All Commissioning articles – Page 639
-
News
Top Gear drives down under
BBC Worldwide Australasia has licensed two series of Top Gear to Australian public broadcaster SBS. The Jeremy Clarkson-hosted motoring show already screens in Sweden, Poland, Denmark, Russia, New Zealand, Norway, Netherlands, the Philippines and Israel and on global channels BBC Prime, BBC Asia and BBC Japan.
-
News
Format focus: Ranking the Stars
Hot on the heels of Five's Hot Tub Ranking comes a similar Japanese format using using low-grade celebrities.
-
News
US set for 'Muppet idol'
The Muppets are on the comeback trail after US network ABC commissioned a script and five-episode outline for a new
-
NewsBBC plans interactive online drama
The BBC is set to launch its first interactive drama, which will be offered exclusively to broadband users online.
-
News
C4 heats up Fridays with new comedies
Channel 4 plans to revive its flagging Friday night line-up this winter with a new series from the producer of The Office and hit US comedy My Name is Earl.
-
News
Daytime Sudoku shows set for battle
The BBC and ITV are gearing up for a battle of the Sudoku shows, with both channels preparing to unleash daytime quizzes based on the Japanese craze.
-
News
BBC1 updates Jekyll and Hyde
Coupling writer Stephen Moffatt is to write a modern version of DrJekyll and Mr Hyde for BBC1.
-
NewsTony Blair Rock Star headsC4 winter season
Tony and Cherie Blair both feature in Channel 4's winter season unveiled by the broadcaster this morning but the Prime Minister is unlikely to be happy with his TV portrayal.
-
NewsC4 revives Comic Strip
8.30am: Channel 4 is reviving Comic Strip Presents... 23 years to the day since it first aired on the broadcaster's opening night.
-
NewsSecond helpings for Beyond Boundaries
8am: BBC2 controller Roly Keating has ordered a second series of disability adventure travel programme Beyond Boundaries while the first series is still on air.
-
NewsLorraine Kelly to front DNA show for ITV
8am: GMTV host Lorraine Kelly has been lined up to anchor ITV1 daytime's new DNA testing series Secrets Revealed - DNA Stories.
-
NewsRippon signs up for Sun, Sea and Bargain Spotting
Reef Television's daytime success Sun, Sea and Bargain Spotting has been picked up for a second series on BBC2 and is to be hosted by Angela Rippon.
-
NewsBBC2 to dramatise life of Saddam Hussein
BBC2 is developing a drama series based on Saddam Hussein, to be told from the point of view of the former Iraqi leader's inner circle.
-
NewsBBC2's hairy bikers drive off with first series
BBC2's gourmet hairy bikers have bagged their own series after a successful one-off show for the channel in January this year.
-
News
Hartswood makes autism drama for ITV1
Hartswood Films is making a drama for ITV1 based on the true story of an autistic boy who learned to communicate through his dog. The two-hour film, After Thomas, is to be executive produced by Hartswood's Beryl Vertue and is produced by Elaine Cameron. The drama is now in pre-production ...
-
News
BBC3 goes to school for a year
BBC3 is to spend a year filming youngsters at an inner-city school as they prepare for adult life.
-
News
Talkback seeks Aztec gold for C4
Maverick author DBC Pierre is to attempt to track down the missing treasure of the Aztec Indians for Channel 4.
-
News
Fantastic Four ride again
Cartoon Network Europe is co-producing a new 2D and 3D animated version of classic comic strip Fantastic Four. Made with Paris-based indie Moonscoop, French broadcaster M6 and Marvel Comics Heroes, the new series will be based on the same premise as the original strip but with a more playful tone. ...
-
News
Smith and Jones go head to head again
Mel Smith and Griff Rhys Jones are re-forming their comedy double act for a new BBC1 series. The six-part series, called The Smith & Jones Sketchbook, will comprise classic clips from their Alas Smith and Jones series, which launched in 1984 and ran until 1998. The series will include the ...
-
News
Robinson doc leads strand on ageing
Time Team host Tony Robinson has been signed up by Channel 4 to present a personal documentary about his 89-year-old mother. In Me and My Mum Robinson reveals the dilemmas he faced putting his mother into a care home. The Love Production film will air as part of a strand ...