All Commissioning articles – Page 617
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NewsNational Skills Day unveiled
Lessons in the art of high definition filming, the chance to join a presenter on Five's Milkshake kids strand and workshops on The Art of Being Brilliant are a selection of events planned for National Skills Day on Thursday, 25 May.
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ITV's 'Clause IV' plan
ITV director of television Simon Shaps has admitted the broadcaster has in recent years been guilty of neglecting its main channel. Speaking at the Royal Television Society last week, Shaps said the channel had faced a 'clause IV moment' where 'volume without value' was no longer enough. He announced that ...
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Cheetah poaches Test the Nation producer
Endemol UK's new factual outfit Cheetah Television has poached Test the Nationproducer Alexandra Henderson from Talent TV and has won a new commission for BBC4, which she will executive produce.
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BT Vision signs Dreamworks deal
BT Vision has secured a movie deal with US film studio Dreamworks SKG for its forthcoming on-demand TV service. Titles include Wallace and Gromit: Curse of the Were Rabbit, Munich, Madagascar, Just like Heaven and ...
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Mason quits 4Rights
Channel 4 executive Graeme Mason has quit the broadcaster to move overseas. The Australian native, currently managing director of 4Rights, is expected to leave at the end of the month and will be replaced by C4 head of corporate development Michael Hodgson. Mason, who had previously been head of media ...
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Coleen wins 3.8m
The TV presenting debut of Coleen McLoughlin on ITV1's Tonight with Trevor McDonaldbrought the current affairs programme 3.8 million (17.1%) at 8pm on 16 May. The 30-minute show, fronted by the fiancée of England footballer Wayne Rooney, highlighted the lack of government funding for children's ...
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NewsBrule back on the Beeb
BBC4 presenter Tyler Brule is to return to the channel to present a series on the shopping habits of six different countries.
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NewsBBC1 ends Saturday kids shows
The BBC is to end the run of Children's Saturday morning television on BBC1 after 30 years, as part of a schedule swap with BBC2.
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NewsBBC's Family Ties returns
The BBC and Open University have teamed up to create a new series of Family Ties, the 'non-celebrity' genealogy quest made as a companion piece to Who Do You Think You Are?.
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NewsSci Fi to dedicate February to aliens
8am: The Sci Fi channel is bulking up for 2006 with a slate of new acquisitions, including Steven Spielberg's Taken.
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NewsITV stocks up for new kids channel
CiTV editor Estelle Hughes has commissioned Entertainment Rights to make pre-school series Jim Jam & Sunny for ITV1 as well as its forthcoming digital children's channel, CiTV.
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NewsFlame TV goes Digging for Jesus
Flame Television is putting the finishing touches to a fast-turnaround production for ITV1, which looks at the most important archaeological discoveries surrounding the life of Jesus.
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NewsC4 to serve up cold turkey
Channel 4 has ordered a live series which follows heroin addicts as they attempt to go 'cold-turkey' in a UK clinic.
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NewsJamie Roberts quits Sky One
Sky One commissioner Jamie Roberts, the man behind The Match and All Star Cup, has quit after being called back from the US.
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NewsEezee TV on cost-cutting drive
8am: Home shopping channel Eezee TVhas axed all live broadcasting and is believed to be making up to 70 people redundant in a bid to cut costs.
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Initial makes drama in Northern Ireland
Endemol-owned producer Initial has been commissioned by CITV to make a children's drama series co-funded by the Northern Ireland Film and Television Commission (NIFTC). Bel's Boys follows the life of a nine-year-old pop music fanatic, who manages a boy band. The show will be produced over six months in the ...
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Tompkinson makes directorial debut forBBC daytime
Stephen Tompkinson, star of Ballykissangel and Drop the Dead Donkey, is to make his directorial debut for BBC1's daytime schedule.
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ITV profiles Cosgrove Hall founders
Cosgrove Hall founders Brian Cosgrove and Mark Hall are to be profiled in an ITV1 documentary. Made in Manchester Productions, the company formed by swimming champion James Hickman, is making Cartoon Kings to mark the animation company's 30th anniversary in the spring. The show will be narrated by David Jason ...
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Commissioner's Q & A: Tim Stott
The director of programmes for the cinema channel Inside Movies (working title), which is launching on Sky Digital this February, is on the lookout for film-focused formats to inspire cinema attendance.
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Tern wins first cartoon commissions
Scottish indie Tern TV has secured its first animation commissions, with a series for Channel 4 Education and a pilot for BBC Scotland.