http://www.broadcastfreelancer.com/ en-gb Fri, 05 Mar 2010 16:57:00 UTC 60 Head of features and formats at BBC 3 Harry Lansdown has ordered a 30-minute pilot of Date Me Baby One More Time. “It has a fresh approach from most dating formats, that rely on a relationship that we will never really get to see or enjoy,” he said. The format… http://www.broadcastfreelancer.com/CareerTools/Commissioning/2010-03-05/BBC3-lines-up-stunt-dating-show 2010-03-05 16:57:00 Controller of entertainment John Kaye Cooper has ordered the 5 x 60-minute series, which will feature archive clips of performers such as Neil Diamond, Take That and Kylie Minogue, plus behind the scenes footage and interviews with producers and executives. Shiver creative director Mark Robinson will executive produce with ITV’s… http://www.broadcastfreelancer.com/CareerTools/Commissioning/2010-02-25/ITV-orders-best-of-An-Audience-With 2010-02-25 16:44:00 Forsyth, Sharon Osbourne and Chris Tarrant will all be on the receiving end of irreverent tributes from their showbusiness friends and peers in the three-part series, A Comedy Roast. Jimmy Carr is presiding over each hour-long show, which will be produced by indie Monkey. Osborne’s show will be filmed next… http://www.broadcastfreelancer.com/CareerTools/Commissioning/2010-02-24/C4-brings-comedy-roasts-to-the-UK 2010-02-24 16:57:00 Avalon Television will return to produce Russell Howard’s Good News, with the second series scheduled to launch next month. The third is planned for later this year. The show features Howard in front of a live studio audience as he highlights the big stories of the week, providing his own… http://www.broadcastfreelancer.com/CareerTools/Commissioning/2010-02-17/BBC3-orders-more-Good-News-from-Russell-Howard 2010-02-17 16:52:00 Interior designer Kathryn Rayward and antiques expert Mark Hill will present Cracking Antiques, which focuses on investing in second-hand, vintage and antique furnishings on a budget. Kathryn will suggest how to revamp distressed antiques to be suitable in a modern home, while Mark will offer advice on what items to… http://www.broadcastfreelancer.com/CareerTools/Commissioning/2010-02-12/New-antiques-show-gets-BBC-goahead 2010-02-12 16:17:00 The Are You Smarter… host will front Bank It Or Bin It, which has been created by Feel Good Factor. The latter is a new joint venture between Edmonds’ Bucket Management and Crystal Entertainment - an entertainment and management company run by former 19 Entertainment exec Charles Garland - that… http://www.broadcastfreelancer.com/CareerTools/Commissioning/2010-02-11/Sky-1-pilots-format-from-new-Noel-JV 2010-02-11 16:35:00 The new series of Engineering Connections with Richard Hammond will be co-produced by BBC2 and National Geographic Channels International with Darlow Smithson Productions. The six new episodes will investigate a selection of the world’s most ambitious engineering feats to understand how their construction was possible. It will air in early… http://www.broadcastfreelancer.com/CareerTools/Commissioning/2010-02-05/Hammond-to-examine-space-shuttle 2010-02-05 16:57:00 Broadcast has spoken to several top-level executives frustrated with commissioners at channels including Sky, Five and C4, who welcome their ideas but refuse to order series unless they are fully ad funded. One indie managing director told Broadcast: “We have been told by several commissioners, particularly at Five, that we… http://www.broadcastfreelancer.com/CareerTools/Commissioning/2010-02-04/No-AFP-no-commission-frustrated-indies-claim 2010-02-04 10:03:00 The cross-platform soap - comprising 5 x 5-minute webisodes, repeated weekly in a 25-minute BBC2 omnibus - launched last September and was immediately eyed as a long-running returning drama series. It was commissioned by Geoffrey Goodwin, head of Switch, who also created and developed the drama with EastEnders writer Al… http://www.broadcastfreelancer.com/CareerTools/Commissioning/2010-02-02/Switch-orders-second-season-of-The-Cut 2010-02-02 17:01:00 Endemol-owned Remarkable Television, the indie behind Big Brother, has devised The Drop [working title], a week-long game show in which contestants will fight to keep £1m in cash, which they are awarded at the start of the programme. Contestants are asked 10 questions and if they make one wrong move,… http://www.broadcastfreelancer.com/CareerTools/Commissioning/2010-02-01/C4-lines-up-live-game-showreallife-soap 2010-02-01 17:15:00 The presenter, who signed a two-year golden handcuffs deal with Five last summer, will ditch his usual T-shirt and trainers for the 10 x 60-minute entertainment show, which is believed to be lined up for a weekly primetime slot. Tiger Aspect Productions will film Justin Lee Collins: Good Times at… http://www.broadcastfreelancer.com/CareerTools/Commissioning/2010-01-28/Five-aims-for-TFI-feel-with-Lee-Collins-show 2010-01-28 16:30:00 T4 presenter Steve Jones is to front an 8 x 60-minute run of 101 Ways to Leave a Game Show for later this year. The show was developed by a creative team from Endemol UK and USA and will be produced by Endemol’s UK subsidiary Initial. In a studio housed… http://www.broadcastfreelancer.com/CareerTools/Commissioning/2010-01-27/Steve-Jones-to-front-BBC1-physical-game-show 2010-01-27 16:14:00 His challenge will see him begging for food and shelter, bartering his skills for scraps and living off his own produce. Jones, who has previously presented the BBC series Around The World In 80 Faiths is going back to basics for How To Live A Simple Life, which will be… http://www.broadcastfreelancer.com/CareerTools/Commissioning/2010-01-22/BBC-to-film-cashless-priest-over-eight-months 2010-01-22 15:36:00 The one-day programme of presentations will include an overview of Sky’s plans for 3D TV, a jargon free introduction to 3D, the broadcaster’s vision for delivering 3D to the home, seminars on 3D production and editing and an outline of the commissioning and commercial opportunities. Speakers will include: Sophie Turner… http://www.broadcastfreelancer.com/CareerTools/Commissioning/2010-01-20/Sky-to-outline-3D-commissioning-plans 2010-01-20 16:22:00 Alan’s Garden Secrets will see him tour stunning gardens around Britain and tell viewers about how the country’s landscape developed. Speaking about the new four-part series, made by indie Spun Gold, he said: “Not only will I be able to share some of my favourite gardens from across the country… http://www.broadcastfreelancer.com/CareerTools/Commissioning/2010-01-15/TitchmarshDon-back-on-BBC2 2010-01-15 15:38:00 Iuzzolino, who is currently acting head of features at C4, will become a creative director of the indie, alongside its founder Liz Warner, herself a former C4 features commissioner. He will also sit on the company’s board with Warner and managing director Andrew Conrad. He joined C4 in 2007 as… http://www.broadcastfreelancer.com/CareerTools/Commissioning/2010-01-13/C4-commissioner-joins-indie-Betty 2010-01-13 14:53:00 Most Haunted: The Live Series will air over eight consecutive Saturday nights on the Virgin Media-owned channel in a 9pm slot. Yvette Fielding will return to host the ghost hunting series, once again joined by a team of experts. They will visit a range of old and new Most Haunted… http://www.broadcastfreelancer.com/CareerTools/Commissioning/2010-01-12/Most-Haunted-going-live-on-Saturday-nights 2010-01-12 12:49:00