All Commissioning articles – Page 616
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NewsC4 takes reality series to space
Channel 4's new reality show, Space Cadets, is to be a practical joke on a grand scale - involving unwitting contestants, special effects, and 48 packs of Russian toilet paper.
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NewsITV beefs up for winter
ITV has unveiled its winter schedule which ITV1 director of programmes Nigel Pickard has branded 'classic ITV at its best'.
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NewsTony Robinson to front C4 politics show
8am: Comic actor-turned history presenter Tony Robinson is to turn his attention to the world of modern politics for a new Channel 4 documentary.
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NewsMore4 to air Pinter's Nobel Prize acceptance speech
Channel 4's new digital offering More4 has bagged the exclusive rights to broadcast Harold Pinter's Nobel Prize acceptance speech.
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NewsC4 to unveil big budgetentertainment show
11am: Channel 4 will tomorrow unveil a major new primetime entertainment series in an attempt to compete with ITV in the crucial pre-Christmas schedule.
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NewsRedgrave to front ITV1 rowing talent show
8am: Olympian legend Sir Steve Redgrave, who bagged six gold medals for Great Britain, is to star in a new ITV1 factual show.
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NewsMock The Week wins second run
8am: Indie Angst Productions has won a recommission for a second series of its topical comedy series Mock The Week.
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NewsProduction begins on Cracker
Former Coupling actor Richard Coyle will join Robbie Coltrane in ITV1's new two hour episode of Cracker, which went into production today in Manchester.
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NewsFrost to front new ITV politics show
Sir David Frost has been signed up to present ITV London's new politics show, as the network revamps its regional political programming.
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NewsKeating launches Dragons' Den spin-off
BBC2 controller Roly Keating is hoping to repeat the success of Dragons' Den with another series about entrepreneurial skills.
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NewsWine series to go with UKTV Food
8am: UKTV Food has greenlit an advertiser-funded wine show backed by Laithwaites wine merchant.
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NewsITV1 plans sci-fi rival to Doctor Who
ITV is looking to launch its own£6 million sci-fi rival to the BBC's Doctor Who with a new series, which will follow a group of time-travelling scientists who go back to pre-historic times.
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Stars nominate favourite ITV shows
Joan Collins and Trevor McDonald are to reveal their love for The Avengers and Tommy Cooper's TV comedies for an ITV1 show being made by Talent TV. Must See TV gives celebrities the chance to sing the praises of their favourite ITV shows - comedian Julian Clary examines the success ...
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UKTV gets its digits on Sudoku obsession
UKTV G2 has made its first-ever commission - a quiz series based on the Sudoku craze. Street Cred Sudoku has been commissioned by UKTV head of commissioning Jo Clinton-Davis from indie Hanrahan Media. The 5 x 23-minute series, hosted by Radio One DJ Colin Murray, will be stripped across the ...
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Discovery Kids in commissioning drive
Discovery Kids UK has commissioned two shows, one co-production and two interactive games in the channel's biggest commissioning round since its launch in 2000.
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Commissioner's Q & A: Siwan Jobbins
The commissioning editor, children's, at S4C has high regard for the yuck factor, Trevor Eve's crime-busting antics and C4's recent drama about David Blunkett's fall from grace.
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Portillo fronts doc for BBC/Discovery
Michael Portillo is to confront bears, lynxes and killer whales as he retraces his family roots to Spain for a BBC1 documentary.
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Pioneer order celebrates Americanlove affair with cars
London-based science indie Pioneer Productions has secured a commission from the US Travel Channel to make a series celebrating America's love of cars, trucks and bikes.
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Radio 4 and OU in natural history co-pro
The Open University is working with BBC Radio 4 on an 8 x 30-minute co-production on animal behaviour. The Rules of Life will see Professor Aubrey Manning travel across Europe, the US and Africa with the BBC's Natural History Unit, examining animals' drive for natural selection. The series, which airs ...
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Century films makes More4 prison film
More 4 has ordered a 3 x 60-minute series from Feltham Sings indie Century Films, which will once again explore the British criminal justice system. Prison Monologues (working title) will see actors recreate the experiences of people involved - from victims and criminals to the police and barristers. The series, ...