Commissioning – Page 510
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NewsMistresses returns for final fling
BBC1’s Mistresses is set for a final fling after the drama was recommissioned for a third series.
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ITV1 docs tackle coastal security
ITV1 is lining up two factual series following the specialist crime teams protecting Britain’s shores.
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NewsBBC3 eyes character-based sketch show
Comedian Simon Brodkin, who starred in BBC3 show The Wall, is recording his own sketch show pilot for the channel.
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NewsAtalla wins hypnotism comedy pilot
Ash Atalla’s indie Rough Cut TV has secured the final slot in Channel 4’s Comedy Showcase season of broadcast pilots.
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RTÉ looking for kids business shows
Ireland’s national broadcaster RTÉ is looking for business shows to help its children cope with the country’s economic crisis.
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NewsTrotters to return in Only Fools and Horses prequel
Del Boy’s coming back to BBC1 – but as a teenager.
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NewsBBC to resurrect Just William
Just William is to return to the BBC for the third time, in a new adaptation by Men Behaving Badly writer Simon Nye.
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CITV signs Britvic AFP deal
CITV has ordered a new magazine show sponsored by Britvic and produced by RDF’s The Foundation.
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CITV bucks trend to grow budget
CITV will be the only ITV channel to increase its budget next year – but it will not necessarily spend the additional money on original commissions.
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CTVC investigates late motherhood for BBC1
Religious and ethical indie CTVC is to meet the oldest women to give birth in a documentary for BBC1.
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NewsBravo seeks to go beyond ‘bloke TV’ content
Bravo is looking for more factual entertainment and humour after controller Dave Clarke admitted that he “played it safe” by commissioning for the “blokier” end of his audience last year.
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NewsCBBC commissions Cinderella sitcom and kids Dragon’s Den
CBBC has ordered a major sitcom about a modern-day Cinderella and a Dragon’s Den-style series in which children will compete to come up with inventions that could change the world.
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Restoration and rip-offs land BBC daytime orders
The BBC is bolstering its daytime output with a “daytime Watchdog” and a 20 x 30-minute antiques show on repairing damaged goods.
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NewsBBC4 drama to chart 1980s computer battle
The 1980s battle between the ZX Spectrum and the BBC Micro will be played out in a BBC4 comedy drama starring Martin Freeman and Alexander Armstrong.
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NewsDave plans first live broadcast
UKTV channel Dave will broadcast live for the first time for the climax of the second series of the Red Bull X-Fighters motorcross world tour.
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NewsStill not the last of Last of The Summer Wine
The BBC has recommissioned the world’s longest running sitcom, Last of the Summer Wine, for a 31st series -countering widespread rumours the show was about to be axed.
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NewsIndies battle for ESPN Premiership contract
North One, Sunset + Vine and TWI are set to vie for the contract to produce ESPN’s Premier League coverage, but they could come up against Sky’s production teams.
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NewsMeet the Natives to get Amish twist
Keo Films is to bring Amish youths to Britain in a follow-up to Channel 4’s “reverse anthropology” series, Meet the Natives.
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NewsArmstrong to present Pointless daytime quiz
Comedian Alexander Armstrong is to present a BBC2 daytime quiz that puts a twist on the Family Fortunes formula of polling the public.
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C4 is committed to docs but price worries remain
Channel 4 has committed to making another 40 editions of Dispatches and 30 of Cutting Edge in 2010, but factual producers still fear the effects of the channel’s cost-cutting.