All Commissioning articles – Page 610
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NewsScream Films to pilot improvised comedy for Five
Indie Scream Films is to pilot a fully-improvised comedy for Five, in which the actors are told what to do as the programme unfolds.
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NewsFive takes Flack for new look CD: UK
The relatively unknown presenter Caroline Flack is to replace Myleene Klass and Lauren Laverne as the female face of CD:UKwhen the axed ITV1 chart show returns on Five later this year.
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NewsRoss in talks to produce Friday night show
TV presenter Jonathan Ross is in discussions with the BBC about making his Friday night talk-show through his own production company Hot Sauce, in a move which would see him earn even more money from the broadcaster.
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NewsBBC orders third series of Coast
The BBC has commissioned a third run of its hit natural history series Coast, even before filming is complete on the second series.
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NewsQuickfire wins Timewatch tsunami order
Bristol-based Quickfire Media has been commissioned to make a 60-minute film about the devastating volcanic eruption and tsunami which hit Crete in 1600BC for Timewatchon BBC2. The programme will look at new evidence about the scale of the eruption and 120-foot waves it produced. The ...
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Old school tie still worn in newsroom
The image of TV newsrooms as the preserve of privately educated journalists has been given further credence after a survey showed that more than 60% of the UK's leading news presenters went to independent schools.
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MTV reorders September lookalike show
September Films has been commissioned to make a second series of its fantasy dating format My Ownfor MTV in the US . The 20 x 30-minute series, to air later this year, will be executive produced by David Green. In the show music fans get ...
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Proms has Klass
Former CD:UKpresenter Myleene Klass has been hired by the BBC to add a touch of glamour to its classical music coverage, giving her a presenting role for BBC4's coverage of this year's Proms.
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UKTV history looks at wartime love lives
UKTV History has commissioned a series exploring the British pursuit of sex and love during the Second World War. Sex, Love and Warlooks at people who pushed aside convention and broke many of the taboos that existed in Britain in the 1940s. Made by Bristol-based ...
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Format Focus: How to get the guy
The producers of Queer Eye for the Straight Guyreturn with a new romantic reality series
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Endemol sells Spoons to Germany
Channel 4 sketch show Spoons has become the latest Endemol UK format to sell around the world.
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UKTV Food tours Scotland's cuisine
UKTV Food has bought The Woman Who Ate Scotland, one of two series picked up by acquisitions executive Katie Keenan to air this year. Made by Tern Television, the 8 x 30-minute STV series follows food writer Nell Nelson as she explores her native Scotland ...
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Commissioner's Q & A
The UKTV commissioning executive (entertainment) has an eye for talent and wants shows that take its core UKTV Gold concept forward while for UKTV G2's younger audience, it's edgy comedy that appeals
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Combat Club to return to Five
Five's Saturday morning kids strand, Shake!,has commissioned a second series of Combat Club, in which six children are trained in 13 different martial arts or combat disciplines. Selected for their sporting ability, the children are taught core combat sport moves ...
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Mr Bean comeback
Mr Beanis making a TV comeback ahead of the theatrical release of the new Bean IImovie, expected to be next year. Nickelodeon UK and Paramount Comedy Channel have picked up the rights to air the original ITV Mr Beanepisodes, marking ...
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BBC series to try out dream jobs
BBC presenter Adrian Chiles is to try his hand at dream jobs for a new daytime series for BBC1, being made by Cardiff-based indie Aspect Television.
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Granada ships Hell's Kitchen to Asia
Granada International (GI) has sold the US version of Hell's Kitchen(pictured) across Asia . The 9 x 60-minute Gordon Ramsay show will be screened by The Asia Food Network, UBC Thailand, Orion Media Korea, Discovery India and Solar in the Philippines . GI has also ...
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Bravo shows Army Everest bid
Bravo is to help promote the British Army to its viewers through an advertiser-funded series detailing one of the armed forces' toughest training exercises - reaching the summit of Everest.
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Extreme Sports airs virtual World Cup
The Liberty Global-owned Extreme Sports Channel has joined up with Microsoft's Xbox to air coverage of a video gaming -competition described as the World Cup on console.
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Five to air docu-soap about lemur families
Five and Animal Planet UK are following up the hit franchise Meerkat Manorwith a new animal soap opera exploring the lives of lemurs in Madagascar.