All Commissioning articles – Page 630
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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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BBC1 to offer 'brain workout'
BBC1 is following up Test the Nation with a Saturday night 'brain workout' show from Northern Irish indie Wild Rover Productions.
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BBC Scotland lures C4 comedy talent
BBC Scotland has recruited a string of Channel 4 comedy talent for its latest sitcom, in the hope of securing its reputation as a centre for comedy.
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Done and Dusted spotlights new bands
Music producer Done and Dusted is to profile the year's most successful new bands for a Channel 4 miniseries. The indie has been commissioned to make Carling's New Kings - a 3 x 30-minute series co-funded by beer maker Carling through its marketing company, Cake. The episodes will follow Hard-Fi, ...
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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.
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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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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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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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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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NewsBBC pilots dating show for NBC
The BBC is to combine Blind Date with hypnotism for a show it is developing with US network NBC.
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Quizmania gets late night slot on ITV1
ITV1 is to trial Quizmania, a participation TV block of programming from TalkbackThames and FremantleMedia, in a late night slot.
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NewsJames Nesbitt to play Jekyll in BBC1 series
8am: Indie Hartswood Films has signed James Nesbitt to front its production of Jekyll and Hyde for BBC1.
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NewsFive buys Blue Water High drama for Shake strand
Five has acquired a teen drama series from Southern Star International, following the fortunes of seven 16-year-olds as they attend a surf school.
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NewsITV1 honours Cosgrove Hall
8am: Cosgrove Hall founders Brian Cosgrove and Mark Hall are to be profiled in an ITV1 documentary.
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NewsMcGregor to narrate The Broons
8am: Hollywood star Ewan McGregor and presenter Muriel Gray are to take part in a one-off BBC1 Scotland programme dedicated to Scotland's answer to The Beano.