All Commissioning articles – Page 607
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NewsCompany goes Gently for BBC1
BBC1 has commissioned Company Pictures to make George Gently(working title) for BBC1, starring Martin Shaw as Alan Hunter's eponymous detective.
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Fury drama for BBC1
BBC1 has commissioned Elephant Productions to make a 13-part children's drama series based on the Alistair Fury books by Jamie Rix.
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Middleton pap doc for ITV1
ITV1 has ordered a fast turnaround documentary on the intrusive press coverage of Prince William's girlfriend, Kate Middleton.
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BBC2 sets up arranged marriages
BBC2 will employ the traditional methods used to make arranged marriages in Asia to find partners for single Westerners in a new five-part series.
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ITV commits to South Bank Show till 2009
ITV director of television Simon Shaps has extended the broadcaster's commitment to The South Bank Showuntil 2009.
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NewsNorth One wins£25m WRC deal
Indie North One has secured a£25m deal to cover the FIA World Rally Championship for the next four years.
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NewsC4I makes Nordic sales
Star Storiesand The Choirare among a raft of sales Channel 4 International has secured to broadcasters in the Netherlands and Scandinavia.
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Anna Ford hosts Unique gardening trivia quiz on Radio 4
Unique has lined up newsreader Anna Ford to host its new gardening quiz series for BBC Radio 4.
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Wag TV traces Britons' ancestry for C4
Wag TV has won a Channel 4 commission which takes an in-depth look at the history of the British.
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NewsIndies to make Gay Week for C4
Channel 4 has commissioned five indies to make a raft of programmes looking at issues affecting gay teenagers in the UK.
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NewsBBC4 gets back into Thick of It
BBC4 is bringing The Thick of Itback for another special, picking up from where the hour-long Christmas edition left off.
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S4C unveils kids' channel and rebrand
Welsh broadcaster S4C is planning to launch a children's channel by the end of the year in a move that its chief executive Iona Jones said would bring 'greater diversity' to the genre.
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Company asks Is This Love? for ITV drama
ITV has commissioned Company Pictures to make a major 4 x 60-minute drama called Is This Love?.
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Sky One gives second outing to Badger
Former The Apprenticecontestant Ruth Badger is to appear in her second show for Sky One, where she will attempt to change the fortunes of some of Britain's worst sales teams.
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PKF to review options for Green Bay
Cardiff indie Green Bay has appointed business advisor PKF to consider its strategic opportunities including buying other production companies or a sale to another indie.
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Leopard cashes in BBC daytime orders
Leopard Films has been recommissioned to make new series of daytime shows Cash in the Atticand Car Bootyfor BBC1.
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NewsFive begins thaw with niche plan
Five's freeze on commissioning has come to an end as Lisa Opie begins to set out her vision for the channel. Early indications from indies suggested she may shift the channel to become more male-skewing.
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NewsControversy gives CBB lift
While most of the UK has been up in arms about the Celebrity Big Brother racism row, the TV industry believes it is exactly the 'shot in the arm' that the series required.
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Commissioner's Q&A: Patrick Spence
The head of drama at BBC Northern Ireland is proud to have commissioned Lilies against the current of fashion and is now looking for a police show that reinvents the format once again
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Ratings - Winners and losers in a fresh look at primetime
Sometimes a simple question can give you pause for thought. Last week I was asked what definition of primetime we use for the tables on this page.