Commissioning – Page 399
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NewsC5 to profile Moors murderer Ian Brady
Channel 5 has commissioned a new documentary about hospitalised Moors murderer Ian Brady.
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NewsTool Academy gets third order
E4 bad-boyfriend show Tool Academy is returning for a third series and relocating to Spain.
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NewsVine to host ITV1 daytime quiz
ITV1 is to challenge families to avoid “blowing the inheritance” as part of a new daytime quiz from the makers of BBC2’s Eggheads.
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NewsITV1 confirms Tennant drama
David Tennant is to lead an ensemble cast for a new ITV1 drama about the death of a boy in a picturesque seaside resort.
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NewsC4 lines up magic and dating
Channel 4 has lined up two new entertainment programmes that includes a new show from a “world leading illusionist” and an adaptation of a US dating series.
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NewsCheryl Taylor named CBBC controller
Cheryl Taylor, the BBC comedy commissioner behind Rev and Miranda, has been appointed controller of CBBC.
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NewsIncredible Edibles gets second outing
CBBC series Incredible Edibles will be returning to the channel for a second series with a change to the format that will see each episode culminating in a feast.
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NewsBBC3 web strand to test comedy for TV
A string of emerging producers and directors are vying for TV commissions on BBC3 following the launch of seven online comedies.
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NewsFixed rig to feature in ITV2 teens abroad series
ITV2 is to enter the fixed-rig arena with a series about young Brits abroad from the indie behind Channel 4’s Educating Essex.
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NewsITV on the hunt for ‘the next X Factor’
ITV1 is in the market for an entertainment show on the scale of The X Factor, and plans to spend the cash that will be freed up by the absence of a major sporting event next year.
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NewsSky Atlantic gathers stand-ups for improv
Robin Williams is among the line-up of stand-up comedians who will take part in a Sky Atlantic improvised series called Set List.
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NewsCampbell plans mental health season for BBC3
BBC current affairs commissioning executive producer Fiona Campbell has had her remit expanded to include BBC3 documentaries and is planning a season of mental health programming among her first projects.
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NewsITV1 doc tunes in to Spice Girls impact
The Spice Girls’ impact on the 1990s is to be investigated for an ITV1 documentary by Burning Bright Productions.
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NewsDarlow lands Ice Airport for C5
Channel 5 has ordered a doc series from Darlow Smithson Productions that will focus on a remote airport near the North Pole.
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NewsClarke thinks small spaces for Plum C4 lifestyle series
Architect George Clarke will explore the inventive uses people make of small spaces in a Plum Pictures series for Channel 4.
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NewsC4 hands Waddell another year of 4thought.tv
Northern Irish indie Waddell Media has won a recommission of daily religion and ethics strand 4thought.tv, and a commission to follow Countdown host Nick Hewer as he drives 4,000 miles across Sierra Leone for Channel 4.
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NewsCurrent TV docs sold into Eastern Europe
Current TV programmes including documentary series Vanguard and several one-off films have been sold to Eastern Europe by distributor DRG.
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NewsWorkers to reveal pay for C4 doc
Employees from Pimlico Plumbers will reveal their salaries to each other in a real pay experiment for Channel 4.
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NewsDiscovery's Dark Matters to return
Discovery Science has ordered a second series of Wide-Eyed Entertainment’s Dark Matters: Twisted But True.
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NewsGreg Davies to star in C4 sitcom
Stand-up comedian Greg Davies is to write and star in a new sitcom pilot for Channel 4.