Commissioning – Page 478
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NewsFive and UKTV order emergency series
Five has commissioned a new ‘blue light’ series with UKTV following the high speed experiences of biker police and paramedics.
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NewsAl Murray fronts topical ITV comedy pilot
Al Murray is piloting an “apocalyptic, yet upbeat” ITV1 show that aims to take a comic look at the week’s events.
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NewsLewis to return for fifth series
ITV has ordered four more episodes of established detective drama Lewis.
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NewsJailed nursery nurse’s family to speak out in doc
The immediate family of Vanessa George, the Plymouth nursery nurse jailed for child abuse, are to speak in a HanrahanMedia doc for AETN UK’s Crime & Investigation Network.
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NewsFive lines up ‘all-singing, all-dancing’ gameshow
Ant & Dec indie Gallowgate is tuning up to produce a music gameshow for Five as part of the broadcaster’s ambitions to score a shiny-floor hit.
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NewsTurner channels want in on the live action
Turner Broadcasting’s new chief content officer, Michael Carrington, is making the inclusion of live-action programming a priority for his predominantly animationbased channels Boomerang and Cartoon N
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NewsBBC Children’s to target teens with extra budget
BBC Children’s plans to use some of its recently approved extra budget to try to attract more teenage viewers to its CBBC channel.
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NewsFrontrunners emerge for BBC commissioning role
Watchdog editor Jeff Anderson and BBC executive producers Lisa Edwards and Alison Kirkham are thought to be in the running to succeed Jo Ball as commissioning editor for features for BBC1 and BBC2.
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NewsITV breaks new ground in Baby Cow app transfer
Baby Cow has won an ITV commission for an animated series in what is thought to be the first time an iPhone app has been turned into a TV show.
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NewsC4 plans follow-up series to My Beautiful Face doc
Channel 4 is to turn its Bafta-nominated Cutting Edge documentary Katie: My Beautiful Face into a four-part series.
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NewsStreet Striker to return
Ad-funded football talent contest Coke Zero Street Striker, presented by Wayne Rooney, has been recommissioned by Sky 1 HD for a third series to start filming in August.
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NewsPineapple spin-off set for a nationwide tour
Sky 1 is to turn the follow-up to Pineapple Dance Studios into a live event that it plans to take around the country.
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NewsJonathan Ross to host ITV chatshow
ITV has announced that Jonathan Ross is to front a new prime chatshow that is slated to launch next year.
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NewsCall for more "recognisably Scottish" drama
BBC Scotland has been urged to find new ways of ensuring there is more “recognisably Scottish” drama on screen - and has recommissioned three comedy series.
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NewsJedward to star in ITV2 ob doc
X Factor contestants John and Edward Grimes, better known as pop duo Jedward, are to star in an ob doc for ITV2.
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NewsSky 1 signs Myleene Klass for young daredevils doc
Myleene Klass is to meet a 10-year-old cage fighter and the world’s youngest lion tamer in a special hour-long documentary for Sky 1.
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NewsStreep set to invade Falklands
Meryl Streep may play the role of former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher in a new Film 4 production about the lead-up to the 1982 invasion of the Falkland Islands, based on a script by Abi Morgan.
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NewsHoward Marks to front drugs doc
Gail Porter and Howard Marks are to tackle hard-hitting issues such as prostitution and drugs in a series for Current TV.
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NewsCBBC orders war season
CBBC has ordered a drama, documentary and Newsround special about how war impacts on children’s lives.
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NewsLeague of Gentlemen reunite for R4
Comedy troupe The League of Gentlemen will reunite for the first time since their 2005 movie for a Radio 4 documentary.