All Commissioning articles – Page 597
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NewsI'm a Celebrity team given Gest pass
The team behind I'm a Celebrity - Get Me out of Here!will be reunited with contestant David Gest for a fly-on-the-wall documentary series.
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NewsSky axes The Match
Sky One is calling full-time on reality football show The Matchbecause of fears that the Endemol format is getting tired.
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NewsAardman hires Cockle for move into pre-school
Wallace and Gromitproducer Aardman Animations is set to move into pre-school programming.
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NewsGreen Bay wins three S4C orders
Cardiff indie Green Bay has won a trio of commissions from S4C. Cardiff's Cupis a 60-minute programme which recreates Cardiff City's 1927 FA Cup victory and is scheduled to air in March.
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C4 looks at mothers who reject their babies
Twenty Twenty will investigate what makes some mothers reject their babies in a two-part documentary for Channel 4.
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NewsRoman's Empire to conquer BBC2
BBC2 has commissioned Tiger Aspect to make a major new 6 x 30-minute comedy called Roman's Empire.
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BBC1 orders one-off drama for daytime
BBC1 has commissioned Southampton-based indie Resource Base to make Bloodlines, a daytime drama about family secrets and the relationship between nature and nurture.
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ITV1 to show Elton John's 60th birthday concert
ITV1 is to air an exclusive Elton John concert marking the music legend's 60th birthday this March.
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NewsITV1 to turn Buck House into West Wing
ITV1 is planning to substitute the White House for Buckingham Palace in a West Wing-style drama about the royal family made by Company Pictures.
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Commissioner's Q & A - Layla Smith
ITV's controller of alternative programmes is looking for factual entertainment programmes for 9pm, especially if they look new and unknown
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NewsMore4 tells story of an epic ocean rescue
Live footage of a dramatic sea rescue during the Velux 5 Oceans round the world race in November is to feature in a More4 documentary.
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FremantleMedia sells Three's Company to Latin America
FremantleMedia's Latin American distribution arm has sold comedy format Three's Companyinto networks in Chile and Ecuador.
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Dancing with the Stars gets sixth series
Australia's Channel Seven has signed up to do a sixth series of Dancing with the Stars.
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NewsWaking the Dead returns to BBC1 with 9.2m
The new series of BBC1 drama Waking the Deadreturned with an impressive 9.2 million (35.2%) on Sunday [7 January] at 9pm, easily topping the bill for the evening's viewing.
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NewsDoctor drops Channel 4 MMR legal action
Libel action taken against Channel 4 by a doctor who featured in an episode of the current affairs series Dispatcheshas been dropped.
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NewsHBO pilots JJ Abrams's medical drama
HBO has given the go-ahead to a medical drama pilot by Lostcreator JJ Abrams's which explores cancer battles from a patient's point of view.
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NewsNewsnight previews reports online
Newsnightis to stream sections of programming on the internet before they air on BBC2. The service will begin today with a report about the growth of mobile phone usage in Africa.
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NewsGMG refreshes Century line-up
Guardian Media Group has made its first major changes to Century 105.4 since acquiring the station from GCap in October last year, replacing the breakfast and drivetime presenters with new talent.
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NewsFox and Warner Bros pull plug on The O.C.
Teen soap The O.C.has been axed in the US. Fox TV and Warner Bros Television Production said in a joint statement that the fourth series, which starts today in the US, will be its last.
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NewsSpringer opera team reinvent Question Time
Wife Swapand Question Timewill be reinvented as unlikely operas for BBC1 next month by the team behind Jerry Springer - The Opera.