All Commissioning articles – Page 576
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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.
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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.