All Commissioning articles – Page 618
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NewsBBC Children's increases indie commissioning
The BBC will report a significant increase in children's commissions from the independent sector when it completes its latest commissioning rounds, according to new BBC Children's controller Richard Deverell.
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NewsProspects for kids' TV are 'dire' say industry leaders
Delegates at this year's Showcomotion children's TV conference are set to lobby both the UK government and the nation's parents about the perilous funding crisis facing their industry.
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NewsBBC to slash number of repeats
The BBC has committed to halve the number of repeats on BBC1 by 2009, as part of the corporation's annual report released this afternoon.
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NewsKudos visits Wide Sargasso Sea
Hustle producer Kudos is to make a TV film for BBC4 based on the book Wide Sargasso Sea, the prequel to Charlotte Bronte's Jane Eyre.
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NewsUK shows prominent on Emmy shortlist
UK talent, formats and series feature heavily in the Primetime Emmy nominations, with The Office, Dancing with the Stars, Bleak House, Helen Mirren, Elizabeth I, ...
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NewsC4 explores cult of homegrown bomber
Channel 4 has ordered a second run of its thought-provoking documentary series Cult of the Suicide Bomber- this time focusing on female and western terrorists.
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C4 turns back the clock on kids
Indie Twenty Twenty is to turn back the clock in a primetime series for Channel 4 that will give spoilt modern-day kids a taste of the childhood their parents would have typically lived through.
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Redback to make Real Jackal doc for ABC
Indie RedBack has signed a deal with the ABC Network to co-produce a two-hour documentary on one of the world's most famous identity thieves, to be presented by Martin Bashir.
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On the box: African escapades
The story of Mark Thatcher and the failed coup in Equatorial Guinea failed to sustain its pace while C4's Sugar Rush was rude and slick, says Cassian Hall
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Sky airs BB-style Brainiac spin-off
Sky One is to expand its award-winning popular science show Brainiacwith a new spin-off studio show, modelled on the success of Channel 4's brand extensions, Big Brother's Big Mouth and Big Brother's Little Brother.
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Princess auditions for Bump & Grind
Flextech-owned youth channel Trouble, has recommissioned Princess Productions to make series three of dance reality series Bump & Grind. Atomic Kitten girl band member Liz McLarnon joins the panel of judges and will present alongside regular host Johny P.
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Barrymore turned down quiz show
Michael Barrymore's New Zealand-based agent said the star turned down the offer to present new Challenge TV quiz show Take It or Leave It, contrary to claims that he had not been hired over fears of negative publicity. Karen Kay said Barrymore rejected the offer ...
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Tern wins BBC Scotland double order
Indie Tern Television has received a double order from BBC Scotland. It is producing The Family Farm, a 6 x 30-minute observational documentary series that takes a poignant look at traditional family farming in Dumfries and Galloway, as residents fight to save Castle Douglas, one ...
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BBC wants more of Folio's peak successes
Folio Productions, part of the Tinopolis group, has been commissioned to make new series of BBC1 factual shows Traffic Copsand Car Wars. Traffic Cops, which has regularly pulled in about 5.6 million viewers has been ...
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Commissioner's Q & A - Daniel Lennard
The senior director of original series and development, Cartoon Network Europe is a big fan of Aardman Animation and has more than£200,000 to spend on a half-hour animation
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Sky One investigates Diana conspiracies
Sky One has commissioned MAP TV (Michael Attwell Productions) to produce an hour-long special examining the conspiracy theories behind the death of the Princess of Wales. Who Killed Diana?,set to broadcast ahead of the ninth anniversary of the Princess's death in August, will feature ...
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Francis heads This Morning
ITV is planning to overhaul its flagship daytime brand This Morningwith a new journalistic edge and revamped on-air look, following the promotion of Anya Francis to the role of editor.
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Celebrities roadtest diets for BBC2 show
Vic Reeves, Liza Tarbuck and Colin Jackson have signed up for a BBC2 programme which aims to test whether what you eat can really affect who you are.
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NewsVicar of Dibley hangs up cassock
Long-running BBC1 sitcom The Vicar of Dibley, starring Dawn French, is being brought to its conclusion after 12 years, with a two-part Christmas special.
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NewsWAGs to run clothes shop on TV
The queens of chav-chic and shopping, England's footballers' wives and girlfriends (WAGs), look set to compete against each other off the pitch, selling designer gear in a new series from Off the Radar productions.