All Commissioning articles – Page 287
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NewsFrankenstein first order for ITV Encore
ITV has ordered its first original commission for Sky pay-TV channel Encore, a Sean Bean-fronted drama about Frankenstein.
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NewsC4 and Box TV head to Platform Festival
Channel 4 has teamed up with Box TV and events company Live Nation to broadcast a series of performances from Manchester’s Platform Festival.
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NewsFrankel film under starter's orders for C4
Oxford Scientific Films will explore the story of legendary racehorse Frankel in a Channel 4 documentary ahead of Royal Ascot next year.
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NewsSky scraps Mr Sloane and Trying Again
Sky has cancelled Sky Atlantic comedy Mr Sloane, starring Nick Frost, and Chris Addison’s Sky Living sitcom Trying Again.
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NewsElectric Ray highlights inequality for C4
Sony-backed indie Electric Ray is to make a studio show for Channel 4 in which host Richard Bacon will shine a spotlight on inequality in Britain.
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NewsAOL kickstarts original commissioning
AOL UK has moved into commissioning for the first time, ordering online series fronted by Richard Bacon, Tess Daly and Rochelle Humes.
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NewsSir David Attenborough to lead raft of BBC natural history docs
Sir David Attenborough is to front three natural history documentaries as part of a major factual push from the BBC.
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NewsRed plots Sky Living crime drama
Mipcom: American crime novelist Harlan Coben is writing his first original UK television series – a 10-part drama for female-skewing channel Sky Living.
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NewsBBC orders Shaun The Sheep Christmas special
The BBC has ordered a Christmas special episode of Shaun the Sheep from Aardman Animations.
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NewsRadio 5 Live orders Buzzfeed-style show
The most-trending news stories from across the internet are to form the backbone of a Buzzfeed-inspired BBC Radio 5 Live programme set to launch next month.
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NewsC5 orders Violent Child series
Channel 5 has ordered three-part documentary series My Violent Child from Popkorn Television after it aired a pilot in June.
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NewsITV calls for more Catchphrase
STV Productions’ revived classic gameshow Catchphrase has been recommissioned for a third series.
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NewsC4 orders raft of one-off docs
Channel 4 will investigate a naturist village in St Albans and prison weddings as part of a raft of one-off documentaries.
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NewsMackie and Haynes indie wins first order
Mainstreet Pictures, the indie established last year by former ITV drama chiefs Laura Mackie and Sally Haynes, has won its first commission: a cold-case police drama for ITV.
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NewsBBC1 orders final series of Wallander
BBC1 has green-lit the fourth and final series of the multi-Bafta winning crime drama Wallander, starring Kenneth Branagh.
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NewsAlaska to bling up more babies for C5
Channel 5 is searching for more crystal-covered dummies and spray-tanned babies after ordering a three-part run of Alaska TV’s Blinging Up Baby.
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NewsMiranda Hart commits to BBC1 entertainment format
Miranda Hart has committed to hosting a BBC1 entertainment show – but there are doubts over whether it will be a direct revival of The Generation Game.
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NewsTeletubbies creator brings Twirlywoos to CBeebies
Teletubbies creator Anne Wood has developed Twirlywoos - a stop-motion pre-school series for CBeebies.
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NewsBBC1 to adapt The Night Manager
The producer of Philip Seymour Hoffman’s A Most Wanted Man is to adapt John le Carré’s 1993 novel The Night Manager for BBC1.
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NewsTern probes cybercrime for BBC
Tern Television is to delve into the world of cybercrime for its second BBC World News current affairs series.