All Commissioning articles – Page 701
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Granada Sells wildlife shows to AB Sat
Granada International has sold more than 40 hours of wildlife shows to new German satellite channel AB Sat. When the channel launches this autumn, it will carry wildlife programmes such as Savage Planet (above), Savage Seas and ...
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Toonami to air animated star wars
The new animated Star Wars series is to be screened on Turner-owned cartoon channel Toonami next year in a bid to generate interest in the forthcoming Star Wars movie. The animated series, which is also a co-production between Cartoon Network ...
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Format focus: Amish in the city
A reality show about people who normally shun modern life may have its critics, but it's also a ratings winner.
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Minotaur seals BBC deal for Irish drama
Minotaur International has secured deals with the BBC for a new thriller from Ireland's RTE and licensed two Lynda la Plante dramas to ZDF in Germany. BBC3 will screen four-part drama Proof this month, which is produced by Subotica Entertainment and features three central characters ...
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MTV calls on Murphy for ?dance idol' show
Big Brother and Fame Academy series producer Sean Murphy has been drafted in by MTV to work on a new 'dance idol' series.
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Commissioner's Q&A: Fiona Campbell
The commissioning editor, independent productions, Channel 4 News is keen to see more domestic investigative exclusives which will make a splash in the press
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CBBC serves up kids cookery show
CBBC controller Dorothy Prior has commissioned a cookery programme for children. The 104 x 20-minute Planet Cook , made by indie Platinum Films, will be hosted by chef Kevin Woodford who plays Captain Cook - a hero from Planet Cook whose mission is to defeat ...
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Novel makes fimbles spin-off for CBeebies
Indie Novel Entertainment has been commissioned to make a spin-off from its popular pre-school series The Fimbles for the CBeebies channel. The 100 x 15- minute Roly Mo Show , ordered by head of pre-school Clare Elstow, will feature a character who lives underneath Fimble ...
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Challenge picks up Property Rescue
Challenge, the Flextech-owned entertainment channel, has picked up the rights to a new series of Property Rescue and commissioned UK-specific links for the first time. The show, made in New Zealand by Touchdown TV, follows a team of experts as they transform a property that ...
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Distraction sells Ciao Darwin format
Distraction Formats has sold primetime entertainment format Ciao Darwin to broadcasters in Poland, Hungary and Lebanon. SBS' Hungarian channel TV2 will launch the series in September, while TVN in Poland will begin production later this summer. Lebanon-based pan-Arabic network Future TV has yet to release broadcast plans. The format involves ...
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Sky One serves up pop factual
Sky one has lined up a raft of new popular factual shows including a history spin-off of Brainiac: Science Abuse and a travelogue featuring Trainspotting star Ewan McGregor.
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Paradise Hotel heads to Israel
Mentorn reality series Paradise Hotel is being adapted for Israel following a deal secured by Tele-vision Corporation International.
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Paramount to showcase new stand-ups
The Paramount Comedy Channel is to air a stand-up event which will feature four of the country's hottest comedians. The show, which will be recorded at the Bloomsbury Theatre on 29 October, is part of the Edinburgh and Beyond comedy tour and will feature Chris Addison, Dan Antopolski, Craig Campbell ...
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This Life indie airs law drama
World Productions, Tony Garnett's indie that made the iconic twentysomething drama This Life , is to once again turn its sights on lawyers for a new BBC series.
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C4's channel surfing show
Channel 4 has commissioned a show from its former director of strategy David Brook in which a series of familiar faces are filmed flipping between TV channels and discussing what's on.
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NewsShiny floor shows dominate ITV autumn
ITV is banking on 'event dramas' and shiny-floor entertainment shows to claw back its declining audience share.
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BBC1 lines up fourth series of spooks
BBC1 controller Lorraine Heggessey and controller of drama commissioning Jane Tranter have ordered a fourth run of hit spy drama Spooks. The series, about a group of MI5 agents, will be made by indie Kudos. The third series, due to air on BBC1 in ...
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BBC2 series to organise lives
Personal time management could be the hot new lifestyle genre after BBC2 controller Roly Keating ordered a series that aims to help streamline people's lives.
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BBC3 to air Graham Norton's US show
BBC3 has acquired Graham Norton's US chat show in a move that will keep the camp comic exclusively on the BBC.
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Zeppotron lands C4 smut show
Endemol UK subsidiary Zeppotron is to help Channel 4 sex up its late evening slot with a new show chronicling the smuttiest moments from TV and cinema.