All Commissioning articles – Page 399
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NewsBBC4 gears up for motoring doc
Manchester indie Bigger Picture is producing a documentary about motorsports in the mid-1980s, when a relaxation of rules led to exciting and dangerous consequences.
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NewsC4 orders second SuperScrimpers helping
Endemol’s Remarkable Television is to make a Christmas special and extended second series of money saving advice series, SuperScrimpers, for Channel 4.
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NewsBBC orders Ripper-era drama from Tiger
BBC1 has commissioned an 8 x 60-minute detective drama from Tiger Aspect set in Jack the Ripper-era London.
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NewsBBC awards pilot deal to Future Formats trainee
A six-figure BBC initiative to recruit and train bright sparks from outside the TV industry has led to its first order - a non-TX entertainment pilot for BBC1.
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NewsC5 orders second Uppercut military series
Channel 5 has returned to Uppercut Films in a bid to repeat the popularity of the indie’s recent Royal Navy series with an ob doc focused on the Royal Marines in Afghanistan.
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NewsSpencer property show to lead C4 daytime push
Channel 4 will kickstart its increased investment in daytime by drafting in primetime talent Phil Spencer for a series about helping homeowners who are struggling to sell their property.
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NewsC4 orders travellers Dispatches
A fast-turnaround C4 Dispatches looking at the land rights of travellers will be broadcast on the night of the deadline for travellers to leave the Dale Farm site.
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NewsFrank Skinner to host BBC2 class comedy
BBC2 is to air a one-off comedy special exploring social class hosted by Frank Skinner and starring comedians Roisin Conaty, Miles Jupp and Micky Flanagan.
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NewsC4's Armstrong and Miller pilot moved to Christmas
Channel 4 is to air a comedy pilot from Alexander Armstrong and Ben Miller as part of its Christmas line-up.
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NewsGloria Estefan to host R2 series
Gloria Estefan is to front a seven-part series looking at the history of Latin music for BBC Radio 2.
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NewsThe Fast Show to return as online series
Comedy series The Fast Show is to return after an 11-year absence this autumn.
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NewsNew Tricks wins two series order
BBC1 crime drama New Tricks has been handed a commission for two new series after collaring some of its biggest audiences in three years.
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NewsGreenlight round-up: Hacking, spies and Ab Fab
The BBC and Sky have commissioned comedy specials that will satirise the hacking scandal and the British crime genre while re-commissioning several successful series
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NewsDawn Porter tries luck with C4
Dawn Porter is to front a new Channel 4 series examining the nature of luck and people’s perception of it.
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NewsC5 to follow funfair workers
Channel 5 has ordered an ob doc series which will meet the often secretive families who run funfairs across the country.
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NewsC4 to revisit Japanese Tsunami
New amateur footage of the Japanese tsunami is to feature in a new documentary for Channel 4.
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NewsE4 launches autumn season
E4 has unveiled a bumper slate of programming for the autumn as the digital channel works to fill the gap left by Friends.
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NewsTalkback to revamp Buzzcocks for new series
Talkback Thames is planning to revamp long-running music quiz Never Mind The Buzzcocks ahead of its new series in October.
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NewsDNI ditches ‘beards and bellies’ for fresh ideas
Discovery Networks International (DNI) is moving away from the “beards and bellies” of recent years and has called on the UK indie sector to deliver fresh ideas.
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NewsCohen sets out the ‘step change’ in BBC content
The BBC’s channel controllers outlined commissions and content wishlists at Edinburgh as they deflected questions about impending Delivering Quality First cuts.