All Commissioning articles – Page 611
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NewsComment - The conflict must stop
C4's Kevin Sutcliffe examines the impact of scheduling Panoramaagainst Dispatches
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NewsCrime and Investigation Network recounts West victim story
Manchester-based indie Multi Media Arts has won a commission from the Crime and Investigation Network to make a documentary on a woman who survived a sexual assault by serial killers Fred and Rosemary West.
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Stein to present Daphne Du Maurier doc
Indie Denham Productions is making a 60-minute film for BBC2 focusing on writer Daphne du Maurier's relationship with Cornwall.
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Dragon's Jones to front Tycoon show for ITV
Dragons' Den judge Peter Jones is to become ITV1's version of Alan Sugar next summer as the face of primetime business series The Tycoon.
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Take It or Leave It
Gameshow network Challenge has commissioned IMG Media-owned producer TWI to make a second series of gameshow Take It or Leave It.
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NewsSpringer opera team reinvent Question Time
Wife Swapand Question Timewill be reinvented as unlikely operas for BBC1 next month by the team behind Jerry Springer - The Opera.
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NewsUS network buys Bad Girls for gay appeal
Shed Productions' long-running prison drama Bad Girlshas been acquired by gay US cable network, Logo.
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NewsDisney shows available on Orange
Disney Channel and mobile network Orange have signed a deal allowing customers with 3G handsets to watch Disney shows such as Kim Possible,for the first time in the UK.
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NewsC4 signs PSP podcast deal
Channel 4 is to deliver Celebrity Big Brotherpodcasts and radio content to listeners on the move via the handheld Sony PlayStation Portable (PSP) console.
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NewsITV makes Mowlam doc
ITV Productions is making a C4 drama based on the life of the former Northern Ireland secretary.
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Chiles to host BBC2 quiz
Adrian Chiles is to host a new quiz show for BBC2 being made by Who Wants to be a Millionaireproducer Celador Productions.
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C4 to air charity catwalk show
Channel 4 and Endemol UK will broadcast the climax of September's London Fashion Week - a charity catwalk show by fashion label Giorgio Armani.
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C4 to reinvent shelved pilot for primetime
Channel 4 is in discussions to relaunch one of its shelved breakfast pilots as a primetime entertainment show.
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Commissioner's Q & A - Aaqil Ahmed
Channel 4's commissioning editor, religion is on the lookout for attention-grabbing documentaries and ideas that are ahead of their time - and has the budget to reward the right idea.
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Little Voice writer to pen Afternoon Play
Jim Cartwright, the scriptwriter behind Little Voice, is to pen a drama for BBC Birmingham's Afternoon Playseries. Cartwright is writing and directing Johnny Shakespeare(working title), a modern-day tale about a semi-literate man who begins a ...
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Show comes to aid of debt-ridden couples
Channel 4 will put financially troubled couples on a post-nuptial contract as part of a primetime show called Your Money or Your Wife.
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BBC LA Grease order
The BBC's Los Angeles production office has won a commission from US terrestrial network NBC for a reality show to find the stars of an upcoming Broadway version of Grease. You're the One that We Wantwill be made by BBC ...
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On the box - Tall stories and fishy tales
Alive hooked Camilla Lewis to start with, but lost her with a lack of pace, while the BBC's Trawlermen reeled her in with its superb depiction of seafaring life
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Somethin' Else looks into Sexual Healing
Radio indie Somethin' Else is to produce a one-hour documentary on the story behind Marvin Gaye's hit song Sexual Healingfor BBC Radio 2. The documentary, which has been commissioned by R2 controller Lesley Douglas, will focus on Gaye's rocky relationship with co-writer David Ritz, who ...
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ITV plots more Rio wind-ups
ITV is in discussions with England footballer Rio Ferdinand about fronting four more TV wind-up shows.