All Commissioning articles – Page 666
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Ludus to pitch Olympic quiz at MipTV
Ludus, the indie behind political format Vote For Me, is set to meet with the 2008 Olympics committee to discuss launching a new international quiz show. The company is also meeting broadcasters from around the world at the MipTV market in Cannes next week to talk ...
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Teachers' TV orders three new series
Libra Television is making three series for Teachers' TV's autumn schedule . Ease the Loadis a 6 x 15-minute show for the General Zone, a magazine programme in which schools share ways of achieving a healthy work/life balance. Managing Inclusion is a 2 x ...
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NewsMTV glimpses home lives of top footballers
MTV is to see how close the constructed world of ITV's Footballers' Wivesis to reality with a series that goes through the keyhole of a number of Premiership footballers' homes.
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ITV science thriller lures Stewart to UK TV
Patrick Stewart is to star in a UK TV drama for the first time in around 20 years after agreeing to play the lead role in ITV1's£4.5m sci-fi drama Eleventh Hour.
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NewsBBC tears up schedules for Pope funeral
BBC1 has been forced into frantic schedule juggling to fit in three of the biggest live broadcasts of the year - the Pope's funeral, the royal wedding and the Grand National.
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NewsQuestion Time to grill political leaders
The Labour Party has once again scotched a bid by the BBC to hold a live debate between the major parties' leaders - but has agreed to let Tony Blair appear in an unprecedented Question Timespecial involving all three leaders.
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NewsITV returns to boxing
ITV is to broadcast boxing for the first time in over 10 years, after it secured the rights to broadcast the rematch between Amir Khan and the man who beat him for the Olympic gold medal in Athens, Mario Kindelan.
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BBC1 orders third Hustle from Kudos
Kudos Film & Television has been commissioned to make a third series of Hustle, the indie's BBC1 drama which kicked off its second series this week.
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Odd couples' stories for ITV2
ITV2 has commissioned Manchester-based indie Turn On Television to make a 6 x 60-minute series on some of Britain's...
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C4 series tracks Asbo enforcer
Terrorised estates and frightened residents are to come under the spotlight for a C4 documentary on the only private firm allowed to dish out the controversial Anti-Social Behaviour Orders.
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C4 delves lost princes' death
Channel 4 has commissioned a docu-drama to uncover the truth behind Richard III's rise to the throne of England.
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C4 Dispatches looks at dying wishes
Channel 4 is investigating British attitudes to death in a documentary for its flagship current affairs strand Dispatches. In the 60-minute film Last Rights(working title) Professor Laurie Taylor will be looking at why British people plan their funerals but give little thought ...
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C4 poaches Party in the Park from Five
Channel 4 has snatched the rights to screen 95.8 Capital FM's music concert, Party in the Park, from Five.
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C4 aims antiques show at grey market
Channel 4 has commissioned an antiques-based gameshow as part of its strategy to attract older viewers to its daytime schedule.
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Car focus for James Dean crash revisit
Zig Zag Productions is to make a 60-minute special for Five and National Geographic USA about the car crash that killed movie icon James Dean . The Truth Behind James Dean's Car, made to coincide with the 50th anniversary of the actor's death, will recreate the scene ...
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Commissioners Q&A: Emma Swain
BBC commissioning editor, specialist factual, and acting commissioning editor, formats and features wants indies to challenge her with bolder ideas to make the channel more surprising and risk-taking
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Three hours for royal wedding coverage
The BBC is committing only three hours to the forthcoming Royal Wedding - half the time it dedicated to Prince Charles' first wedding to Princess Diana. The corporation will hand over a block of its daytime schedule to Friday's ceremony (8 April) covering Charles and Camilla's journey to the Guildhall ...
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ITV spends a year at historic school
Life behind the doors of Britain's oldest school is being caught on film for an ITV documentary. ...
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Survival adds to BBC1 medical file
Patients battling life-threatening conditions are to be filmed as part of a major new series for BBC1 to be recorded over two years.
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Ransley does crime for ITV1
The scriptwriter behind the BBC's forthcoming costume drama Fingersmithhas been signed up by ITV to write an original crime drama.