All Commissioning articles – Page 599
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NewsCoe won't take legal action against C4
London 2012 is to take no legal action against Channel 4 following Monday night's Dispatchesdocumentary in which it was suggested that Lord Sebastian Coe stood to profit personally from the bid for the Olympic Games. [ALL]
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NewsGrade's recovery pledge: content is key
ITV executive chairman Michael Grade has unveiled a content-led plan to restore growth to the business over the next three to five years. [ALL]
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CommentBlog: The suite life
Editor James Bicknell details how Queengate fundamentally changed his working life and suggests that the viewing public would probably hate an honest, chronologically sound programme. [ALL]
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NewsPocoyo makes terrestrial move to Five
Five has acquired the terrestrial rights to hit CITV pre-school show Pocoyo. [ALL]
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NewsFireman Sam to return in HD
Hit Entertainment is to make kids show Fireman Samin high definition CGI animation for the first time. [ALL]
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NewsC4 to air von Hagens lectures
Channel 4 has commissioned Firefly to make a fourth series with controversial anatomist Dr Gunther von Hagens. [ALL]
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NewsITV1 checks in hotel drama
ITV1 will follow the trials and tribulations of a hotel assistant manager left in charge over Christmas in a Fawlty Towers-esque comedy drama.
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BBC2 daytime quiz to exercise viewers' brains
BBC2 has commissioned a daytime quiz series designed to exercise the brain.
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NewsFour companies vie for BBC3 Friday night series
Objective Productions, Zeppotron, the BBC's Comedy Unit and Hat Trick Productions are all understood to be on the shortlist to make BBC3's new Friday Night Live-style entertainment strand.
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BBC4 probes international summits in triple co-pro
BBC4 is to examine the historical and political backdrop to three key international summits in a co-production from Ten Alps indie Blakeway Productions and Barnes Hassid Productions.
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NewsShine aims to uncover the next musical prodigy
Shine is hunting for the UK's next classical music prodigy in a Fame Academy-meets- Young Musician of the Yeartalent format for BBC2.
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Sky airs doc to kick off new Prison Break
Sky One will celebrate capturing Prison Breakfrom Five by airing a 60-minute special on the show the day before it screens the first episode of season three.
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NewsOscar winner savages BBC over Storyville cuts
Kevin Macdonald, whose Oscar-winning documentary One Day in Septemberappeared on Storyvillelast year, has hit out at the BBC claiming it has 'forgotten its remit to produce informative programmes'.
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Dr Who to take break
Doctor Whowill return for a fifth series - but not until the spring of 2010.
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Business TV's first order
The Business Channel has ordered its first series of original productions, which will be produced in-house for the broadcaster by its owner LITV.
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NewsHigh hopes for kids shows at Cartoon Forum
UK kids producers are pinning their hopes on this month's Cartoon Forum where they will debut a number of new children's shows in the hope of securing a commission.
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At It to follow up New Face doc for Five
Five has commissioned Eyeworks At It to produce a sequel to last year's film for the Extraordinary Peoplestrand, A New Face For Marlie.
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The Great Escape
Interfocus Asia executive producer Frank Smith on how The Great Escape made it to the screen