All Commissioning articles – Page 263
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NewsAmazon ramps up non-scripted plans
Amazon has kicked off a hunt for a range of reality formats as the battle between SVoD platforms moves into non-scripted.
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NewsLouis Theroux Scientology doc lands theatrical release
Louis Theroux’s first theatrical feature documentary, My Scientology Movie, is to launch at this year’s London Film Festival.
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NewsC4 to track Landmark Trust restorations
Chocolate Media will follow attempts by the Landmark Trust to complete two ambitious building restorations for a Channel 4 series.
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NewsMilkshake cooks up Shane The Chef
Channel 5 is cooking up more original kids commissions with a 52-part animated chef comedy from Cloudbabies indie Hoho Entertainment.
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NewsC4 drama to explore historic sex abuse
George Faber is to produce a Channel 4 drama series which will explore the impact on a fictional public figure after they are accused of historical sexual misconduct.
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NewsC4 to track teenage murder investigation
Ten Alps indie Films of Record will track a police investigation into a teenage murder in an ambitious documentary series for Channel 4.
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NewsBBC2 secures access to the White House
BBC2 has secured unprecedented access to the White House to tell the story of president Barack Obama’s legacy.
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NewsCharlotte Moore: BBC1 continues to take risks
Charlotte Moore has claimed BBC1 remains distinctive and risk-taking as she unveiled a Russell T Davies adaptation of A Midsummer Night’s Dream.
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NewsBBC3 plans Serial-style online series
BBC3 is developing a Serial-style factual series as one of its first online commissions ahead of the closure of its linear channel.
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NewsBBC2 checks into Real Exotic Marigold Hotel
Twofour is to replicate the Best Exotic Marigold Hotel film with a group of celebrities in a documentary series for BBC2.
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NewsDiscovery plots Idris Elba follow-up
Discovery chief creative officer Phil Craig has revealed that the broadcaster is working with Idris Elba on a follow-up to his high-octane series No Limits.
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NewsSlow TV returns to BBC4
A sleigh ride through Lapland and the exploration of the biology of a 400-year-old oak tree form part of BBC4’s second slow TV season.
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NewsFlowers blooms in C4 line-up
Channel 4 has revealed three important parts of its 2016 schedule, with a follow-up to Walking The Nile, a full series of Kudos comedy Flowers and an adaptation of children’s book We’re Going On A Bear Hunt.
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NewsBBC1 returns to Decimate
CPL Productions’ BBC1 daytime quiz show Decimate has been recommissioned for a second 25 x 45-minute series.
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NewsIndus wins clutch of C4 docs
Indus Films is to investigate the world of luxury interior design as one of three Channel 4 documentaries.
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NewsSky investigates Irish border force
Crackit Productions has sealed two commissions – a 20-part series for Sky 1 following Ireland’s border force and a wedding series for Channel 5.
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NewsITV lining up Cold Feet reunion
ITV is in talks with the stars of Cold Feet about a potential reunion more than a decade after the drama was axed.
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NewsTwofour attempts 'time travel' transformation for ITV
Twofour has landed a six-part series with ITV in which Davina McCall will meet individuals who are attempting to change their lives.
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NewsBBC developing country house period drama
Mentorn Media’s drama division Daybreak Pictures is developing an ambitious country house period drama for the BBC.
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NewsBen Fogle to front ITV 'whale-fall' experiment
Ben Fogle will front an ambitious ‘whale-fall’ experiment for ITV which will lure large sea creatures – including sharks – to the carcass of a whale.