously in big, glossy shows to push its ratings boundaries.
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NewsFox options Zig Zag format
Zig Zag is close to securing a commission from US network Fox for a big-budget reality series called 6ix.
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CommentBlog: The colour of comedy
Indy Selvarajah looks at what you need to do to get a comedy show aimed at ethnic minorities off the ground.
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FeaturesA new split in BBC factual
A restructured BBC factual splits in-house and indie commissioning as part of plans for a leaner, fitter corporation.
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NewsSolon lands ITV2 show
ITV2 has ordered sketch show The Third XI (working title) which stars Perrier award-winner Laura Solon.
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NewsOliver probes ‘supermound’
Coast presenter Neil Oliver will explore the interior of the largest manmade mound in Europe in a one-off documentary for BBC4.
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NewsDave orders puppet panel show
Dave, UKTV’s new male-skewed Freeview channel, has made a dark comedy panel show hosted by a puppet.
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NewsC4 to bring back Late Night Poker
Channel 4’s Late Night Poker is to return to the channel in its original format after the broadcaster secured a sponsorship deal with website PartyPoker.
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NewsSupersize Me’s BBC2 history lesson
Restaurant critic Giles Coren and presenter Sue Perkins will resort to eating post-Second World War rations as part of a run of themed Supersize Me shows on BBC2.
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NewsDSP to make Frank drama
Factual specialist Darlow Smithson Productions has been commissioned to produce a drama based on The Diary of Anne Frank for BBC1.
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NewsGreat White shark film
Off the Fence has been commissioned to produce a 60-minute documentary for the BBC’s Natural World strand.
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FeaturesThe Magic Roundabout
Theresa Plummer-Andrews reveals how technology got The Magic Roundabout spinning again.
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NewsBBC4 goes for a Chinese
BBC4 is to explore modern-day China through the story of the world’s largest Chinese restaurant in the second series to be commissioned under the Storyville brand.
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NewsBBC makes rival smart kid quiz
BBC1 has picked up the programme rights to Endemol’s latest entertainment format The Kids Are All Right.
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NewsITV orders topical gun drama
ITV1 has ordered a drama about the murder of an innocent child against the backdrop of rising wave of gun crime.
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CommentIceberg ahoy!
BBC output is heading for ruin unless forces outside the corporation step in and look at its true purpose.