All Commissioning articles – Page 651
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Commissioner's Q & A: Mark Wild
The commissioning editor of Animal Planet International gets excited by baby humpback whales, wishes he could steal Springwatch and is on the lookout for something on illegal practices in the animal world.
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Two Hats snaps up Shake commissions
Five has commissioned two series and recommissioned a third for its weekend Shakestrand, aimed at 6 to 13-year-olds. Demolition Dad, a 13 x 11-minute series from Two Hats Film and Television in association with Here's One I Made Earlier, will start on ...
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Film profiles couples united by tragedy
Sky One and Michael Attwell Productions have co-produced United By 9/11, a documentary about people brought together in various ways by the attacks on the World Trade Centre. The 90-minute special, due to air in the autumn, will feature couples who have met through bereavement and ...
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Format focus: prank patrol
In this show kids play all manner of practical jokes but will it fall foul of parents' campaign groups, asks Geoff White
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Sky One orders Zig Zag health series
Sky One has commissioned a series from Zig Zag in which unhealthy or workaholic members of the public will be told by experts when they are expected to die and then given four weeks to increase their life expectancy. Change the Day You Diewill see volunteers ...
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NewsFive ups wildlife output
Five is to step up its commitment to wildlife programming by commissioning up to 25 hours of original shows.
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Danan acts posh for Five's Celebrity Swap
Paul Danan, the former soap star whose excruciating antics on Celebrity Love Islandbecame one of this summer's unlikely talking points, has been signed up by Five.
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Friday nights on C4 get new look
Channel 4's Friday nights are being revamped with the emphasis moving from US sitcoms towards homegrown programming with a hint of magic.
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NewsBBC may pitch Norton against Ant & Dec
The BBC is considering using star signing Graham Norton to compete head to head with Ant and Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway.
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NewsExtras recommissioned
Extras, the new comedy from The Officecreators Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant, has been given a second run by BBC2 controller Roly Keating.
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NewsBBC NI backs three-year globetrot
Belfast-based indie Imagine Media Productions has secured a three-year deal from BBC Northern Ireland to follow a journalist as he travels the world.
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Royal palaces showcased on BBC4
BBC4 is to go behind the scenes at five of the UK's royal palaces for a 10-part series. Tales from the Palacesvisits Kensington (pictured), Hampton Court, Kew, the Banqueting House and the Tower of London, exploring the myths and stories surrounding the buildings and their purpose ...
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RDF develops pilot for C4 dating show
RDF is piloting a dating show for Channel 4, in which a group of friends dominated by couples must find one of their single friends a partner. Friends and Lovers(working title) is seeking groups of friends in their 20s or 30s where one member is the ...
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Count Arthur sitcom for BBC Radio 4
BBC Radio 4 has commissioned a 5 x 30-minute sitcom series from Komedia Entertainment and Smooth Operations featuring Edinburgh Fringe Festival regular Count Arthur Strong. Count Arthur Strong's Radio Show, written by Steve Delaney and currently in pre-production, is set for broadcast in January 2006 in ...
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RTE commissions further Afternoon Show run from Green Inc
Belfast indie Green Inc Film and Television has picked up a major order from RTE with a recommission for 230 hours of its daytime programme The Afternoon Show.
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Singh Kohli fronts Tiger Aspect series
Hardeep Singh Kohli, the writer and star of BBC comedy Meet the Magoons, is fronting a new Channel 4 topical debate show, writesColin Robertson.
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Commissioner's Q & A: Lucy Willis
C4's commissioning editor, education, is on the lookout for fresh on-screen talent, wants to challenge our ideas on teenage addiction and is impressed by the edgy and exciting style of indie outfit Firefly.
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ITV gives go-ahead for more Dial-a-Mum
ITV has ordered a further five episodes of Ludus and Objective Productions' forthcoming ITV daytime show Dial-a-Mum. The ITV1 show, which sends a four-strong team of 'no-nonsense mums' off to sort out people's problems, will now air as a 30 x 45-minute series from 5 September. ...
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Shine opens doors to tyrants' homes
Indie Shine is to nose around the extravagant former homes of Saddam Hussein for a documentary for Sky One.
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NewsLiddle and Burchill to front docs
Sky One has greenlit two authored documentaries - Rod Liddle on infidelity and Julie Burchill on reality TV.