All Commissioning articles – Page 311
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NewsC5 doc uncovers snow survivors
Channel 5 has ordered a documentary from Leopard Films about people who have been trapped in snow.
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NewsC4 plans Benefits Street live debate
Channel 4 has responded to the heated reaction to ob-doc series Benefits Street by organising a one-off live debate.
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NewsWater firm doc in BBC2 pipeline
Mentorn Media is to go behind the scenes at FTSE 100 water company United Utilities for a primetime BBC2 series.
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NewsC4 and C5 order fixed-rig docs
Channel 4 has ordered another fixed-rig series from Educating Yorkshire indie Twofour, while Channel 5 has moved into the genre with a series set in a GP surgery.
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NewsSupernanny handed ITV talkshow
ITV has commissioned a new daytime talkshow fronted by Supernanny Jo Frost.
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NewsNetflix finalises deal for Marco Polo
Netflix has finalised its order for The Weinstein Company’s epic drama Marco Polo.
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NewsMichael McIntyre lands BBC1 chat show
Michael McIntyre is to expand his BBC1 Comedy Roadshow brand by hosting a chat show for the channel.
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NewsDiscovery uncovers Rise of the Nazi Party
Discovery is to air the Rise of the Nazi Party documentary after it acquired the series from World Media Rights.
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NewsRumpus wins debut order from TLC
TLC has commissioned a reality series fronted by Geordie Shore star Charlotte Crosby from fledgling indie Rumpus Media.
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NewsBBC1 orders The Great North Passion
BBC1 has commissioned a third ambitious re-telling of the Passion story - the centrepiece of which will be a giant cross made up of shipping containers in South Shields.
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NewsExtreme weather explored by C4
Channel 4 has ordered a four-part documentary about the UK’s extreme weather conditions from Pioneer Productions.
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NewsBBC developing Steve McQueen drama
The BBC has confirmed it is working on a “major drama” with 12 Years a Slave director Steve McQueen, which is likely to chart the black experience in Britain.
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NewsC4 to split third series of Black Mirror
Channel 4’s darkly comic series Black Mirror is returning for a third outing - but the dramas will be split rather than run consecutively creator Charlie Brooker has revealed.
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NewsArrow Media to broadcast live from space for C4
Arrow Media is producing a two-hour special for Channel 4 in the UK and Nat Geo around the world that will include live footage from the International Space Station as it completes an orbit of the earth.
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NewsSky and GME link up for Pick doc
Sky has worked with GroupM Entertainment for the first time to order its first original series for free-to-air station Pick TV – a 10-part ob-doc series using an innovative filming technique.
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NewsITV set to air The Widower as killer loses appeal
ITV is clear to broadcast a Jeff Pope drama about Malcolm Webster after the murderer lost his appeal against conviction in December.
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NewsStoryville to examine nuclear close shaves
BBC4 plans to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the dropping of the first atomic bomb with a “visceral” study of the history of nuclear near-misses.
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NewsTNA Wrestling pins down Challenge deal
Sky has renewed its rights deal with TNA Impact Wrestling to air coverage of the sport on its free-to-air channel Challenge.
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NewsMore4 serves up Cooks' Question Time
The Great British Bake Off host Sue Perkins is to front a Question Time-style culinary series for More4.
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NewsCarnival denies Downton demise
Carnival Films founder Gareth Neame has rubbished reports that ITV period drama Downton Abbey is to end after the next series.