All Commissioning articles – Page 585
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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.
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NewsRight to Reply-style strand returns to C4
Viewers will be able to put questions to Channel 4 from next month in a successor to Right to Reply fronted by Krishnan Guru-Murthy.
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NewsMcLoughlin to star in Xmas show as part of ITV deal
Coleen McLoughlin will make her first appearance since signing a presenting deal with ITV on Star Traders: the Christmas Challenge.
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NewsBewitched set for UK remake
Cult US 1960s sitcom Bewitched is set for a British makeover by My Hero creator Paul Mendelson.
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NewsITV to celebrate Friday Night Live
ITV is to mark the 20th anniversary of the Channel 4 Saturday/Friday Night Live shows with a one-off production.
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FeaturesWhat commissioners want
Philip Reevell looks at what programmes are rating strongly in the four main genres and what commissioners are looking for in the future.
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NewsBBC4 to explore parallel universe
Mark Everett, lead signer with US rock group Eels, will uncover the story of his late father, a quantum physicist who predicted the existence of parallel universes, for a BBC4 documentary.
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CommentWhy TV is heading for a crash
Century Aspect’s Larry Walford argues that the current state of the TV industry mirrors the UK’s fragile financial sector.
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NewsC4 orders more comedy
Channel 4 comedy pilots Plus One and The Kevin Bishop Show are to be turned into full series next year.
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NewsITV Productions to make fewer docs
ITV Productions will make less documentaries and one-off programmes and will instead concentrate on drama, factual entertainment and entertainment series it can exploit internationally.
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FeaturesCommissioning focus: T4
C4 is looking for ways to keep the attention of youthful Saturday and Sunday viewers.
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NewsVictoria’s secrets to be unveiled in drama
Channel 4 has ordered a drama- documentary exploring the life and loves of Queen Victoria.
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NewsMartin fronts Christmas food show
UKTV Food is set to team up with TV chef James Martin as he cooks up festive treats from the comfort of his own kitchen in a five-part Christmas special.
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NewsChoir of celebrities sings festive classics
ITV1 is to air a two-part seasonal entertainment special featuring a celebrity choir singing viewers’ favourite Christmas classics in aid of the Prince’s Trust.
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NewsAfrica Channel to get world music showcase
Music indie Phoenix Film & Television is to produce a weekly world music showcase for the Africa Channel in which celebrities including Johnny Depp, Brian Eno and Robert Plant will introduce live performances.
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NewsGorman to travel the US
More 4 is to screen a feature-length documentary in which comedian Dave Gorman attempts to travel the US without using any chain store, restaurant, gas station or hotel.