All Commissioning articles – Page 656

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    Channel 4 orders hit Endemol quiz

    2005-08-18T08:30:00Z

    Endemol's international hit gameshow Deal or No Dealhas been picked up by Channel 4.

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    Hall drives BBC4 cowboy comedy

    2005-08-18T08:30:00Z

    Award-winning comedian Rich Hall is to make his first comedy drama series, a cattle-driving road movie-style story from Open Mike Productions for BBC4.

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    Fulfords director turns camera on Princess Michael for C4

    2005-08-18T08:30:00Z

    Princess Michael of Kent is to get the F***ing Fulfordstreatment for a Channel 4 documentary which follows her attempts to sell her family home.

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    ITV goes down Tarrant's way again

    2005-08-18T08:30:00Z

    ITV has extended the second series of Chris Tarrant vehicle Tarrant's Wayacross the entire ITV network. ITV editor of daytime Nick Thorogood has recommissioned an 8 x 60-minute series. The first series of 30-minute episodes went out on ITV London only. The programme follows Tarrant and ...

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    Belfast indie follows world tour

    2005-08-18T08:30:00Z

    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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    Brown fronts Riots for Bravo

    2005-08-18T08:30:00Z

    Former Loadededitor James Brown is fronting a show for Bravo exploring some of Britain's more notorious riots, writesSusan Thompson.

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    Commissioner's Q & A: Mark Wild

    2005-08-18T08:30:00Z

    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

    2005-08-18T08:30:00Z

    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

    2005-08-18T08:30:00Z

    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

    2005-08-18T08:30:00Z

    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

    2005-08-18T08:30:00Z

    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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    Five ups wildlife output

    2005-08-18T07:50:30Z

    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

    2005-08-18T07:50:10Z

    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

    2005-08-18T07:50:08Z

    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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    BBC may pitch Norton against Ant & Dec

    2005-08-18T07:50:00Z

    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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    Extras recommissioned

    2005-08-17T12:59:24Z

    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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    BBC NI backs three-year globetrot

    2005-08-15T10:04:48Z

    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

    2005-08-11T08:30:00Z

    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

    2005-08-11T08:30:00Z

    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

    2005-08-11T08:30:00Z

    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 ...