All Commissioning articles – Page 579
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NewsC4 orders doc about Jesus’ other lives
Documentary-maker David Batty is to follow last year’s controversial The Secret Jesus Family with a film exploring the parallels between the Christian interpretation of Jesus Christ and major figures in other religions.
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NewsGold reunites Eric and Ernie
UKTV Gold has ordered a one-off special featuring the greatest performances by Morecambe and Wise.
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NewsFive invites viewers to judge Spice Girls
Five will attempt to gauge the public’s reaction to the Spice Girls’s reunion in a one-off documentary from Twofour, The Spice Girls on Trial.
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FeaturesWhat’s up with docs?
Commissioners spent last weekend’s Sheffield Doc Festival trying to reassure film-makers that things are not as bad as they seem for the genre.
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NewsC4 orders conjoined twin doc
Channel 4 has commissioned a documentary on an Indian girl born with four arms and four legs as she undergoes an operation to remove her conjoined twin.
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NewsBBC1 updates Cinderella
BBC1’s next search-for-a-star format will uncover a Cinderella for a part in a made-for-TV musical film as part of Comic Relief 2009.
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FeaturesEureka! Free Agents
Free Agents producer Nira Park explains why C4’s new show was forged from experience
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NewsSouthern Africa channel launch
Southern Africa Direct, a new free-to-air lifestyle TV channel, is planning its first round of commissioning in the new year.
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NewsBBC Horizon explores execution
Former Conservative MP Michael Portillo is to hunt for a humane method of execution in an edition of the BBC’s science strand Horizon.
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NewsC4’s First Cut airs new talent
Channel 4 is lining up films from Raw Television, Century Films, Talkback Thames, Renegade Pictures and Eleven Films for its new primetime documentary strand for up-and-coming directors.
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FeaturesCommissioning Focus: Five Sport
Five has become ever more successful since it decided to rethink its sports offering. Katy Elliott looks at the broadcaster’s new agendas.
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NewsFive’s Hidden Lives to end?
The future of Five’s successful shock doc strand Hidden Lives is uncertain, with indies believing the next series could be its last.
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NewsFive pulls plug on scripted comedy
Five will not develop or commission any more scripted comedy shows for at least the next 12 months and will instead concentrate on light entertainment and comedy panel shows.
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NewsNHU sets off on new Expeditions
BBC1 is to examine the landscapes and wildlife of Guyana and Papua New Guinea in two major new series for its Expedition strand.
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NewsBBC asks kids to help smokers quit
Children will be tasked with getting their parents to stop smoking in a groundbreaking new show for CBBC and BBC1.
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NewsMore swap shows on cards
Channel 4 has ordered 10 new episodes of Wife Swap and two of Celebrity Wife Swap from RDF Television.
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NewsC4 develops comedy pilots
Channel 4 comedy pilots Plus One and The Kevin Bishop Show are to be turned into full series next year after debuting last month in the Comedy Showcase strand.
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NewsDoc to follow lives of teens in Baghdad
BBC2 is to follow four ordinary Iraqi boys as they come of age in Baghdad for a feature-length documentary from Renegade Pictures and StorylabTV.
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NewsGreen renews RTE contract
Green Inc Film and Television has been ordered to make a further 220 hours of magazine programme The Afternoon Show by RTE.
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NewsBBC3 orders spooky drama
BBC3 has commissioned a one-off comedy drama about a flatshare between a vampire, a werewolf and a ghost.