All Commissioning articles – Page 618
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NewsCombat Club to return to Five
Five's Saturday morning kids strand, Shake!,has commissioned a second series of Combat Club, in which six children are trained in 13 different martial arts or combat disciplines. Selected for their sporting ability, the children are taught core combat sport moves ...
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Commissioner's Q & A
The UKTV commissioning executive (entertainment) has an eye for talent and wants shows that take its core UKTV Gold concept forward while for UKTV G2's younger audience, it's edgy comedy that appeals
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UKTV Food tours Scotland's cuisine
UKTV Food has bought The Woman Who Ate Scotland, one of two series picked up by acquisitions executive Katie Keenan to air this year. Made by Tern Television, the 8 x 30-minute STV series follows food writer Nell Nelson as she explores her native Scotland ...
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Endemol sells Spoons to Germany
Channel 4 sketch show Spoons has become the latest Endemol UK format to sell around the world.
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Format Focus: How to get the guy
The producers of Queer Eye for the Straight Guyreturn with a new romantic reality series
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UKTV history looks at wartime love lives
UKTV History has commissioned a series exploring the British pursuit of sex and love during the Second World War. Sex, Love and Warlooks at people who pushed aside convention and broke many of the taboos that existed in Britain in the 1940s. Made by Bristol-based ...
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Proms has Klass
Former CD:UKpresenter Myleene Klass has been hired by the BBC to add a touch of glamour to its classical music coverage, giving her a presenting role for BBC4's coverage of this year's Proms.
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MTV reorders September lookalike show
September Films has been commissioned to make a second series of its fantasy dating format My Ownfor MTV in the US . The 20 x 30-minute series, to air later this year, will be executive produced by David Green. In the show music fans get ...
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Old school tie still worn in newsroom
The image of TV newsrooms as the preserve of privately educated journalists has been given further credence after a survey showed that more than 60% of the UK's leading news presenters went to independent schools.
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Quickfire wins Timewatch tsunami order
Bristol-based Quickfire Media has been commissioned to make a 60-minute film about the devastating volcanic eruption and tsunami which hit Crete in 1600BC for Timewatchon BBC2. The programme will look at new evidence about the scale of the eruption and 120-foot waves it produced. The ...
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NewsSpringer to pilot ITV1 gameshow
Talkshow legend Jerry Springer has been lined up for a new ITV1 gameshow called Aladdin's Cave, which sees couples battling their greedy urges in a room full of treasures.
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BBC2 plans 9.50pm docs to hold evening viewers
BBC2 is planning to launch a new strand of weekly 40-minute documentaries in a 9.50pm slot, aimed at keeping viewers tuned to the channel during the 10pm junction.
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NewsBBC chiefs consider 30-min peaktime Panorama
The BBC is considering making Panoramaa half-hour weekday programme as part of the changes surrounding the recruitment of a new editor.
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NewsC4 fills Friday gap with IT star
Channel 4 has handed one of the stars of The IT Crowd his own comedy as it looks to strengthen its struggling Friday night line-up.
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NewsBBC swoops on US teen drama
Blonde beach babes in bikinis and hunks in trunks sound like the kind of US import that might be snapped up by E4, Sky One or maybe even Five. But the BBC has emerged as the surprise buyer of Falcon Beach, the most talked about ...
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Sky to Flaunt it with new gay channel
Flaunt, the 24-hour music channel owned by BSkyB and managed by the Chart Show Group, is being hauled out of the closet.
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Discovery gives Nat Geo deja vu
The National Geographic Channel is considering taking legal action over two of its formats which it says Discovery Networks has ripped off.
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NewsSecond series could be last for Green Wing
Channel 4 has commissioned a one-off feature-length episode of Green Wing that will tie up loose plot lines but feed speculation that the comedy will not return for a third series.
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NewsEC deems Premier League auctions fair
The Premier League's auction of live TV rights was fair and did not breech any competition rules, the European Commission has ruled.
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NewsMr Bean in TV resurgence
Mr Bean is making a TV comeback ahead of the theatrical release of the new Bean IImovie in March.