All Drama articles – Page 267
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NewsUK indies plot The Night Manager follow-up
The Night Manager producers Character 7 and The Ink Factory are developing John le Carré’s The Spy Who Came In From The Cold as the follow-up to The Night Manager
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NewsC4 and Nat Geo partner on Kosminsky ISIS drama
Channel 4 and National Geographic have partnered for the first time on Wolf Hall director Peter Kosminsky’s upcoming ISIS-inspired drama.
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RatingsThe Musketeers hits series high
SATURDAY: The Musketeers hit a series three high in an otherwise quiet Saturday night.
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NewsSky orders The Five follow-up
Sky 1 is following its Harlan Coben-created crime drama The Five with a new standalone drama, The Four.
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NewsKudos lands BBC1 gay drama
BBC1 has ordered a two-part drama set in both the 1940s and the present day from novelist and screenwriter Patrick Gale.
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NewsWainwright & Shindler demand female voices
Last Tango In Halifax creator Sally Wainwright and Red Production Company boss Nicola Shindler have called for British broadcasters to address a lack of female drama writers.
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NewsCucumber producer joins Doctor Who
Cucumber and Misfits producer Matt Strevens is to join Doctor Who as executive producer alongside new showrunner Chris Chibnall.
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NewsSpotnitz poaches Eleven's Hall
Big Light Productions, the indie established by The X-Files writer Frank Spotnitz, is making a push into the UK after hiring Eleven’s head of production Jamie Hall.
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NewsLucinda Riley's Seven Sisters set for TV adaptation
US indie Raffaella Productions has optioned British author Lucinda Riley’s seven-book series The Seven Sisters.
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RatingsBrief Encounters & Brian Cox stay strong
MONDAY: Brief Encounters and Brian Cox’s Forces of Nature held onto their audiences as Love Island outperformed BBC2 and Channel 5.
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NewsBBC hires drama commissioner for Scotland
Gaynor Holmes has been hired as the BBC’s first drama commissioning editor for Scotland with a remit to invigorate the nation’s scripted output.
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NewsCTBF and Big Talk launch emerging writer scheme
The Cinema and Television Benevolent Fund (CTBF) has teamed up with Big Talk Productions and the LOCO London Comedy Film Festival to launch a major emerging writers scheme.
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FeaturesFinancing drama - funding TV's golden age
As UK drama competes on an increasingly global stage, budgets are going up and having a single broadcaster attached is no longer enough. Neil Midgley reports
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NewsStudio Lambert options Scilly Sergeant
Studio Lambert has optioned Colin Taylor’s memoir The Life of a Scilly Sergeant with a view as it continues to push into drama.
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NewsDrama enters The Red Tent
UKTV’s scripted channel Drama has acquired Old Testament mini-series The Red Tent.
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NewsITV heads to Loch Ness for murder mystery
Fortitude writer Stephen Brady has penned a six-part murder mystery for ITV set on the banks of Loch Ness.
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NewsLethal Weapon heads to ITV
ITV has acquired the TV remake of Mel Gibson and Danny Glover’s classic cop flick Lethal Weapon.
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NewsAmazon acquires Cameron Crowe's Roadies
Amazon has acquired the UK rights to Cameron Crowe’s Showtime drama Roadies.
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NewsStudio Lambert wins first drama commission
Studio Lambert has won its first drama commission with a three-part BBC1 series based on the true stories of sexual abuse in Rochdale.
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NewsCoronation Street extended to six eps per week
Coronation Street is to air six times a week after ITV increased the number of episodes.