Commissioning – Page 501
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NewsLocation presenter to front DIY Christmas series
Location, Location, Location presenter Kirstie Allsopp will reveal how to have a DIY Christmas in a 3 x 60-minute series for Channel 4.
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Bio orders Louis Walsh profile for In My Life
Bio has ordered a profile on X Factor judge Louis Walsh as part of its In My Life strand.
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NewsBBC3 reality show to chart lives of junior medics
BBC3 is to follow five doctors in their first four months of the job for a 6 x 60-minute series shot in the style of a glossy medical drama.
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NewsAl Jazeera English orders Arab cities vox pop series
Al Jazeera English has commissioned Lion Television to produce a major current affairs series canvassing the opinions of ordinary people in Arab cities.
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NewsTwofour snares perfume guru to front BBC1 show
Perfume entrepreneur Jo Malone will front BBC1’s next business entertainment format in which members of the public attempt to make a success of a product they have created.
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NewsMTV unveils two shows in pipeline for TMF replacement Viva
MTV has revealed two commissions for Viva, its new entertainment channel for people “who have shitty jobs during the week and focus on Friday night with their mates”.
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NewsWatch sticks to children for Shine TV gameshow
Watch will build on the success of Tarrant Lets The Kids Loose with a primetime Shine Television gameshow that challenges celebrities to break down the communication gap between adults and children.
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NewsSky 1 orders sports panel show pilot
Sky1 has commissioned a 30-minute pilot of A League of Their Own, a panel show in which celebrity contestants compete to determine who has the best sporting knowledge.
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NewsOctober to produce Nobel Laureate doc
October Films has been commissioned to produce a documentary about the 2009 Nobel Laureate in Literature, Herta Müller.
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NewsChannel 4 to revisit The Hospital
Channel 4 is planning to return to Britain’s specialist NHS wards for an extended second run of documentary series The Hospital next year.
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NewsAdrian Chiles to pilot The Ten Show
The BBC is planning a late-night spin-off of The One Show in which Adrian Chiles will chair a debate about the stories behind the week’s headlines.
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NewsITV orders Ant & Dec Christmas show
Ant & Dec will front a Christmas variety show for ITV1 made by their indie, Gallowgate.
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NewsC4 reveals second Family
Channel 4 has unveiled the second family that will go under the microscope in its Bafta-nominated documentary format The Family.
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NewsC4 gives all-female sketch show a slot in comedy season
Channel 4 has extended its forthcoming pilots season Comedy Showcase to seven episodes after greenlighting an all-female sketch show from Objective Productions.
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NewsMoffat developing a ‘British Heimat’ for BBC1
BBC1 is developing a British equivalent of the German television landmark, Heimat, penned by Criminal Justice writer Peter Moffat.
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NewsC4 explores the links between race and science
Channel 4 is to explore the relationship between science and race in a controversial season of documentaries.
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Dave comedy to swap UK and US stand-up styles
Phill Jupitus and Flight Of The Conchord’s star Eugene Mirman will swap roles on either side of the Atlantic to perform stand-up in front of a foreign audience in a broadcast pilot for Dave.
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NewsBBC3 plans Snog Marry Avoid? spin-off series
BBC3 has ordered Endemol subsidiary Remarkable Television to make a spin-off of its Snog Marry Avoid? format called Hotter Than My Daughter.
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NewsFive to reveal secrets behind The Lost Symbol
The facts behind the fiction of Dan Brown’s follow up to The Da Vinci Code are to be revealed in a new documentary for Five.
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NewsSky 1 orders Jacko live séance
Psychic Derek Acorah is to attempt to make contact with late pop star Michael Jackson as part of two specially-commissioned shows for Sky 1.