All Commissioning articles – Page 652
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NewsThey thought it was all over - but it's not
Comedy gameshow They Think It's All Overis set to make a return to the BBC, as part of BBC1 controller Peter Fincham's efforts to boost the channel's comedy slate.
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NewsEarly Doors given BBC1 slot
The BBC is recycling its pub-based comedy Early Doorsto fill a late-night slot on BBC1.
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NewsBBC3 lines up comedy winter
BBC3 is sticking to what it knows best for its autumn and winter season, unveiling a line-up of nine comedies alongside its factual and drama strands.
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Radio 2 joins with Open Mike for Edinburgh Fringe coverage
BBC Radio 2 is expanding its coverage of the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, teaming up with indie Open Mike Productions to co-produce Lee Mack and Friends' at the Fringe- the first time the station has staged its own show at the comedy festival.
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C4 to screen anorexia film for teenagers
The disturbing trend among teenage girls to celebrate anorexia and extreme slimming is to be explored in a film for Channel 4's education strand.
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Commissioner's Q & A: Ewan Angus
BBC Scotland's commissioning editor, television, explains why, for him, laughter is the best medicine and why the demise of linear scheduling will present broadcasters with one of their biggest challenges.
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BBC set to screen asylum-seekers doc
The BBC has spent three years following a group of asylum- seekers for a landmark programme for BBC2.
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Five Backs Gadgets
Five has commissioned three new series of its popular science strand The Gadget Showfrom indie North One Television Midlands. Suzi Perry, Jason Bradbury and Jon Bentley will jointly present the 10-episode runs. The first series is set to go out in the autumn. Richard Pearson, who ...
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Five hires Betty for birthright show
Five has given the green light to a 60-minute documentary from Betty TV called Middle Child Syndrome. Commissioned by controller of features and entertainment Ben Frow, the show will examine the psychology of birthright and explore the issues facing middle children, such as Tony Blair and ...
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Telewest launches football channels
Telewest Broadband this week launched three new sport channels, timed to coincide with the start of the Bank of Scotland Premier League (SPL) football season. Setanta Sports 2, Celtic TV and Rangers TV will join Setanta Sports 1 on the cable company's digital TV service, providing exclusive live coverage of ...
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Wall to Wall in child prodigy film
Indie Wall To Wall is to film a set of child prodigies as they grow from childhood to adulthood. Alpha Toddlers, ordered by Channel 4 factual entertainment editor Nav Raman, will follow a group of children who have already been identified as geniuses. The indie will ...
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Discovery takes second Superhomes
Discovery has commissioned UK-based Flashback Television to produce a second series of Superhomesto air on Discovery Travel & Living in the UK this autumn. Now in production, the 15 x 30-minute lifestyle series will go behind the gates of some of the world's most expensive houses ...
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Sex Traffic writer makes Tsunami doc
Abi Morgan, writer of the Bafta-winning C4 drama Sex Traffic, has teamed up with drama indie Kudos to make a three-hour BBC drama about last year's Asian tsunami disaster, which claimed more than 200,000 lives on Boxing Day 2004. The show is scheduled to air in ...
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Scarlet follows triplet pregnancy
Scarlet Television, the indie set up by former Planet Wild managing director Paula Trafford, is making a 60-minute programme for Discovery Home and Health following former lesbian comedian Jackie Clune's triplet pregnancy. 3 x a Babywill feature contributions from celebrity mums Davina McCall, Donna Air and ...
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Open University to fund history show
The Open University's TV arm is pushing ahead with its drive into mainstream programmes by backing a commission from the BBC for a series of history programmes.
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NewsHarry Hill to front CITV show
Comedian Harry Hill is making his first foray into kids TV with a show for CiTV.
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NewsFive axes Family Affairs
Five has axed Family Affairs, the long running soap produced by Talkback Thames, despite efforts by the producer to revive its flagging performance.
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Outhwaite to star in BBC1 hotel drama
The world of sex and seduction in the luxury hotel industry is being filmed for a new BBC1 drama by indie Carnival Films. Hotel Babylon- inspired by author Imogen Edwards-Jones' book of the same name - stars Tamzin Outhwaite as an ambitious hotel manager and Max Beesley ...
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BBC1 looks at international adoption
BBC1 is planning a two-part documentary looking at the international adoption trade. The series, called Baby Be Mine, follows several would-be parents as they explore the different options for adopting children abroad, in countries from Romania to Cambodia. The 2 x 60-minute programmes are in production, ...
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Initial to make John Peel special for C4
Channel 4 is to dig into the late Radio 1 DJ John Peel's record collection for a documentary special this autumn. Initial is making John Peel's Record Boxwith help from the Peel family, notably his son Tom Ravenscroft who is a researcher on the 60-minute show. ...