Commissioning – Page 397
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NewsPatten: BBC in-house commissioning guarantee will stay
Lord Patten has made clear that the BBC has no plans to reduce its in-house commissioning guarantee, despite indies winning a record share of the Window of Creative Competition (WoCC) last year.
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NewsC4 creative diversity enlists 48 partners
Channel 4’s creative diversity department commissioned 48 new and emerging companies in the first quarter of 2012, and is preparing to launch a short-form strand for new directors.
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NewsJoneses try to keep up with Kalahari tribe in Sky 1 follow-up
Sky 1 has ordered a follow-up to Steve Jones’ trip through the Amazon that will take him to the Kalahari Desert.
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NewsC5 orders £48m shipwreck doc
Channel 5 has revealed it has ordered a major documentary following the recovery of £24m of treasure from the British cargo ship SS Gairsoppa which sunk in 1941.
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NewsBBC1 orders Richard Curtis drama
Richard Curtis has penned a single drama for BBC1 about two women brought together after losing their sons to malaria.
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NewsMade in Chelsea gets double order
Made in Chelsea, the hit E4 constructed reality series has been recommissioned for a further two series after its highest ever rating run.
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NewsThe Garden pilots ITV1 marriage proposal format
24 Hours in A&E producer The Garden Productions is developing its first project for ITV1 - a format based on marriage proposals.
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NewsPaddy McGuinness to front C4 pilot
Take Me Out host Paddy McGuinness is fronting a Channel 4 pilot which will see him taking a nostalgic look at TV.
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NewsWalliams to front BBC1 Talpa format
David Walliams, Frank Skinner and Greg Davies have signed up to feature in Talpa’s new format for BBC1 – a panel gameshow about patriotic knowledge.
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NewsIan Brady films pulled after hearing delayed
Films about Moors murderer Ian Brady have been pulled from Channel 4 and Channel 5’s schedules due to the delay of a tribunal assessing his mental health.
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NewsFirst Cut moved to More4
The last run of 30-minute First Cut films are being bumped over to More 4 and pushed back to a 10pm slot.
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NewsITV orders third helping of The Dales
Adrian Edmonson fronted travelogue, The Dales, is returning to ITV1 for a third run.
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NewsThe Garden eyes doc talent for NHS project
The Garden hopes to line up some of the UK’s best documentary directors to lead 55 crews that will simultaneously shoot BBC2 series Keeping Britain Alive later this year
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NewsObjective tests reactions of BBC1 gameshow rejected by C4
A gameshow rejected by Channel 4 is being piloted for BBC1, with Jake Humphrey as the host.
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NewsCITV: bring funding or miss out on projects
CITV is hunting for a live-action scripted series and a challenge series, but has warned indies they must bring third-party funding to projects.
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NewsBoundless to secure two-year extension for The Apprentice
BBC1 is reaffirming its commitment to The Apprentice, with YouView chairman Lord Sugar on the brink of signing a two-year extension to front the show.
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NewsITV1 adapts ‘forgotten’ novel
ITV1 is to adapt Frances Hodgson Burnett’s ‘forgotten’ romantic novel The Making Of A Marchioness into a single period drama.
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NewsBremner and Bellingham to front ITV daytime shows
ITV daytime has lined up Rory Bremner and Lynda Bellingham to front two daytime formats as part of a raft of 70 hours of commissions.
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CPL hires RDF‘s Sutcliffe to head up development
CPL Productions has poached RDF Television head of development Lynn Sutcliffe and is poised to secure the future of Sky 1 panel show A League Of Their Own until the end of 2013.
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NewsPeep Show’s Bain to pen comedy for Sky
Sky is developing a scripted comedy project from Peep Show and Fresh Meat co-writer Sam Bain.