All Commissioning articles – Page 805
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NewsScott plans Rise rethink
Princess Productions is overhauling its troubled Channel 4 breakfast show, Rise, as ratings refuse to pick up, writes Penny Hughes
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BBC plans major period dramas
The BBC has reaffirmed its commitment to costume drama by commissioning a three-part adaptation of George Eliot's novel Daniel Deronda, despite disappointing ratings for recent efforts in the genre, writes Leigh Holmwood
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Sky One orders martial arts reality show
The martial arts series Fight Schoolis the latest reality show to be commissioned for Sky One, writes Jon Rogers
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Bravo unveils raft of orders
Bravo has announced four commissions being filmed this month, including a guide to celebrity excess and a series of demolition challenges, writes Paul Revoir
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Granada to make another Temptation Island
Sky deputy director of broadcasting Kate Marsh has commissioned Granada Entertainment to produce the second series of the British version of reality TV show Temptation Island. The 10 x 60-minute show will be filmed in Thailand with British competitors. Executive producers are Natalka Znak, Joe Houlihan and Jo Pilkington. Series ...
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BBC 1's Born and Bred wins a recommission
BBC 1 controller Lorraine Heggessey and controller of drama commissioning Jane Tranter have ordered a second run of Sunday night series Born and Bredafter it triumphed in the ratings over ITV 1's Where the Heart Is. Michael French and James ...
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C4 invites ideas for new daytime quiz
Channel 4 has invited indies to submit ideas for a new daytime quiz show, thought to be ear-marked for a slot alongside longstanding hits Countdown and 15-to-One, writes Paul Revoir
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Granada Kids filming high school comedy
Granada Kids has begun filming a 26 x 30-minute comedy series for ITV 1. Seriously Weirdis a co-production with Canadian indie Cinégroupe and production of the show will take place in Montreal. It follows a 15-year-old ex-pat English boy surviving American high school. The series ...
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Da Vinci design genius to be brought to life
Leonardo da Vinci's fantastical designs of a flying machine and a 60-foot-wide weapon are to be created for the first time in a series of 2 x 60-minute films worth£1m for Channel 4. The ITN Factual/PBS co-productions were ordered by C4 commissioning editor, science Charles Furneaux. Filming is about to ...
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Granada gets third Hornblower underway
Granada has begun production of the latest series of high seas drama Hornblower. The third instalment of 2 x 120-minute films is adapted from the book Hornblower and the Hotspur. Filming has begun on locations in Cornwall, Devon, London and Pinewood Studios. The director is ...
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C4 takes on C5 over arts
Channel 4 has hit out at Channel 5 director of programmes Kevin Lygo's claim that C5 is 'the only station running primetime arts programmes', writes Penny Hughes
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C4 uncovers jet disaster
Channel 4 is to screen an hour-long documentary from Principal Films on how 110 people lost their lives in the failure of the first jetliner
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Drama rule change opens doors at BBC
Strict BBC producer guidelines stating that people must give their permission before they can be portrayed in television dramas have been scrapped, after criticism from the creative
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TX - Right place, right now.
Finding the right location for a production is vastly more complex than simply turning up, getting
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SKY ONE TO LOOK AT THE REAL LEWIS AND TYSON.
Sky One is to air a documentary previewing the big fight between Lennox Lewis and Mike
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ELLIOTT RECOMMISSIONS MIDSOMER MURDERS.
ITV controller of drama Nick Elliott has commissioned Bentley Productions to make a sixth series of
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C5 gets in first with royalty doc.
Channel 5 is re-affirming its commitment to move away from tacky programming with a new major
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BBC 2 orders bisexual drama.
A provocative new thriller featuring one man's search for emotional and sexual gratification with both male and female partners will be one of the highlights of BBC 2's drama slate next year, writes Leigh Holmwood
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SMG COMMISSIONED TO FIND TEENAGE COMICS.
SMG TV Productions has been commissioned by Nickelodeon head of original production Joe Godwin to make
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Kids editors call for shows.
Children's commissioning editors for Channel 5 and the BBC used the Production Show to give independent producers a programming wish-list, writes Peter Keighron