All Commissioning articles – Page 614
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NewsScarlet TV to investigate forensic science
Scarlet Television is making a 6 x 60-minute series on the development of criminal forensic science for the Australian Crime & Investigation Network. To Catch a Thiefis executive produced by Scarlet managing director Paula Trafford and was commissioned for broadcast next year by Rod Caird, ...
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Commissioner's Q & A - Janey Walker
Channel 4's head of education and managing editor wants to hear from indies which know how to reach teenagers who wouldn't usually tune into educational programming.
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Living looks at why celebrities split up
Living TV has commissioned three hour-long documentaries off the back of its Extreme: Celebritiesspecial.
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Relaunched CD:UK ditches old presenters
Five has axed CD:UKpresenters Myleene Klass, Lauren Laverne and Johnny Pitts from its new-look version of the former ITV1 chart show.
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On The Box - Playing the drama queen
Noelle Morris is surprisingly disappointed by period drama The Line of Beauty, but is equally surprised to be seduced by the silly plotlines that characterise Lost
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Available Light to make Sex Wars for ITV
Bristol-based indie Available Light has hired Phillipa Forrester to front a 6 x 30-minute series for ITV on how men and women tackle different tasks. Forrester, who presented Robot Warsfor BBC2, will host Sex Wars, to be screened on ITV ...
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V Good wins Five order about firefighters
V Good Films has won its first commission from Five, with a series following fire officers in the Greater Manchester Fire & Rescue Service. In Inferno: 999, firefighters will wear body-mounted cameras to record their working lives, from roadside rescues to burning buildings. Currently in ...
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DJ goes back to 7/7 bombers' roots
DJ Bobby Friction is to travel to the home town of several of the 7 July bombers for an authored documentary on British Asians. Bobby Friction: Generation 7/7, being made by Redback Films for Channel 4, sees the DJ talking to young British Asians about ...
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More4 appeals for human bodies
Anatomy for Beginners professor Gunther von Hagens is to convince members of the public to donate their bodies for research after they die, in a new documentary for More4.
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BBC3 to put obese on Stone Age diet
Eight overweight people are to be sent to a remote location in Namibia for a month and challenged to eat like Stone Age humans for a new BBC3 series.
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Matthews floats Big Fish for BBC2
Morgan Matthews, the Bafta-nominated director of Taxidermy: Stuff the World, has won a four-hour series commission from BBC2. Matthews is to direct Big Fish(working title), a series on weird and wonderful competitions. Commissioned by Richard Klein, the series is being ...
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LA Screenings spawn first deals at Sky
Sky One has made the first signings of the LA Screenings picking up Hidden Palmsfrom Dawson's Creekcreator Kevin Williamson and Lovespring International, the new project from Will and Grace's Eric ...
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NewsBidding war starts for top US shows
The first bidding war has kicked off just days after the LA Screenings, with UK broadcasters battling to secure hot new 20th Century Fox dramas Vanishedand Shark.
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NewsStars in their Eyes faces axe
Stars in their Eyescould be facing the axe after 16 years with ITV sources this week admitting that the future of the show was being discussed.
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C4 airs advertiser-funded music series
T4 host Steve Jones and former CD:UK presenter Lauren Laverne will front Transmission with T-Mobile, a new 12 x 60-minute advertiser-funded music series for Channel 4 to air at 11.30pm on Friday nights from 16 June. The commission is being half funded by the mobile ...
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NewsUS hit format Unan1mous comes to C4
Channel 4 is to launch a UK version of big money US format Unan1mous, described as a cross between Big Brotherand Deal or No Deal.
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ITV1 quiz show to bankroll couples for life
A new ITV1 quiz is set to offer couples the chance to win thousands of pounds each month for the rest of their lives.
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NewsColin Firth joins cast of BBC1's drama London
Colin Firth, Anne-Marie Duff and Robert Carlyle have signed up to star in Dominic Savage's new BBC1 drama which tackles the issue of homelessness.
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NewsMGM sacks Sony as distributor
Longstanding US film studio MGM - producer of the James Bond film franchise - is to re-establish its television distribution activities, snatching back the rights from Sony Pictures.
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NewsFive News looks at end of the world
Five News has commissioned four fast turnaround short films for its daily news bulletins, from Television for the Environment (TVE).