All Commissioning articles – Page 449
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History orders Superhuman from OTF
The world’s most flexible man is to hunt other extraordinary people with the help of comic book legend Stan Lee in a new series for History.
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C4 committee to sign off commissions
David Abraham is to sit on an interim commissioning team that will sign off all Channel 4 programming orders in the wake of Kevin Lygo’s new role at ITV Studios.
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ITN to scale new heights for BBC2
ITN Productions is to produce a new series for BBC daytime that promises to scale the heights of Britain’s most iconic buildings.
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CBeebies looks outdoors for new series
CBeebies is aiming to get children off sofas and out into the great outdoors, with two new series about outside spaces and activities.
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Adam Buxton to star in BBC2 comedy chat pilot
BBC2 is piloting a chat show with a difference in which celebrities are interviewed in a mock-village hall by residents played by comedians Adam Buxton, Joanna Neary and Al Kerr.
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Nat Geo orders oil rig disaster doc
Steadfast Television is to make a fast turnaround documentary about the recent Gulf of Mexico oil rig disaster for National Geographic.
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The Broadcast Interview
Mark Linsey, BBC entertainment
Filling the gap left by the departure of Jonathan Ross is a key priority for the BBC’s head of entertainment commissioning. And he’s looking to indies for fresh ideas.
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Yesterday lines up Blitz and royals for war season
Yesterday has ordered two wartime documentaries about the Blitz and the Royal Family as part of its yearlong Spirit Of 1940 season.
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Lion wins drama order for BBC2 war pilot film
Lion Television is to recreate the “claustrophobia and frenzy” of life in the cockpit of a Spitfire in a new BBC2 drama about young pilots fighting in the Battle of Britain.
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Bookaboo wins second run
CITV’s Bookaboo is to return for a second series, ending fears that funding pressures would lead to the Bafta-winning children’s show being axed.
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Ruby readies ITV1 surgeon thriller and social drama for C4
Ruby Films is developing an ITV drama series following a feisty female surgeon, adapted by Mistresses co-creator SJ Clarkson from the bestselling surgery memoir Direct Red.
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C4 drops doc strands in religion shake-up
Channel 4 is shaking up its entire religious output by ditching strand Revelations after just one series and moving away from authored historical polemics in favour of finding the “One Born Every Minute of religion”.
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E4 signs up Natalie Cassidy for pregnancy reality doc series
E4 is to follow former EastEnders star Natalie Cassidy’s pregnancy in an observational reality series.
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Cook Yourself Thin returns for C4 daytime run
Channel 4 daytime show Cook Yourself Thin is to return to screens after three years away, after securing a sponsorship deal.
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Life on Mars duo reunite for Sky 1 drama
John Simm and Philip Glenister, who last appeared together in Life on Mars, are to star in new Sky 1 murder drama Mad Dogs.
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CBBC returns to Paradise Café
CBBC is to return to the South Pacific for a second series of comedy adventure series Paradise Café.
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"No guts, no glory", Abraham tells commissioners
Channel 4 commissioners must take a “no guts, no glory” approach and embrace creative risks, incoming chief executive David Abraham has declared.
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Davies makes personal history of 1980s for C4
Comedian Alan Davies is to make his debut on Channel 4 with a personal journey exploring the political and social changes during the 1980s that underpinned his teenage years.
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Pageant series headlines BBC3 ‘adult’ doc season
BBC3 is turning Baby Beauty Queens into a six-part series and has lined up topless model Alicia Douvall to discuss her “Faustian” aspirations for her teenage daughter, as part of the channel’s second
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C4 hunts new talent for Coming Up
Channel 4 is seeking up-and-coming talent for the 10th series of Coming Up in 2011, with Touchpaper TV again producing.