All Commissioning articles – Page 594
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NewsC4 Big Brother review underway
Channel 4 has kicked off its review into the editorial and compliance procedures that support Celebrity Big Brotherand said its conclusions will be delivered within weeks.
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NewsBBC searches for Signs of Life
BBC director of future media and technology Ashley Highfield has confirmed plans for a new Endemol-produced online teen drama.
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NewsHotel Babylon returns with 5.4m
BBC1 drama Hotel Babylon returned for a second series at 9pm last night and pulled in an impressive 5.4 million viewers (24.6%) which was easily above the channel's slot average of 4.5 million (20%).
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NewsSky One investigates last hours of icons
Sky One will examine the final moments of six historic icons, including River Phoenix and Marvin Gaye, in a new documentary series looking at the secrets behind their untimely deaths.
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NewsC4I sells Taliban and Iraqi films
Distributor Channel 4 International has sold a trio of hard-hitting documentaries about Iraqi death squads and Taliban fighters to networks in Belgium, Finland, Norway and Sweden.
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NewsRDF in Bristol wins orders worth£7m
The newly established Bristol arm of RDF Television has secured over£7m of commissions in six months.
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NewsTwoFour opens Gardens again for BBC
BBC daytime controller Jay Hunt has commissioned a second series of Open Gardensfrom indie TwoFour.
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Curse of Diana's dresses appeals to US
Minotaur has secured significant sales in the US and Canada for a controversial Living TV documentary about Princess Diana's dresses.
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NewsBond to track down secret royal offspring
Former BBC royal correspondent Jennie Bond is to uncover the affairs of British kings and queens and their illegitimate offspring for a primetime ITV documentary.
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Daybreak deal boosts Target's drama output
Distributor Target Entertainment has signed an output and development deal with Mentorn's newly formed drama arm Daybreak Pictures.
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Comic Relief cashes in on Car Booty
Leopard Films is making a one-off special of long-running BBC1 series Car Bootyin aid of Comic Relief.
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UKTV wins EuroMillions in Camelot deal
UKTV has signed an exclusive seven-figure deal with National Lottery operator Camelot to air EuroMillions, poaching the rights from Challenge.
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Harries cites Queen in plea for film cash
Andy Harries has called on ITV executives to invest more money in film.
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Chicken and egg - or surfers catching a wave?
Channel 4 has commissioned Silver River to make a landmark series about television and when I read the following quote from Daisy Goodwin, I knew I would have to think harder this week. 'It's a chicken and egg concept. What comes first: our obsession with house prices or the vast ...
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Commissioner's Q & A - Meredith Chambers
Channel 4 commissioning editor, documentaries is looking for the right subject for a major doc series as well as more Cutting Edgetales and he's got around£145,000 an hour to spend.
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NewsConley returns to ITV with diet trial
Diet and fitness guru Rosemary Conley is making her TV comeback following a seven-year hiatus with a six-part primetime ITV series in which she helps overweight people shed the pounds.
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NewsITV crime drama spawns three-part follow-up
ITV Productions is making three new episodes of serial killer drama Cold Blood, which last aired on ITV1 in 2005.
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Outright secures Russian deals
Outright Distribution, formerly Screentime Partners, has licensed Lion Television's gameshow format Cash Cabto the TNT network for a further five years.
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Quicksilver tackles domestic violence
Oxford-based Quicksilver Media is to investigate domestic violence for Channel 4's Dispatchesstrand.
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NewsFearnley-Whittingstall takes on Tesco
Food evangelist Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall is launching a Jamie Oliver-style David and Goliath battle against the rise of supermarket chains for a major new series on Channel 4.