Commissioning – Page 640

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    Radar wins C4 commissions

    2005-08-25T08:30:00Z

    Iindie Radar productions has won a series of commissions from Channel 4, including a show in which contestants compete for media coverage by inventing spoof news stories.

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    Five goes to extremes for Shock Docs

    2005-08-25T08:30:00Z

    Five is to probe the bizarre worlds of voluntary crucifixion and sex addiction for its new late night documentary strand Shock Docs.

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    Touch follows expat vicar for ITV

    2005-08-25T08:30:00Z

    Touch Productions has been commissioned by ITV controller of current affairs, religion and arts Dominic Crossley-Holland to produce an 8 x 30-minute series about the only Anglican vicar on the holiday island of Mallorca. Parish in the Sun, which airs in October, will follow the life ...

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    Ant and Dec set to star in ITV sitcom

    2005-08-25T07:50:12Z

    Granada is developing a new ITV sitcom for Ant and Dec, written by the team behind Channel 4's hit comedy Peep Show.

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    ITV drops flagging Dimbleby

    2005-08-25T07:50:06Z

    ITV has axed its long-running LWT current affairs show Jonathan Dimbleby, after a decade on air.

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    Sally Head wins ITV drama

    2005-08-25T07:50:04Z

    Sally Head Productions, the indie behind BBC lesbian dramas Tipping the Velvetand Fingersmith, has picked up a drama commission from ITV.

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    Dreyfus pulls on Hero cape

    2005-08-25T07:50:02Z

    James Dreyfus is to replace Ardal O'Hanlon as superhero Thermoman in the BBC1 series My Hero.

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    Five swims with sharks

    2005-08-25T07:50:00Z

    Five is to dive into the world of the great white shark with a week of live shows this autumn.

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    Casualty viewers to play God

    2005-08-24T10:12:29Z

    The BBC is gearing up for a major experiment in interactive TV, offering viewers of this Saturday's Casualtyprogramme the chance to vote on how the programme ends.

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    ITV lines up live soap quiz

    2005-08-24T10:06:28Z

    ITV1 has commissioned a live soap quiz that will pit three 100-strong teams of fans from EastEnders, Coronation Streetand Emmerdaleagainst each other.

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    Lygo warns over C4's performance

    2005-08-19T08:00:06Z

    Channel 4 director of television Kevin Lygo has warned that the company's record-breaking performance could be brought to an abrupt end.

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    Channel 4 orders hit Endemol quiz

    2005-08-18T08:30:00Z

    Endemol's international hit gameshow Deal or No Dealhas been picked up by Channel 4.

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    Belfast indie follows world tour

    2005-08-18T08:30:00Z

    Belfast-based indie Imagine Media Productions has secured a three-year deal from BBC Northern Ireland to follow a journalist as he travels the world.

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    Format focus: prank patrol

    2005-08-18T08:30:00Z

    In this show kids play all manner of practical jokes but will it fall foul of parents' campaign groups, asks Geoff White

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    Hall drives BBC4 cowboy comedy

    2005-08-18T08:30:00Z

    Award-winning comedian Rich Hall is to make his first comedy drama series, a cattle-driving road movie-style story from Open Mike Productions for BBC4.

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    Brown fronts Riots for Bravo

    2005-08-18T08:30:00Z

    Former Loadededitor James Brown is fronting a show for Bravo exploring some of Britain's more notorious riots, writesSusan Thompson.

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    Fulfords director turns camera on Princess Michael for C4

    2005-08-18T08:30:00Z

    Princess Michael of Kent is to get the F***ing Fulfordstreatment for a Channel 4 documentary which follows her attempts to sell her family home.

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    Commissioner's Q & A: Mark Wild

    2005-08-18T08:30:00Z

    The commissioning editor of Animal Planet International gets excited by baby humpback whales, wishes he could steal Springwatch and is on the lookout for something on illegal practices in the animal world.

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    ITV3 documentary revisits Brideshead

    2005-08-18T08:30:00Z

    ITV3 has commissioned Free@Last TV to make an hour-long documentary about the Granada classic Brideshead Revisitedto air ahead of a complete rerun of the 1980s series later this year. Interviewees will include former cast members, series producer Derek Granger, and directors Michael Lindsay-Hogg and Charles Sturridge. ...

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    Film profiles couples united by tragedy

    2005-08-18T08:30:00Z

    Sky One and Michael Attwell Productions have co-produced United By 9/11, a documentary about people brought together in various ways by the attacks on the World Trade Centre. The 90-minute special, due to air in the autumn, will feature couples who have met through bereavement and ...