Commissioning – Page 500
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News3DD to take musicians back to their roots for C4
Channel 4 has commissioned 3DD to produce a new music series that will see artists such as Snoop Dogg and the Stereophonics revisit locations that inspired their work.
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NewsRobinson to front BBC2 series on wills
Sir Gerry Robinson will help people write their wills and divide up their estates in a Talkback Thames series for BBC2.
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NewsBBC4 to make MPs expenses drama
BBC4 is to turn the MPs expenses scandal into a comedy drama directed by Simon Cellan Jones.
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NewsITV pilots interactive variety show
ITV1 is trialling a live primetime variety show featuring number-based games that will invite viewers to phone-in for a big cash prize.
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NewsMackie looking for medical dramas
ITV director of drama Laura Mackie has revealed she is on the look out for a medical series, and has a project in development from Wuthering Heights writer Peter Bowker.
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NewsBBC orders successor to The Street from new McGovern indie
The BBC has ordered the ‘spiritual successor’ to The Street from Jimmy McGovern’s new production company.
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NewsBeing Human to get American makeover
Being Human is to get an American makeover after Syfy greenlit a 13-part remake from RDF Media USA.
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NewsBig Talk secures BBC2 urban church sitcom
The Full Monty director Peter Cattaneo is to return to his TV roots for a BBC2 sitcom about a frustrated urban Anglican vicar.
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NewsOctober to make prefab house series for Home
Amanda Lamb will front an October Films series for Home that will see the presenter help people make prefabricated houses.
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NewsSilver River looks to scripted with ex-Endemol hiring
Silver River has hired former Endemol exec Shaun Parry to bolster its drive into scripted content, as its first-ever drama approaches TX in Scotland.
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NewsOrion gets creative on funding for art-travel show
Indie Orion TV has pieced together an innovative deal involving local authorities, furniture retailer DFS and Discovery to fund a new art-inspired travel series.
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NewsBBC orders legal, art and war docs from regions
BBC1 is to investigate libel law in a 6 x 60-minute ob doc co-production from BBC Scotland and Matchlight as part of a batch of orders from the nations and regions.
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NewsFlame TV wins BBC daytime order
The BBC has ordered more than 40 new hours from Flame TV as part of a raft of recommissions by daytime controller Liam Keelan.
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NewsMark Gatiss to adapt HG Wells novel for BBC4
League of Gentleman star Mark Gatiss is to star in his own adaptation of HG Wells’ sci-fi romance, The First Men In The Moon, for BBC4.
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NewsC4 to explore dawn of aerial warfare
Channel 4 is to recreate the aerial battles of World War One for a 90-minute documentary from Darlow Smithson Productions.
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NewsMore4 teams up with National Theatre for arts strand
More4 has created a new peaktime Saturday arts strand spanning ballet, theatre, literature and an offbeat ‘magic realist’ documentary.
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Animal Planet orders third look at weird animals
Animal Planet International and the Science Channel have teamed up to order a third series of Icon Films’ wildlife series Weird Creatures with Nick Baker.
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NewsC4 to profile Britain's fattest man
Channel 4 is lining up a documentary about “Britain’s fattest man” as he embarks on life-threatening surgery to lose weight.
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NewsIrish scratch cards win Deal Or No Deal places
Irish commercial broadcaster TV3 has ordered a local version of Deal Or No Deal from Endemol UK in which viewers purchase scratch cards for a chance to take part.
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NewsChiles goes from One to Ten with Avalon spin-off
Avalon Television is lining up a late-night spin-off of The One Show for the BBC that is expected to feature comedian Frank Skinner alongside Adrian Chiles.