Commissioning – Page 502
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NewsDisney turns to The Foundation for High School Musical spin-off
Disney Channel UK has ordered its third High School Musical-inspired local production, and its first from the indie sector.
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NewsBelow the Radar to profile Gerry Adams
BBC Northern Ireland has lined up a profile of Sinn Féin president Gerry Adams from Ten Alps indie Below the Radar.
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NewsFilms of Record lands Panorama childcare doc
Films of Record is making a Panorama investigating the pressures facing childcare social workers following the Baby P scandal.
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NewsBBC to revive Upstairs Downstairs
The BBC is to revive its classic television saga Upstairs Downstairs, with Jean Marsh reprising her original role as Rose the parlour maid - who has been promoted to housekeeper.
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NewsDave wants more Red Dwarf
UKTV has commissioned a new batch of Red Dwarf scripts after reviving the BBC sci-fi comedy at Easter.
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NewsBBC2 greenlights Simon Amstell sitcom
BBC2 has commissioned a six-part run of Grandma’s House from Tiger Aspect Productions, written by and starring Simon Amstell.
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NewsBBC recommissions Missing drama
The BBC has recommissioned the critically acclaimed drama Missing for 10 new episodes to be screened next year, making it twice the length of season one.
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NewsAnimal baby series to kick off BBC Bristol partnership
BBC1 has unveiled plans for an “emotionally charged” natural history series about the attempts to save some of the rarest animals on earth.
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NewsShine to revive fortunes of brass band for BBC2
BBC2 hopes to do for local brass bands what Strictly has done for ballroom dancing with a three-part Shine Television series fronted by Sue Perkins.
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Comedy Central in Grouchy Men deal with Liberty Bell
Comedy Central has ordered a full 14-part series of comedy documentary Grouchy Young Men following a successful pilot which aired in April this year.
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NewsMagician Brown to front ‘real-life psychics’ docs
Derren Brown is changing tack with his next series for Channel 4, fronting three ob docs in which he will meet people who claim to have psychic abilities.
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NewsSky set to take drama from Morrissey indie
Sky 1 is poised to commission a high-end police drama, starring David Morrissey and based on the novels of Mark Billingham.
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NewsC4 orders second Half
Channel 4 has ordered a second series of RDF Television’s series How The Other Half Live.
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NewsC4 commissioners outline wish list for filling Big Brother gap
Channel 4 has given the first hints of what it will be looking for in 2011 to fill about 250 hours of its primetime schedule previously occupied by Big Brother.
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NewsHat Trick brings Israeli panel format to BBC2
MIPCOM: Hat Trick Productions is adapting Israeli news panel show format The Bubble for BBC2.
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NewsBBC daytime gets more Pointless
BBC2 has ordered a second 30-part run of Endemol daytime quiz show Pointless.
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NewsPhillips to host Sky Real Lives soldier series
Sky Real Lives is to “bring into sharp focus” the dedication, danger and loneliness of those serving in the British Armed Forces in a major series hosted by Fiona Phillips.
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NewsMeet the Natives heads Stateside
MIPCOM: Keo Films has won its first US commission with an adaptation of Meet the Natives for the Travel Channel and National Geographical Channels International.
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NewsChapman strikes first BBC deals
Chapman Entertainment has struck its first deal with the BBC, which has taken its new preschool properties Little Charley Bear and Rah Rah The Noisy Lion.
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NewsTalkback to co-pro Berlin Olympics drama
MIPCOM: The characters and controversy of the 1936 Olympics will provide the backdrop to a new miniseries, produced as part of a major drama partnership between TalkbackThames and Berlin-based UFA.