All Commissioning articles – Page 813
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ITV to air Blake's glacial odyssey
ITV has bought the rights to screen TWI's ambitious self-funded documentary based on the last Antarctic expedition of late explorer Sir Peter Blake, writes Steve Aston
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Granada and WGBH tackle UK role in US war
Granada Bristol and WGBH Boston are to co-produce a BBC 2 historical series making a 'radical reappraisal of the British role in the American war of independence', writes Jon Rogers
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C5's unique talent show
A woman with no brain who went on to gain three A levels is just one of the unique people lined up for a new Channel 5 science-based primetime strand, writes Georgina Lipscomb
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BBC poaches ITV pop pundit
Pop plugger turned TV face Nikki Chapman is to front three new BBC daytime shows after signing a deal with the corporation, writes Leigh Holmwood
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Evans returns to Channel 4 on new terms
Channel 4 has cut a deal with Chris Evans for two weekly entertainment strands believed to be worth£500,000 an hour. The former Virgin
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BBC recommissions reliable drama series
BBC 1 controller Lorraine Heggessey and controller of drama commissioning Jane Tranter have ordered new runs of a raft of popular series. Merseybeat, starring Jonathan Kerrigan, returns for a third series in the autumn, while Waking the Deadand ...
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Spire Tells flower market story for Style
Oxford-based Spire Films has been commissioned by UK Style channel editor Nick Thorogood to produce a 15 x 30-minute series on London's Columbia Road flower and plant market. Presented by Sven Wombwell, the series, Columbia Road Gardens, will look at the history of the market ...
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Pacific profiles feuding lap-dancers for Sky
Sky One has commissioned a documentary from indie Pacific about the intense rivalry between lap-dancing clubs in Blackpool. The 8 x 60-minute series, Naked in Blackpool, which follows previous order Naked in Westminister, will headline Sky One's autumn schedule. The ...
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Principal makes short about doll affair
Principal Media Group is making a five-minute short for Channel 4 about a man's affair with an inflatable doll as part of a series of new orders. Blowing Itis set to air next month and is produced by Sarah Boote with Geoff Povey as director. ...
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Living TV keeps faith with paranormal zone
Living TV has ordered a tranche of new shows for its paranormal zone. Commissioning editor Jane Millichip has ordered Psychic in the Street, a 60-minute piece from indie IPM. The show will launch in August with clairvoyant Tony Stockwell taking to the streets to offer ...
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NewsEvans strikes C4 deal
Channel 4 has cut a deal with Chris Evans for two weekly entertainment strands, writes Penny Hughes
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TX - Games without frontiers.
The evening of Sport Relief programming planned for BBC 1 on Saturday 13 July is the
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Programming - Tiger Aspect factual scoops three orders.
Tiger Aspect has won a trio of commissions for its factual department, including its first commission for BBC 4, writes Georgina Lipscomb
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Programming - More babies for Living.
Living TV is boosting its morning strand of baby programming with three reality series, writes Paul Revoir
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Programming - Wark Clements wins drama order.
Wark Clements Monogram, the drama division of Wark Clements, is producing a two-part drama pilot for ITV from Fragile Heart writer Paula Milne, writes Georgina Lipscomb
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Programming - Oscar-winner to grace Discovery.
Oscar-winning director Jon Blair has teamed up with indie 3BM to produce a series charting the
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Programming - Are you tough enough - for the jungle?
One of BBC 2's most popular shows this year, SAS - Are You Tough Enough?, in which contestants are put through the rigours of the elite division's training regime, has been recommissioned for a second series, writes Leigh Holmwood
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Star to make millionaire kids
Children will be given the chance to become 'millionaires' in a new show stemming from a deal between Celador Productions and the News Corporation-owned Asian channel Star Plus, writes Penny Hughes
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NewsRevamp for Sunday Grandstand
One of the BBC's longest running programme brands, Sunday Grandstand, is to undergo a major revamp, writes Leigh Holmwood
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NewsITV lines up pilots for daytime
ITV is attempting to draw more viewers to its troubled daytime schedule by launching a newLorraine Kelly-fronted dating show for single mums, writes Steve Aston