All Commissioning articles – Page 810
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NewsBBC to undertake biggest ever OB operation for Commonwealth Games
The BBC is to undertake its largest ever outside broadcast operation when it acts as host broadcaster to this summer's Commonwealth Games, which open in Manchester on 25 July, writes Leigh Holmwood
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NewsArtsworld signs Brit Film contract
Artsworld has signed an exclusive contract for a season of British Film Institute treasures to celebrate 50 years of the National Film Theatre, writes Paul Revoir
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NewsITV 1 recommissions Crossroads as 'Evil Yvon' takes the helm
ITV 1 has ended months of speculation over the future of Carlton Television's rating's flop Crossroads by commissioning a further 240 episodes of the embattled daytime soap, writes Luke Satchell
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NewsChannel 4 snaps up The Osbournes
Channel 4 has won the battle to secure terrestrial rights for The Osbournes - MTV's hit series about the domestic trials and tribulations of bat-munching rocker Ozzy Osbourne and his family, writes Paul Revoir
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TX - Painting the picture.
Testimony Films' major challenge in making The 50s and 60s in Living Colour was finding enough
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NEWS ANALYSIS - Local difficulties.
Less is more when it comes to regional programming - that's the message coming out of ITV as the dust settles on its new charter for the nations and the regions, but the document is not without its critics
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UK HORIZONS LOOKS AT HIGH STREET SEX SHOPS.
UK Horizons commissioning editor Andy Whitman has ordered a trio of documentaries. Flame Television has been
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FIREWORKS' MUTANT X TO GET A SECOND SKY RUN.
Fireworks International has signed up two of its primetime dramas for renewed runs on Sky One
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CITV TO SHOW UK'S SCARIEST THEME RIDES.
ITV controller of children's and youth Janie Grace has commissioned Carlton to produce a 7 x
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BBC wraps up a talent package.
The BBC has unveiled a package of new entertainment shows across its channels including a new
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CARTOON NETWORK ACQUIRES JUSTICE LEAGUE.
Cartoon Network Europe has signed a deal with Warner Bros for its brand new 26 x
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TOP TV TO MAKE PRE-SCHOOL ART SHOW FOR C5.
Top TV Productions has been commissioned by Channel 5 controller of children's programmes Nick Wilson to
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BAZ MAKES A STINK ON C5.
Endemol UK chairman Peter Bazalgette has dispensed with his usual Saville Row-tailored elegance and donned a set of overalls and a bright yellow oilskin waistcoat for a one-off show set inside the sewers of London, writes Georgina Lipscomb
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E4 to look at British jet set.
E4 Director of programmes Murray Boland has greenlit his first original series for the channel by commissioning a documentary following the exploits of well-heeled British holidaymakers in the south of France, writes Penny Hughes
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BBC 2 ORDERS ONE-OFF SCOTTISH POLICE DRAMA.
BBC 2 controller Jane Root has commissioned a new drama from BBC Scotland about a policeman
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NICK TOONS ON WAY.
Nick Toons, the new cartoon channel from Nickelodeon UK, is set to launch next month after
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Spellbound's first success.
New kids indie Spellbound Entertainment, set up by former Hit Entertainment head of co-productions and acquisitions Peter Curtis, has signed its first production deal, selling a pre-school series to the BBC, writes Leigh Holmwood
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RDF to make Faking It for US market.
RDF Media is to make a US version of its hit show Faking It which is expected to feature a member of the public passing himself off as a wild west cowboy, writes Penny Hughes
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COUPLING HAS US PARTNER.
Hartswood Films, producer of Men Behaving Badly, is developing a pilot based on its BBC sitcom