All Commissioning articles – Page 310
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NewsKids’ classics set for TV return
A nostalgic commissioning boom and a rush to wring value out of rights is behind a glut of revivals of iconic British children’s TV shows, according to industry experts.
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NewsMultichannel commissions reach £600m
UK multichannel broadcasters spent just short of £600m on original commissions last year, helped by new entrants such as Fox and Lifetime.
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NewsBodyshockers gets second run
Channel 4 will revisit the debate about body modification after commissioning another series of Bodyshockers.
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NewsBBC2 boards Windfall train doc
BBC2 is taking a look behind-the-scenes at London’s new £15billion railway Crossrail.
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NewsBBC1 orders CPL daytime quiz
BBC1 has beefed up its daytime slate with a CPL Productions gameshow, hosted by Shane Richie.
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NewsSky1 orders first fixed rig series
Sky 1 has ordered its first fixed-rig ob-doc series as part of drive to shake up its weekday 8pm slot.
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NewsBBC2 tracks down Animal Movers
BBC2 will take a walk on the wild side in a 2 x 60-minute series exploring the transportation of rare and dangerous animals around the world.
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News24 Hours in A&E moves hospital
Channel 4 has bulk ordered another 30 episodes of 24 Hours in A&E and will move the show out of King’s College Hospital and into a new emergency care unit.
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NewsDanger Mouse to return on CBBC
Danger Mouse is to return to screens 30 years after it launched as CBBC ordered a remake of the classic kids cartoon from FremantleMedia.
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NewsVictory wins National Lottery gameshow
Sony Pictures’ Victory Television has scooped a BBC1 National Lottery gameshow that sees contestants choose their own prizes.
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NewsMartha Kearney brings bees to BBC2
Journalist Martha Kearney is transporting her love of bees to BBC2 with a documentary produced by Impossible Factual.
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NewsBBC to launch music awards show
BBC1 is planning to launch a music awards show to rival the Brits later this year in collaboration with Radio 1 and Radio 2.
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NewsC4 takes aim at US gun culture
The lives of children who are caught up in America’s gun culture are to be explored in a Minnow Films doc for Channel 4.
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NewsBBC sets sail with Mayflower doc
BBC2 is exploring the history of the first new world pilgrims in a two-part documentary series.
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NewsTeletubbies back after a decade
Iconic kids show Teletubbies is to return for the first time in over a decade after CBeebies ordered a new series.
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NewsImagine to uncover hidden WW2 German art
BBC1 is to delve into the mysteries surrounding artworks hidden in Munich throughout the Second World War for an Imagine documentary.
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NewsGold to broadcast Monty Python reunion live
UKTV has scored the television rights to the final performance of the Monty Python Live (Mostly) stage show.
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NewsBBC1 axes The Crimson Field
BBC1 has axed World War I drama The Crimson Field in an effort to create space for new shows.
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NewsFormats are back in fashion
Commissioners and producers at Sheffield DocFest 2014 suggested that the ob-doc renaissance is here to stay, but there was also a sense that more factual formats are on the cards.