All Commissioning articles – Page 306
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NewsSky to air 100 hours of scripted shows
Sky will air over 100 hours of original scripted programming his year as part of its original content push.
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NewsITV2 conjures up more Tricked
Magic format Tricked will be conjuring up a fresh round of tricks after it was renewed by ITV2 for a second series.
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NewsBBC3 returns to Sweat The Small Stuff
BBC3’s Sweat The Small Stuff is to return for two more series marking the channel’s first big renewal after the revelation it is to move online.
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NewsC4 revamps Coming Up strand
Channel 4 has radically reshaped up-and-coming writers’ and directors’ strand Coming Up, supersizing the slot, which will be handed to a single winning entry.
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NewsComedians to travel Pan Am Highway for BBC2
Irish comedians Dara O Briain and Ed Byrne are to follow in the footsteps of a trio of 1940s pioneers and travel the Pan American Highway in a Boundless series for BBC2.
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NewsJacques Peretti to look at spending for BBC2
Jacques Peretti is expanding his The Men Who Made Us… franchise with a documentary series about consumer culture.
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NewsBBC2 orders M6 doc series and more James May
BBC2 is looking to drive more success with a pair of motoring commissions.
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NewsC5 explores fight against crime
Channel 5 is to explore modern crime in the UK as part of a raft of documentaries from recently installed factual commissioner Guy Davies.
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NewsJimmy McGovern's Banished debut BBC First order
Banished, Jimmy McGovern’s RSJ Films drama about the 18th century colonisation of Australia has emerged as the debut commission from BBC Worldwide channel BBC First.
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NewsBig Star’s Little Star to return
ITV has ordered an extended second series of Stephen Mulhern-fronted entertainment show Big Star’s Little Star.
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NewsBBC2 to Meet the Puppies
BBC2 is to follow the development of six puppies in their first year of life in an RDF Television series.
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NewsBBC1 lines up third David Walliams adaptation
BBC1 is to adapt David Walliams’ children’s book The Boy in the Dress for its third Christmas collaboration with the Little Britain Star.
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NewsC5 counts down with Objective
Channel 5 has commissioned seven entertainment-based countdown shows including The Ultimate Action Movies hosted by Vinne Jones.
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NewsTiger Aspect meets the taxman for C4
Channel 4 is to discover what makes the taxman tick in a three-part documentary series from Tiger Aspect.
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NewsSky Living back at Mount Pleasant
Sky Living has recommissioned Tiger Aspect-comedy Mount Pleasant for a fourth series.
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NewsMr Selfridge opens doors for third series
ITV has ordered a third series of its in-house department store drama Mr Selfridge.
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NewsRaw heads to Siberia for Discovery
Discovery has ordered a Siberian reality series from Raw TV, the first commission to emerge after the indie was acquired by the factual broadcaster earlier this week.
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NewsE! royal drama set for UK
US cable network E! has commissioned a Liz Hurley-fronted royal family drama that will be set and shot in the UK.
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NewsObjective probes psychology for Discovery
Discovery International has commissioned UK indie Objective Productions to make 10-part series The Mind Control Freaks.
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NewsLondon Live tunes up for music show
London Live has commissioned SoundClash, a 12-part live music show from music indie 3DD.