Commissioning – Page 424
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NewsC4 to pilot comic trio’s Bad Sugar
Sharon Horgan, Julia Davis and Olivia Colman have created a Channel 4 comedy pilot with the writers of Fresh Meat and Peep Show.
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NewsMcGregor back on BBC2 for Unicef docs
Ewan McGregor is to front a BBC2 documentary series charting the delivery of vaccines to some of the most deprived areas of the world.
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NewsPercy looks at Russia and the West in BBC2 season
Unseen interviews with poisoned ex-spy Alexander Litvinenko, the president of Georgia and other top world politicians will form part of a Norma Percy BBC2 season investigating the West’s relationship with Russia.
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NewsDMAX enters scripted reality with Superfans
Discovery Networks UK is to dip its toe into scripted reality with a show following some of the country’s most dedicated fans.
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NewsBBC3 trials long-form online push
BBC3 is trialling long-form online comedy as part of a major push in the genre that includes a Jack Whitehall sitcom and recommissions for Pramface and Him & Her.
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NewsCelebrities roll back the years for CBBC
Pop stars Nicole Scherzinger and One Direction will look back at their 12-year-old selves and everyday kids will be thrust into the frontline of the UK’s emergency services for two CBBC commissions.
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NewsC4 probes Queen Victoria’s secrets
The controversial relationship between Queen Victoria and her Muslim Indian servant Abdul Karim will be explored as part of Channel 4’s 2012 history documentary line-up.
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NewsWhitehall bags BBC3 sitcom
Jack Whitehall is to get his own BBC3 sitcom as part of a major comedy push that will include six 30-minute online pilots.
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NewsBBC3 reveals diverse factual slate
BBC3 is to challenge young fathers to deliver their partners’ babies, while Radio 1 DJ Reggie Yates will go inside Britain’s gangs as part of a major crime season.
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NewsDCI Banks set to return
ITV1 is on the brink of commissioning a second full series of Stephen Tompkinson crime drama DCI Banks.
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NewsSky Arts resurrects South Bank Show
Melvyn Bragg’s The South Bank Show is returning to TV for Sky Arts in 2012 after a three-year hiatus.
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NewsGrayson Perry to explore class and taste for C4
Turner prize winning artist Grayson Perry will explore taste and class for Channel 4 in a three-part series due to be shown next year.
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NewsDavid Morrissey to star in C4 riots drama
The riots that engulfed parts of London this summer will be at the centre of the new Channel 4 drama starring David Morrissey.
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NewsITV1 to review the year in news
Mark Austin is to front a two-part review of the year in news for ITV1.
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NewsS4C to air Gary Speed tribute
Welsh broadcaster S4C is to air a tribute to Wales manager Gary Speed who died yesterday.
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NewsC5 defrosts Britain's Big Freeze
Channel 5 has ordered a three-part series that will examine the ways in which Britain copes with the increasingly frequent “Arctic-style” winters.
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NewsC4 orders fifth Supersize
A fifth series of Endemol’s Supersize Vs Superskinny has been ordered by Channel 4.
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NewsC4 orders Hollyoaks specials
Channel 4 has ordered two Hollyoaks specials to be shown over the Christmas period.
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NewsBBC3 to profile Tourettes singer
BBC3 has ordered a one-off documentary examining Tourette Syndrome via the life of aspiring singer Ruth Ojadi.
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NewsSky Arts' First Love to return
Alastair Campbell, Shaun Ryder and Carl Cox are among the celebrities who will feature in the second series of Sky Arts’ First Love series.