All Commissioning articles – Page 596
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NewsVeteran presenters to return for last TOTP
Sir Jimmy Savile, Tony Blackburn, Mike Read and Pat Sharp will co-present the final edition of Top of the Popsbut the BBC has ignored calls for the show to return to BBC1 on a Thursday night for its swansong.
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NewsReverend to front new BBC religious series
Peter Owen-Jones, the advertising executive-turned priest who fronted BBC2 series The Battle For Britain's Soul, is to try his hand at different religions for a new BBC2 series.
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NewsJudge defends BBC's 'Pop Idol for theatre actors'
Theatre impresario David Ian, a judge on the new BBC reality series How Do You Solve a Problem Like Maria?, has hit back at claims from actors' union Equity that the show is 'demeaning'.
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NewsBBC Drama will benefit from licence fee hike
The BBC will spend a third of the£1.6bn it has set aside for 'quality content' on drama if it is given its inflation-busting licence fee rise.
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NewsMade in Manchester bags Wisdom for Laurel and Hardy show
Made in Manchester Productions has secured veteran British comedian Sir Norman Wisdom as the presenter for its first national radio commission.
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NewsITV reorders Planet Sketch
Decode Entertainment and Aardman Animations have been commissioned by CITV and Canadian broadcaster Teletoon to make a further 26 x 11-minute episodes of its hit animated series Planet Sketch.
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RDF to film sumo women
Channel 4 is to follow the journey of a group of larger than life women as they learn the ancient art of sumo wrestling in order to compete at the World Championships in Japan later this year.
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NewsCrunch time for kids TV
Is there any sort of future for children's programming on terrestrial television?
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NewsITV moves to cut children's hours
ITV is to start discussions with Ofcom about massively reducing its children's programming on ITV1, with one of the options being to cut kids output from eight hours a week to just two.
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UKTV Gold lines up Clary for Britcom weekend
UKTV Gold has signed Julian Clary to front a bank holiday retrospective special on British comedy, interviewing actors from classic shows such as the Carry Onfilms and Fawlty Towers .
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MTV set to form 'super' boyband
MTV Networks International is attempting to resurrect the careers of five has-been boyband members in a new 8 x 30-minute reality series.
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NewsBBC puts new Chris Langham series on hold
BBC2 has shelved plans for a second series of Bafta-winning comedy Help, while actor Chris Langham faces 15 charges of making indecent images of children.
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Celebrity Soup back on E! Entertainment
E! Entertainment UK has ordered a second series of Celebrity Soup, a version of long-running US celebrity gossip review show The Soup.
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Commissioner's Q & A: Alison Kirkham
The executive producer of BBC daytime on looking for entertainment formats for BBC2, securing the first British interview with President Bush post 9/11 and the challenge of 360-degree commissioning
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BBC4 showcases photo pioneer
The BBC is to follow up on the success of archive series The Lost World of Mitchell and Kenyonwith a nine-part BBC4 series on one of the world's earliest photography pioneers.
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C4 plans Occult Week
Channel 4 is to dedicate its 11pm slot to a week of programming about secrets of dark cults - and has so far ordered two new shows to be part of it.
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C4 commissions gay prom series
Channel 4's commissioning editor for education Deborah Ward has greenlit September Films to make a 2 x 60-minute series following the adventures of five gay teenagers as they attempt to put on a gay prom for 200 British teens.
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Japanese show piloted by C4
Channel 4 is looking at launching a UK version of one of Japan's most popular gameshows to be fronted by Johnny Vaughan as part of its Friday night entertainment line-up.
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ITV orders 12th Trial and Retribution
ITV is bringing back its crime drama franchise Trial & Retribution, starring David Hayman, for a 12th run, with a new story about the rape and murder of a young primary school teacher.
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NewsC4 acquisition Brothers and Sisters to star Sally Field
Oscar winning actress Sally Field has joined the cast of the hyped new US drama Brothers and Sisters, recently snapped up by Channel 4.