All Commissioning articles – Page 589
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NewsBBC3 meets single mums
Ten single mothers and their children will live together for a week in PramfaceMansion, a Love Productions commission for BBC3.
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Ladbroke to make R4 docs
Ladbroke Radio has been commissioned by BBC Radio 4 to make 3 x 30-minute factual radio programmes to air in 2008.
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R4 hits the hippie trail
David Morley from radio indie Above The Title has been travelling around India's hippie trail with Hardeep Singh Kohli (pictured), star and director of Channel 4's Meet the Magoons.
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NewsWatson backed by peers over 'fake publicity' row
Documentary-makers have leapt to Paul Watson's defence in the row over Malcolm and Barbara: Love's Farewell, arguing that marketing practices and the drive for ratings can easily lead to their work being misrepresented. [ALL]
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NewsLime wins first BBC drama commission
Lime Pictures has won its first BBC drama commission, a supernatural drama starring actor Martin Shaw as a Jesuit priest drawn into the world of exorcisms.
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FeaturesCape Wrath
Cape Wrath co-creator Matthew Arlidge on how the concept was sold to Channel 4 and the US.
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NewsIndie Century wins Live Earth film commission
Century Films has become the first UK indie to win a commission from the US film producer behind the Al Gore documentary An Inconvenient Truth.
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Crime channel looks at killers
Crime and Investigation Network has teamed up with Scarlet TV to make a 6 x 60-minute series looking at the origins of serial killers. The Making of Monstershas no air date as yet but there are also plans to run it on sister station The ...
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Community Channel digs into gardening
The Community Channel will offer a snapshot of the Royal Horticultural Society's Britain in Bloom 2007 competition by following the progress of two of its regional finalists.
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FeaturesReality sitcom is child's play
Youngsters run the show in Hat Trick's new, groundbreaking comedy.
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NewsTiger to reveal favourite Vicar of Dibley scene
Dawn French will be reunited with Richard Curtis for two specials celebrating the success of The Vicar of Dibleyas part of UKTV Gold's autumn schedule.
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Docu-drama looks at Thatcher's road to Finchley
BBC4 has commissioned Great Meadow Productions to make a 90-minute film called Margaret Thatcher - The Long Walk to Finchley.
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NewsWorld's film-makers unite to save Storyville
A campaign to 'save' the BBC's documentary strand Storyvilleis attracting the support of documentary-makers around the world.
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Firecracker Films tracks pre-teen preachers
Indie Firecracker Films is making a pair of one-off documentaries for Channel 4 including a film that follows a US child who began preaching at the age of three.
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NewsGoing wild in the isles
Series producer/director Michael Waterhouse went back to history for an adventure across Britain.
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History returns to London
The History Channel has commissioned a 4 x 60-minute third series of How London Was Built.
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NewsMerton to host improv pilot
Paul Merton has been signed to present the pilot for the UK version of Australian format Thank God You're Herefor ITV1.
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Setanta unveils star shows
Setanta is to air The Friday Football Showat 6.30pm from 10 August, kicking off with former ITV frontman Des Lynam interviewing Aston Villa boss Martin O'Neill (pictured).
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NewsWidow praises Watson doc
The wife of the Alzheimer's sufferer at the centre of the Paul Watson documentary scandal has commended the filmmaker's work. [ALL]
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NewsPaul Watson: I did not intend to deceive
Documentary maker Paul Watson has claimed that ITV turned down his initial offer to clarify that his film Malcolm & Barbara: Love's Farewelldid not portray the actual moment of Malcolm Pointon's death. [ALL]