All Commissioning articles – Page 422
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NewsC5 eyes homegrown brands for expansion
Channel 5 is planning to build on some of its biggest home-grown brands as it aims to make content and talent work harder.
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NewsC4 spells out aims for multiplatform orders
Channel 4 is implementing a new framework for measuring the success of multiplatform commissions.
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NewsThe Garden pays visit to A&E for C4 fixed-rig doc
Nick Curwin and Magnus Temple are making their biggest ever fixed-rig show, using 70 cameras to film a London hospital’s accident and emergency department for Channel 4.
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NewsNHU wins first BBC3 order with dog swap series
The BBC’s Natural History Unit has secured its first commission for BBC3, with a series in which teenagers swap their spoiled pooches for “extreme” working dogs.
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NewsBBC1 orders Good Cook series
Food writer and chef Simon Hopkinson is to front a new series for BBC1 revealing how to create restaurant quality food using everyday ingredients.
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NewsITV1 to break new talent in primetime comedy show
ITV1 will give upcoming comedians their big break in new primetime stand-up series Show Me the Funny (working title).
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NewsPaxman to explore the Empire for BBC1
Jeremy Paxman is to front a new series for BBC1, which traces the rise and fall of the British Empire – and its lasting effect on the modern world.
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NewsCITV reorders Cool Stuff
CiTV has ordered more episodes of kids magazine show The Cool Stuff Collective.
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NewsC5 unveils first slate under Desmond
Dave Berry is to host a Channel 5 music entertainment show and Fresh One will make a spin-off of The Hotel Inspector as part of a raft of new programming from the channel.
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UK indie wins daily music show in China
A daily music show – Eye Tube - has been commissioned by Chinese broadcaster Channel Young. The programme has been developed by Paul Thompson and David Hopkins of Izon Music/Izon audio visual, with Steve Benham as producer.
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NewsC5 relaunch puts lesbians centre stage
Channel 5 is to lift the lid on the lives and loves of lesbians in Candy Bar Girls (working title), a new flagship series marking the relaunch of the channel under Richard Desmond.
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NewsCohen wins BBC tug of war over Miranda
Danny Cohen has won the tussle over award-winning sitcom Miranda, snaring the third series for BBC1.
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NewsC4 Comedy Lab to wrestle with kabbadi theme
The first Channel 4 Comedy Lab for 2011 is based on kabbadi - the Indian sport that achieved cult status on C4 in the early 1990s.
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NewsCutting Edge returns with look at darker side of life
Cutting Edge, the Channel 4 documentary strand that spawned breakout success My Big Fat Gypsy Wedding, will return in May with films on extradition, lottery winners and female paedophiles.
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NewsSilver River examines secrets of art for Channel 4
Channel 4 News culture editor Matthew Cain is to ask whether science can explain the secrets of art in a three-part series for Silver River.
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NewsLygo promises creatives cash in ITVS masterplan
ITV Studios will pump a significant amount of cash into development and fund its own pilots as part of Kevin Lygo’s regeneration masterplan.
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NewsEnfield drafted in to direct E4 sitcom pilot
Harry Enfield has been drafted in as the director for new E4 sitcom Sex and the Chippy after the original director Ben Palmer left the show.
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NewsCBBC orders Horrible Histories spin-off
Award-winning CBBC series Horrible Histories is to get its own spin-off quiz show.
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NewsNeumann joins ITV as entertainment cover
Former Bravo director of programmes Daniela Neumann has been appointed as temporary controller of entertainment for ITV.
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