All Commissioning articles – Page 710
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ITV books MIT in Autumn peaktime slot
ITV1 is looking to bolster its Saturday night schedule in the autumn with a second series of Murder Investigation Team. The cop drama from Thames, which was originally a spin-off from The Bill , has been recommissioned by ITV ...
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Austria's orf picks up three uk docs
Channel 4 International has sold three one-off documentaries to Austria's ORF. The broadcaster has picked up Child Trafficking, made by Hardcash Productions, Inside the Mind of Suicide Bombers, produced by October Films, and Dying to be Apart, from ITN Factual.
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Another Hustle
BBC1 controller Lorraine Heggessey has commissioned a second series of con-artist drama Hustle before the first run has finished. The Kudos-produced series received mixed reviews when it debuted last month and picked up an average of 6.2 million viewers for its first three episodes. The ...
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Alastair Campbell to front five show
Indie Liberty Bell has been commissioned by Five senior programme controller Chris Shaw to make a six-part series in which former Downing Street director of communications Alastair Campbell interviews people from the world of politics, business and sport. The Newcastle-based indie has also secured a one-off documentary order from Shaw ...
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Tigress restructures after securing orders
Tigress Productions has restructured its senior management team after securing over 40 hours of commissions, writes Glen Mutel.
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Noddy's market leaps by 95 million
Noddy owner Chorion has secured a deal with a Chinese academic publisher, which will take the Enid Blyton character into the world's most populous nation. Chorion has awarded the Beijing-based Foreign Language Teaching and Research Press (FLTRP) the mainland Chinese rights for the new CGI animated series Make Way for ...
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C4 raids talent showcase to create comedy series
Channel 4 has plundered its talent showcase strand the Comedy Lab for the second time in a month by commissioning a 6 x 30-minute sitcom, based on the lives of four friends who work in a Glasgow curry house, writes ...
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Pioneer stirs volcano for C4
The devastating eruption of the Krakatoa volcano is to be turned into an ambitious docu-drama for Channel 4.
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C4 pulls out of Attheraces
Horse-racing on television is facing a major shake-up after Channel 4 pulled out of the racing rights consortium Attheraces, writes Glen Mutel.
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S4C reorganises
S4C has restructured its commissioning department. Factual output will be separated into three areas: co-productions, headed by Cenwyn Edwards; factual entertainment, headed by Nici Beech; and a new yet to be filled post for general factual. Commissioning editor, light entertainment Huw Chiswell is leaving and will not be replaced. Meirion ...
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BBC and C4 scrap over the apprentice
The BBC and Channel 4 are in a bidding war to screen a local version of hit US reality show The Apprentice. The show, in which 16 candidates compete to win a job and six-figure salary with a high-profile businessman, will be made by ...
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Fresh ideas for BBC3
BBC3 commissioning editor Celia Taylor has at last ordered her first film for the new Fresh documentary strand. New director Grant Pollard from Dorset indie Touch Productions has been commissioned to make a 'gritty, visually strong' documentary for the six-part strand around the theme of ...
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Anglia wins 25-hour animal planet order
Granada's Anglia network factual team is to produce a 25 x 60-minute series for US broadcaster Animal Planet called Animal Cops San Francisco. Anglia is also developing a series of Animal Cops New Orleans for Animal Planet as well ...
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BBC1 tries six fresh ideas for Saturdays
BBC1 controller Lorraine Heggessey has stacked up at least six new formats to try and revitalise Saturday nights.
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NewsBBC to spend£6m on amateurs' movie
The BBC is to produce a£6m big-screen movie using entirely amateur on-screen talent and production staff.
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Initial stages The Match for Sky
Initial is to put 18 celebrities through their paces in training with Newcastle United football club for a reality show for Sky One.
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Sky to lock star couples in penthouse
Sky One is to launch its own Big Brother-style reality show in which two celebrities are holed up together for a day in a£2m luxury penthouse.
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Two pints next to put plot to viewers' vote
BBC comedy Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps is to place the outcome of the series' cliffhanger in the hands of its audience.
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NewsRantzen signs up for BBC2's lonely hearts
Veteran presenter Esther Rantzen is to take part in BBC2's dating show Would Like to Meet in one of the highlights of the channel's 40 thanniversary spring and summer season.
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NewsBBC1 experiments with entertainment
BBC1 controller Lorraine Heggessey has said she is still 'experimenting' with entertainment on her channel in a bid to get things right, and has stacked up at least six new formats to try and revitalise Saturday nights.