All Commissioning articles – Page 630
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NewsOliver to revisit Jamie's School Dinners
Jamie Oliver is to return to his Jamie's School Dinners initiative with a one-off special next year.
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NewsBBC stocks up for kids
The BBC's kids' current affairs programme Newsround has created a spin-off journalism series called Newsround Investigates.
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NewsBBC revives classic comedies for Christmas
10am: Ronnie Barker's final TV performance is to form part of the BBC's Christmas line-up, along with revivals of classic comedies, The Goodies and French and Saunders.
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NewsC4 to air Madonna interview
8am: Channel 4 has commissioned a fast turnaround interview with Madonna, produced by At It Productions, to air this Sunday night.
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NewsGranada wins new Dimbleby politics show
The shake up of ITV's Sunday morning political slot has resulted in the old Granada show presented by Jonathan Dimbleby being replaced by a new Granada show - presented by Jonathan Dimbleby.
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NewsBiography Channel to tell Oliver's story
9.15am: A&E Networks, parent company of The Biography Channel US, has commissioned Flashback TV to make a Jamie Oliver special including interviews with the TV chef's parents, sister, business manager and old friends.
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NewsITV2 orders British Comedy Award spin-offs
TV2 is airing a series of spin-off shows for next month's British Comedy Awards, looking at some of the most outrageous moments from previous ceremonies and a programme about the after show party.
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BBC2 lines up political thriller
Prime Suspect writer Peter Berry has penned a political thriller for BBC2, to be made by indie Box TV.
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C4 to chart 2005's disasters
Channel 4 has commissioned indie Pioneer Productions to produce a major fast turnaround documentary chronicling the year's numerous natural disasters.
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Kickback bags C4 cartoon commission
Indie Kickback Media has secured its first UK commission, a 30-minute animated Christmas special for Channel 4.
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C4 brings back squirtgate pranksters
The Channel 4 entertainment series that was responsible for Tom Cruise being sprayed with a water pistol before a film premiere has been recommissioned. Objective's Balls of Steel will return for an as yet undecided run of 45-minute episodes helmed by Mark Dolan, who will continue his part-time presenting role ...
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C4 follows unusual beauty pageant
Channel 4 is to delve into the world of beauty pageants with an hour-long documentary commission with a twist. Plus Size Beauty Pageant (working title) is the story of a group of British women attempting to put on a US-style beauty pageant, but for size 16 and above women. C4 ...
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Carbon nets C4 doc
Indie Carbon Media is to follow two gay clergy members for Channel 4 as they take advantage of changes in the law to get married. Love and the Church (working title) follows an Anglican Church priest and a vicar from the Metropolitan Church who are marrying their partners. The idea ...
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Village show competition to air on BBC
One of Britain's national institutions, the village show, is to be examined on BBC1 in a series described as 'Pop Idol with vegetables'. The Great British Village Show from 12 Yard Productions will be filmed next summer, with broadcast set for 2007 in a Sunday night slot. Six 40-minute regional ...
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Endemol risks it all on Space Cadets
Endemol UK - the creator of Big Brother and There's Something About Miriam - has admitted it is taking its biggest ever risk by launching a reality show which pretends to send members of the public into space. The wannabe astronauts that feature in C4's Space Cadets will believe they ...
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Martha Stewart's Apprentice axed
US broadcaster NBC has axed the struggling Martha Stewart version of The Apprentice, denting the show's chances in the UK. Industry speculation had suggested that the BBC and Talkback Thames were considering producing a local female-fronted version of the reality show, to run as a companion to the Sir Alan ...
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Leopard USA to make second Cash in Attic
US channel Home and Garden TV (HGTV) has commissioned Leopard Films USA to make a second 26 x 30-minute series of Cash in the Attic. The cable channel has also commissioned new property format Hidden Potential from Leopard Films USA. The programme uses graphics and CGI to show buyers how ...
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New south-west indie bags order
Former BBC documentaries controller Jeremy Gibson has teamed up with two former indie heads and an ex-editor of Channel 4's Big Breakfast to launch a production outfit in the south-west.
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Third Best of Friends on way to CBBC
Indie Talent TV has won a third commission for its CBBC entertainment show Best of Friends. The indie is to make 20 half-hour episodes, which tasks 10-year-olds to prove how much their friends mean to them by undertaking challenges. It was developed by Jonathan Wolfman from an original idea by ...
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Commissioner's Q & A: Paul Crompton
Commissioning editor, popular factual at Sky One is looking for more faces like Danny Wallace and Julie Burchill to front shows and for big ideas to fill the 9pm weekday slot.