All Commissioning articles – Page 604
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NewsWildebeest trek finally arrives at BBC1
BBC1 has finally scheduled Trek, an epic wildlife documentary following the great wildebeest trek across the African savanna, which has been more than two years in production.
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NewsBBC moves cricket to BBC1
The BBC has decided to switch its cricket World Cup highlights from BBC2 to BBC1, when action starts in the West Indies in March 2007.
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NewsC4 attacks Panorama slot shift
Channel 4 has hit out at the BBC's decision to re-schedule Panoramain a Monday night slot that pits it against its own acclaimed current affairs strand Dispatches.
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NewsLucas and Walliams at work on new BBC1 series
Matt Lucas and David Walliams are developing a new series for BBC1 featuring characters from Little Britain after signing a three-year exclusive deal with the corporation.
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NewsTalent to spearhead BBC1's autumn
BBC1 controller Peter Fincham has unveiled his autumn schedule, claiming that he is putting 'top talent' at the heart of the channel with new shows for Sarah Lancashire, Lenny Henry and Dawn French.
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NewsPanorama to make primetime comeback
Panoramawill return to a regular weekday primetime slot, airing for 30-minutes on Mondays at 8.30pm from January, BBC1 controller Peter Fincham announced today.
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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