Commissioning – Page 547
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NewsFogle and Cracknell to ski Antarctic for BBC2
Adventurers Ben Fogle and James Cracknell are to swap their oars for skis in a new endurance challenge for BBC2.
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NewsTranter denies US move
BBC director of fiction Jane Tranter has insisted she is going nowhere - and that she wants to commission more comedy drama in her current role.
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NewsTern wins double BBC order
Tern Television will give six people the chance to beat their modern lifestyle addictions in an 8 x 30-minute series for BBC Northern Ireland.
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NewsRooney shoots football talent search show for Sky One
Wayne Rooney will search for the country's best grass-roots footballer in a flagship show for Sky One.
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Muslim pair search for 500 faces of Islam
Two young British Muslims will attempt to track down 500 people called Osama in just 50 days in a cross-platform commission from Channel 4.
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Ricochet challenges women to do ‘men's' jobs
Women will attempt to prove they can be better cowboys, hunters or loggers than men in a Ricochet series for Channel 4.
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CBBC orders One Minute Wonders
CBBC is to explore the amazing events that take place around the world every minute as part of a factual series dubbed “QI for kids”.
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UKTV relives war workers' Finest Hour
UKTV History will meet the ordinary people who defied Hitler's bombs in a major documentary series.
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NewsEx-soldier goes back to nature for BBC2
BBC2 is to send former SAS soldier Monty Halls to a remote Scottish idyll in an aspirational new series about “the ups and downs” of getting away from it all.
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NewsC4 music shows to return
Channel 4 has cemented its ongoing commitment to music programming with a third extensive run for Freshly Squeezed.
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NewsBBC NI to create marriage bootcamp
Green Inc Film & Television will attempt to cure husbands of their bad habits by sending them to a “marriage bootcamp” for a BBC Northern Ireland show.
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NewsLee Collins in line to host ITV2 chat show
ITV2 is eyeing Justin Lee Collins as the host of his own Sunday-night chat show.
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NewsAnt & Dec in talks to Double Your Money
Ant & Dec indie Gallowgate Productions is in talks to revive the classic Hughie Green quizshow format Double Your Money.
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Waddell Media in US expansion
Northern Ireland indie Waddell Media has made major inroads in the US by opening a New York office and signing a development deal with Discovery US.
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Five plays Top Trumps with super machines
Five is planning a series based on the classic card game Top Trumps, which will pitch the world's super-machines against each other in a battle of credentials.
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Darlow probes The Brain for History US
Darlow Smithson Productions US is to examine whether people are born evil in a two-hour special about the mind for the History Channel US.
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NewsITVP recalls outbreak of WW2
ITV Productions is to tell the story of the day Britain declared war on Nazi Germany in an inter-national co-production for ITV1 and France 3.
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NewsFive orders raft of factual shows
A 30-part documentary on the Highlands emergency services will be a key part of Five's factual output over the coming year.
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More Kelly's DNA Stories
Sky Real Lives has ordered SMG Productions to make a second series of Lorraine Kelly's DNA Stories, where DNA testing is used to solve individual and family dilemmas.
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Boyzone back on Sky One
Sky One has commissioned The Last Word to produce a 60-minute documentary charting Boyzone's return to the pop world after eight years.