Commissioning – Page 538
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NewsSerafinowicz back at Christmas
BBC2 sketch format The Peter Serafinowicz Show is to return for a Christmas special.
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RTE orders fifth Afternoon Show
The Afternoon Show is to return for a fifth series on leading Irish broadcaster RTÉ.
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NewsDavid Jason to quit Frost role
Detective Inspector Jack Frost is set to hang up his hat next year in a two-part finale to the long-running ITV drama series.
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NewsBBC4 unveils season line-up
BBC4 is to examine babies' development in the womb, in a series of groundbreaking documentaries lined up for the autumn/winter season.
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NewsE4 opens School of Comedy
E4 has ordered a full run of Left Bank Productions' sketch show School of Comedy following a one-off Comedy Lab on Channel 4.
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NewsDisney to remake Welsh radio sitcom
Disney is to adapt a comedy originally made for BBC Radio Wales as a children's animation for the UK and European market.
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NewsAnimal actors to star on Five
Leopard Films will reveal how trainers got Wellard the dog to bite Ian Beale's bum in EastEnders in a series about animal actors for Five, writes Kate McMahon.
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NewsPM will turn to kids for advice in BBC Election series
The winner of a new BBC kids series will give Gordon Brown advice on how to improve Britain.
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NewsBBC and C4 to create regional supply map
The BBC and Channel 4 are working together to draw up a “supply map” of the UK that will align geographical areas with specific programming genres.
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NewsStarkey to profile Henry VIII for C4
David Starkey is to produce a four-part “psychological profile” of Henry VIII for Channel 4.
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ITV1 doc looks at hunt for paedophile
Folio is to piece together the worldwide hunt for the paedophile dubbed “Mr Swirl” in a 60-minute doc for ITV1's Real Crime strand.
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BBC2 film revisits The Satanic Verses
BBC2 is to examine the controversy around Salman Rushdie's The Satanic Verses - despite silence from the author and his publisher for fear of reprisals.
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ITV3 revisits TV's classic costume drama
ITV3 will look at the changing face of costume drama this autumn as part of a push for more peak factual programming on the digital channel.
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Cutting Edge fraud doc goes to series
Channel 4 is to turn a recent Cutting Edge documentary on insurance fraud investigators into a full series.
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NewsITV1 seeks fact ent pitches for 9pm slot
ITV controller of alternative programming Layla Smith has asked indies to offer up ideas for a new factual entertainment show for ITV1 - but has warned she is not looking for “the next Apprentice”.
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NewsC4 targets bad behaviour in primary schools
Channel 4 is to look into the role of social intervention in primary schools in a documentary described by its director as “a British Être et Avoir”.
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NewsDanny Dyer returns to Bravo
Bravo has signed Danny Dyer to front a new series about reformed killers and crime bosses.
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NewsWalsh to keep Law & Order for ITV1
Bradley Walsh and Freema Agyeman are among the high profile ensemble cast for ITV's UK adaptation of US series Law & Order.
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NewsBBC jumps on board container story
The BBC is to track a shipping container around the world for a year to illustrate the global economic story in an easily tangible way.
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NewsLiving unveils 'guilty pleasures'
Living will send a group of brides to each other's weddings - and listen to them bitch about their rivals' big days in the hope of winning a honeymoon.