All Drama articles – Page 259
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FeaturesHot Picks: Marcella
The meteoric rise of dark Scandinavian dramas including The Killing and Borgen paved the way for Swedish writer Hans Rosenfeldt to create global smash The Bridge in 2013.
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NewsC4 loses rights to Black Mirror
Channel 4 has lost a bidding war with Netflix for the right to premiere the third series of Charlie Brooker’s Black Mirror in the UK.
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Behind The ScenesMaigret, ITV
For ITV’s new Maigret adaptation, Ealing Studios recreated 1950s Paris in Budapest. Olly Grant met the cast and crew on set.
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RatingsThe Night Manager triumphs for BBC1
SUNDAY: The Night Manager held off strong competition from ITV’s documentary about the Queen to bow out with its biggest audience of the series.
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NewsLucky Man to return after first series finds fortune
Stan Lee’s Lucky Man is to return to Sky 1 for a second series after the comic book thriller became the biggest drama in the channel’s 34-year history.
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RatingsThe A Word triumphs for BBC1
TUESDAY: BBC1’s autism drama The A Word triumphed in the 9pm slot, securing more than double the audience of any of its competitors.
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NewsDavid Ellender leaves Slingshot Global Media
David Ellender has left Slingshot Global Media, the international drama firm that he established in 2014, according to reports.
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FeaturesDrama indies take centre stage
Insatiable overseas appetite for English-language drama and the consequent flow of international money into UK production were the big themes of 2015.
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NewsSky Atlantic orders Kudos crime thriller
Sky Atlantic has ordered its latest big-budget drama – a crime drama set in the Canadian mountains produced by Kudos.
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NewsPeter Bowker plots WW2 epic
Peter Bowker is eyeing up a multi-lingual World War II drama as his next BBC project – and plans to go deeper into society’s attitudes toward autism in a second series of The A Word.
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RatingsThe X-Files bows out with average of 2m
MONDAY: The X-Files came to an end on a low for Channel 5 – but the reboot easily outperformed the channel’s slot average.
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NewsSky acquires E4's Nashville
Sky Living has poached country music soap Nashville, which previously aired on E4.
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NewsRed to produce conspiracy thriller for ITV
ITV has commissioned a conspiracy thriller which unpicks a mysterious murder investigation from the makers of Happy Valley.
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RatingsNight Manager dents Indian Summers
SUNDAY: The Night Manager dropped to a series low, but its audience remained resolutely above 6m and it damaged the return of Indian Summers on Channel 4.
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NewsSony backs drama indie
Sony Pictures Television has invested in Fable Pictures – the fledgling drama indie run by former Ruby Films producer Faye Ward.
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NewsStephen Garrett plots more John Le Carré
Kudos founder Stephen Garrett has lifted the lid on his new drama indie, revealing plans to develop a BBC series with the author of the Twilight saga and expand the John le Carré universe following the success of The Night Manager.
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NewsMichele Buck sets out Company stall
Former Mammoth Screen joint managing director Michele Buck wants to empower new drama talent after being given a fresh lease of life as chief executive of Company Pictures.
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RatingsAliens land on E4 with over 500k
TUESDAY: Clerkenwell Films fantasy drama The Aliens landed with more than half a million viewers on E4.
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NewsBuccaneer lands first kids series
Nickelodeon has commissioned Ride, a live-action series set in an elite equestrian boarding school, from Buccaneer Media.
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NewsRed Production opens US indie with author Harlan Coben
Happy Valley producer Red Production Company is to make its first major move into the US by launching an indie with bestselling American author Harlan Coben.