Commissioning – Page 384
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NewsAdam Hills gets C4 alternative Xmas speech
Adam Hills will join Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Marge Simpson, Doreen Lawrence and Neville Lawrence in delivering Channel 4’s alternative Christmas message.
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NewsBBC1 rests Secret Fortune in National Lottery shake-up
BBC1 has opted to rest National Lottery show Secret Fortune and commissioned a new format from FremantleMedia UK’s Thames Scotland.
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NewsScott Mills to produce Xmas single for Radio 1
BBC Radio 1 has ordered a documentary in which Scott Mills will attempt to create the perfect Christmas single.
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NewsBBC1 to adapt JK Rowling's The Casual Vacancy
JK Rowling novel The Casual Vacancy is to be adapted by BBC1 as part of an exclusive deal with the author’s literary agency The Blair Partnership.
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NewsCBeebies' Get Well Soon sparks complaints
CBeebies’ Get Well Soon has prompted 64 complaints to Ofcom after featuring an item on the MMR jab.
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NewsBBC1 orders Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell adaptation
BBC1 controller Danny Cohen has ordered three new dramas including an adaptation of Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell and a romantic two-parter from the writer of novel and film One Day.
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NewsITV2 orders 'risqué' pilot of BBC America panel show
ITV2 has commissioned a “risqué” late-night panel show pilot adapted from a programme that Graham Norton indie So TV makes for BBC America.
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NewsITN Prods secures entrance to Harrow for Sky1 ob doc
Harrow School is opening its doors to TV cameras for 12 months for one of the most ambitious observational documentaries in Sky 1’s 30-year history.
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NewsIdiot Abroad team set up indie Me & You
The team behind Sky 1’s hit comedy travelogue An Idiot Abroad are launching their own production company.
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NewsCelebs to don aprons for Comic Relief Bake Off
BBC2 ratings smash The Great British Bake Off is to get another celebrity spin-off – this time for a four-part series for Comic Relief.
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NewsC4 goes to school in Yorkshire for Essex follow-up
Channel 4 is to install cameras in a school in Yorkshire in next year’s follow-up to the critically acclaimed Educating Essex.
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NewsMox pits local businesses against each other for BBCW series
BBC Worldwide has ordered a local business-themed, fact-ent format as its first fully funded series since pledging to treble the number of hours it commissions.
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NewsMilitary Channel calls up Ultimate Warfare from Arrow
Discovery’s Military Channel has ordered a series tracking the greatest battles fought from World War II to today’s Middle East skirmishes from Arrow Media.
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NewsMTV heads back down to The Valleys
MTV has commisioned a second series of Cardiff-based structured reality show The Valleys from indie True North.
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NewsMerlin casts final spell for BBC1
Merlin is to be laid to rest after five series as the producers believe the story has reached a natural end.
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NewsDownton to return for fourth series
The fourth series of period drama Downton Abbey has been confirmed by ITV1.
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NewsFresh Meat set for third series
Comedy drama series Fresh Meat starring Jack Whitehall will return for a third series, the actor has revealed.
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NewsC5 single doc puts spotlight on cage-fighters’ WAGs
Cage-fighters’ wives and girlfriends are to star in a one-off documentary for Channel 5.
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NewsBBC reveals dramas for 2013
Hustle creator Tony Jordan and Scott & Bailey writer Sally Wainwright have both penned returnable police procedurals as part of a raft of BBC1 drama commissions that also includes a retelling of the Great Train Robbery by the team behind United.
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NewsBBC3 commits to suicide comedy
US comedy writer Bob Kushell has created a black comedy for BBC3 about a group of men forced into launching an assisted suicide business.