All Commissioning articles – Page 610
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NewsHarries cites Queen in plea for film cash
Andy Harries has called on ITV executives to invest more money in film.
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Chicken and egg - or surfers catching a wave?
Channel 4 has commissioned Silver River to make a landmark series about television and when I read the following quote from Daisy Goodwin, I knew I would have to think harder this week. 'It's a chicken and egg concept. What comes first: our obsession with house prices or the vast ...
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Commissioner's Q & A - Meredith Chambers
Channel 4 commissioning editor, documentaries is looking for the right subject for a major doc series as well as more Cutting Edgetales and he's got around£145,000 an hour to spend.
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NewsConley returns to ITV with diet trial
Diet and fitness guru Rosemary Conley is making her TV comeback following a seven-year hiatus with a six-part primetime ITV series in which she helps overweight people shed the pounds.
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NewsITV crime drama spawns three-part follow-up
ITV Productions is making three new episodes of serial killer drama Cold Blood, which last aired on ITV1 in 2005.
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Outright secures Russian deals
Outright Distribution, formerly Screentime Partners, has licensed Lion Television's gameshow format Cash Cabto the TNT network for a further five years.
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Quicksilver tackles domestic violence
Oxford-based Quicksilver Media is to investigate domestic violence for Channel 4's Dispatchesstrand.
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NewsFearnley-Whittingstall takes on Tesco
Food evangelist Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall is launching a Jamie Oliver-style David and Goliath battle against the rise of supermarket chains for a major new series on Channel 4.
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Talkback trials Saturday night gameshow
Talkback Thames is developing a new Saturday night gameshow for BBC1 based around the concept of time, with Chris Evans on the wish list to present it.
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Genie returns
Nickelodeon has ordered a second series of live-action kids comedy Genie in the House.
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TX - Instinct
TV's newest detective confronts death and his feelings amid the bleak scenery of the Pennines.
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NewsPope's message - an interview with Jeff Pope
ITV Productions' Jeff Pope on why the drama will always win out
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Reeves takes on Ripper for Sky One
Vic Reeves is making a one-off documentary for Sky One on the infamous serial killer Jack the Ripper.
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Twenty Twenty takes on sex tourism
Indie Twenty Twenty has won a commission from Channel 4 to make two films looking at the global sex tourism industry from the point of view of those who cater to the tourists.
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NewsEastEnders star to be US Bionic Woman
Ex- EastEnder Michelle Ryan has landed the role of The Bionic Woman in a US remake of the 70s show.
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NewsIngenious spend£4.15m on Community Television
Ingenious Media Active Capital (IMAC) has made its fourth investment to date with a£4.15 million cash injection into Community Television Networks.
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NewsOfcom launches kids TV review
Ofcom has started its review into the future of children's programming with an investigation into the extent to which the BBC, ITV, Channel 4, S4C, Five and Teletext are fulfilling their PSB responsibilities.
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NewsNBC strikes first-look deal with Office producer
Hollywood studio NBC Universal has struck a new first-look deal with Ben Silverman, the producer behind the US version of The Officeas well as ABC's hit series Ugly Betty.
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NewsICM launches international division
ICM, the US talent agency which has clients that include BBC Worldwide, Granada America and All3Media, has created a new international television and media division.