All Commissioning articles – Page 605
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NewsBlog: Shipwrecked and free speech
This week, RDF's David Frank hit back at public criticism of Shipwrecked, arguing that the backlash against Lucy Buchanan could be bad for free speech. Read what other people have to say in our latest blog.
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NewsShed beefs up US slate
Shed owned indie Ricochet has secured a new commission from major US network ABC and been recommissioned to make a fourth series of Supernanny USA.
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NewsNick Jr spots kids show on YouTube
A kids TV show that started out as a viral video on YouTube has been picked up by Nickelodeon for its pre-school channel Nick Jr.
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Dancing on Ice warms up ITV1's Saturday
The return of ITV1's hit entertainment format Dancing on Icedazzled the viewers as the centrepiece of a new look to ITV1's Saturday peaktime line-up.
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Silver River has BBC3 Pulling power
Pulling, the dark BBC3 comedy made by Silver River Productions, has been commissioned for a second series.
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R4 orders fresh Adams adaptation
BBC Radio 4 has commissioned Above the Title to make an 18 x 30-minute adaptation of Douglas Adams' Dirk Gentlybooks following the indie's successful production of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.
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NewsC4 genealogy show to investigate British Empire
Channel 4 is getting in on the genealogy boom with Empire's Children, a new series from Who Do You Think You Are? producer Wall to Wall.
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Portman buys Party Animals rights
Portman Film and Television has acquired the inter-national distribution rights to World Productions' Party Animals.
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Green Bay assumes Missionary Position
Cardiff indie Green Bay has secured a commission from BBC Wales to make a one-off documentary about Britain's first Christian sex shop.
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Bravo revisits the good, bad and ugly in football
Flextech-owned men's entertainment channel Bravo has commissioned a revamped version of its show The Football Factoriesas part of a raft of new programmes exploring alternative sides of 'the beautiful game' worldwide.
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BBC mulls new TOTP
The BBC is considering a Top Gear-style music show as a reworked mainstream replacement for Top of the Pops.
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NewsSave Kids TV bids for a slice of PSP
Save Kids TV is in talks with Ofcom about getting a large chunk of the proposed public service publisher (PSP) fund to create a new 'golden age' of children's television.
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Five books The Little Princess sequel
Five has commissioned a second series of Illuminated Films' The Little Princess.
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Fremantle improvises comedy for ITV
Fremantle Media is developing comedy improvisation format Thank God You're Here for ITV1.
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Commissioner's Q&A - Ralph Lee
Channel 4's commissioning editor, history has up to£180,000 an hour to spend and he's looking for big, memorable primetime series, enduring formats for weekends and adventurous new ways to present history.
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Nick Jr cooks up healthy eating show
Nickelodeon has commissioned Dot to Dot Productions to make a cookery series for Nick Jr.
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News'We made the right decision'
With Channel 4 under fire for its handling of the CBB row, Kevin Lygo and Andy Duncan spoke exclusively to Broadcastabout the controversy.
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Decode sells Sketch show to Nicktoons
Decode Entertainment has sold kids animation series Planet Sketchto Nickelodeon's 24-hour US animation network Nicktoons Network.
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Discovery downs a second Guinness
Discovery Networks Europe has signed a deal with Guinness World Records to show the second series of Ultimate Guinness World Records on Discovery UK.
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NewsTwenty Twenty expands into kids
Indie Twenty Twenty is making a push into the children's genre with The Sorcerer's Apprentice, a major new commission for BBC1 kids slot CBBC.