All Commissioning articles – Page 666
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C4, BBC2 knock at Nobles Gate
Scottish indie Nobles Gate has won a host of commissions, including an irreverent film for Channel 4 on the dos and don'ts of being a child star.
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NewsAnt and Dec indie wins ITV golf order
ITV is poised to hand Ant and Dec's new indie Gallowgate Productions a multimillion pound commission for a live event that will feature 15 hours of celebrity golf over a bank holiday weekend.
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NewsABC to take Strictly Come Dancing to the US
The BBC's hit entertainment format Strictly Come Dancingis set to be bought by US network ABC.
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BBC to rerun polar race
The BBC is to take reality television to a new level by recreating the infamous 1911 race to the Antarctic in which Captain Robert Scott lost his life, using replica equipment and huskies.
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Atalla scores sitcom order
Ash Atalla, the award-winning producer of BBC sitcom The Office, has won his first commission since joining Talkback as editor of comedy last year.
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NewsTitchmarsh gets role as gnome
Gardening presenter Alan Titchmarsh is to take on a new role as the voice of a cheerful gnome for a new BBC animation series.
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NewsDick and Dom to front quiz show
Dick and Dom, the BBC children's presenters who were recently singled out by a Tory MP for lavatorial humour, are to make a move to primetime with a new BBC2 quiz show. Dick and Dom's Ask the Family, which will air in an early evening slot ...
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Joey to kick off Five's comedy Zone
Five is to launch its Comedy Zone on Sunday 13 February with a double bill of US imports Joeyand Two and a Half Men. The Friendsspin-off, believed to have cost Five£450,000 an episode, will launch the new zone ...
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True North wins orders for Life
Leeds indie True North Productions has been commissioned to make three documentaries for the BBC's One Lifeand ITV's Real Lifestrands.
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Sky covers Oscars
Sky's live coverage of the 2005 Academy Awards is to be presented by Sharon Osbourne. Based in LA on Sunday 27 February, the X Factorjudge will front a preview show on Sky One at 7pm, followed by live coverage on Sky Movies 1 from 1.30am. She will ...
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Commisioners Q&A: Fenia Vardanis
With her first commission of the year, the BBC's senior commissioning executive, entertainment thinks she may have hit upon the next big thing after property and babies
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Chancellor on the Community Channel
Channel 4 Newsanchor Jon Snow is to interview chancellor Gordon Brown as part of a series of high-profile interviews for charity service the Community Channel. The 4 x 30-minute series, The Jon Snow Interviews, will air from the end of February, as part of the channel's ...
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Celebs pick top TV moments for UKTV
UKTV has asked celebrities to recall their favourite TV moments for a 60-minute show to air across eight of its 10 channels. Commissioned by director of network programming Charlotte Ashton, TV Firstsis made by Prospect Pictures and is part of a season celebrating TV. It will ...
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BBC orders greig-fronted rom-com
The BBC has commissioned a romantic comedy drama starring Green Wingactress Tamsin Greig and The Wonder Years'Michael Landes. The 6 x 60-minute Love Soup, written by David Renwick, whose credits include Jonathan Creekand One ...
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ITV plans two more audiences with...
ITV controller of entertainment Claudia Rosencrantz has commissioned two further An Audience with...specials featuring I'm a Celebrity... Get Me out of Here!winner Joe Pasquale and 'pub landlord' comedian Al Murray. The shows, which are expected to air on ITV1 from March, will ...
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Hi De Hi inspires C4 reality series
Brat Campindie Twenty Twenty Television is to recreate the low-brow camp of Hi De Hias part of a new reality series for Channel 4.
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Liberty Bell allotted BBC2 show
Liberty Bell Productions, the indie behind the hit BBC show Grumpy Old Men, has been commissioned to make a BBC2 daytime series about allotments.
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NewsBBC plans VE Day specials
The BBC is preparing to mark the 60th anniversary of VE Day this summer with a raft of programming, including a Surprise Surprise-style entertainment show that will reunite old comrades.
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NewsC4 in talks to bring Behzti row to screen
Channel 4 is in talks with the producers of the controversial play Behztiabout screening excerpts of the play as part of an investigation into beliefs and the media.
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Hat Trick takes on Robinson
Steely host Anne Robinson is to follow up Weakest Linkwith a light-hearted topical show for BBC1 from the makers of Have I Got News for You.