All Commissioning articles – Page 668
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Five to air Sky election show
Sky News has been given its first terrestrial window for its general election coverage after agreeing to simulcast the results on Five.
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Clunes to star as cancer victim
ITV1 has commissioned Clerkenwell Films to make a comedy drama starring Martin Clunes as a successful advertising executive who discovers he has testicular cancer.
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Turner creates healthy eating cartoon
Turner Broadcasting has created an animation series aimed at getting children to eat better. Elfy Foodis a six-part series featuring cartoon elves who use healthy food as weapons to combat evil monsters. It has been developed in consultation with Ofcom and the Food Standards Agency and ...
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Commissioner's Q & A: Tom Lenham
London TV's director of programmes would like to turn the capital and all it has to offer into one big televisual e...
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ITV series gives contestants dream job
An ITV1 series is bringing a new twist to the Jim'll Fix Itconcept, by springing people's dreams on them by stealth. Don't Just Dream It,being made by Prospect Films, gives contestants just four days to train for their dream job. The 10 ...
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Sky One lines up docs for Monday
Sky One is beefing up its Monday night documentary strand with four one-hour specials on a diverse range of subjects from DNA fraud to obesity.
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Street-Porter fronts royal special
Janet Street-Porter is fronting a film for Sky One, in which she gives a critique of the British royal family. Janet Saves the Monarchywill feature former royal butler Paul Burrell, former press secretary to Prince Charles Mark Bolland and former editor of the ...
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Gardening hopefuls study with Gavin
Eight would-be gardeners have given up their jobs to learn the secrets of horticulture for BBC2's latest gardening reality show, Tatton(working title). BBC Wales is filming the candidates, whose previous jobs range from police work to computing, as they spend five months living at the Royal Horticultural ...
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BBC viewers granted power of life and death
BBC viewers will get the chance to vote on the fate of two critically ill patients in a special combined edition of Casualtyand Holby City.
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Five finds worst celeb drivers
Five is to put celebrities' driving skills to the test in a new live reality show from Mentorn.
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Shine wins Living order
Indie Shine has bagged the contract to make The Biggest Loser UK, one of Living TV's largest ever commissions.
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NewsFive scores live Fifa football
Five has picked up live and exclusive rights to international football competition the Fifa Confederations Cup, which features World Cup holders Brazil and European champions Greece.
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NewsLoos to profile 'power lesbians' for Sky One
Sky One is sending Rebecca Loos to Hollywood to front an hour-long special on 'power lesbians'.
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NewsTurner produces anti-obesity toons
Turner Broadcasting, owner of kids broadcaster Cartoon Network, has created an animation series aimed at getting children to eat better.
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NewsSci-Fi lines up Star Wars tribute
Sci Fi UK has greenlit its first commission in over two years, ordering a series of shorts to tie in with next month's eagerly awaited Star Wars Episode III.
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World cup first for poker channel
Poker's world cup is to be televised for the first time on The Poker Channel on Sky through a deal between Poker website PokerStars.com and the Poker Channel's production team. The World Cup of Pokerwill be broadcast in June. The director is Simon Morris and the ...
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Ten Alps follows celebrity staff
ITV2 has commissioned Ten Alps TV to make two hour-long documentaries following the bodyguards, stylists, confidantes, and other staff of the world's biggest celebrities. Celebrity Entourage(working title) is executive produced by Peter Kessler and Sam Cash and has been commissioned by Daniela Neumann.
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Trouble reorders princess dance show
Flextech-owned teen channel Trouble has commissioned Princess Productions to make a second series of UK dance reality show Bump 'n' Grind. The 12 x 30-minute episodes of auditions by dance wannabes lead up to 3 x 60-minute shows with the 12 finalists. ...
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Black Books team write space comedy
The writers behind Channel 4 sitcom Black Booksare to pen a comedy described as ' Das Bootin space' for BBC2. Kevin Cecil and Andy Riley are writing six 30-minute episodes of Full Power(working title). The series is in pre-production ...
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Comedy North gets Stupid run
The BBC's Manchester-based Comedy North unit has got another series commission, with pilot I'm With Stupidgetting the go-ahead for a six-part run on BBC3.