All Drama articles – Page 281
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NewsITV eyes story of the week
ITV’s Polly Hill wants to reinvent the ‘story-of-the-week’ drama format as she bids to win over big, mainstream audiences.
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NewsDCI Banks axed by ITV
ITV has cancelled its long-running crime drama DCI Banks after five series.
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RatingsDamilola drama loses out to Dark Angel
MONDAY: The final instalment of ITV drama Dark Angel eclipsed BBC1’s one-off factual drama Damilola: Our Loved Boy.
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NewsITV cancels Brief Encounters
ITV has cancelled Ann Summers-inspired comedy drama Brief Encounters after just one series.
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CommentTime to bulk up or fall behind
Context is everything for AT&T/Time Warner merger, says Kate Bulkley
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NewsFleabag indie eyes new writers
Fleabag indie Two Brothers Pictures is to become a “creative incubator” for fledgling writers and has hired its first chief operating officer to help it follow up the success of the BBC3 comedy.
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NewsLa Plante exits Prime Suspect sequel
Lynda La Plante is understood to have walked away from ITV’s Prime Suspect prequel after disputes over casting and how the story should be told.
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NewsCarnival hires head of development
Kudos’ head of development Joanna Strevens is to join Downton Abbey indie Carnival Films in the same role.
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RatingsDark Angel picks up 5m
Monday: ITV’s Victorian drama Dark Angel dominated the evening, pulling in 5m (25.2%) from 9pm-10.30pm.
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RatingsHumans reboots with 2m
WEEKEND: The second series of sci-fi drama Humans gripped half the audience of the debut as Strictly extended its lead over The X Factor.
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RatingsLife beyond Downton Abbey
Factual is at a turning point for ITV as dramas such as The Durrells and Victoria help to plug the gap on Sunday nights and the entertainment juggernauts roll on.
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RatingsSlow start for Young Pope
THURSDAY: Sky Atlantic’s big budget The Young Pope got off to an underwhelming start, pulling in 141,000 (0.8%) across its two-hour launch.
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NewsJeff Pope pens Rhys Jones murder drama
Jeff Pope is to explore the aftermath of the tragic killing of 11-year old schoolboy Rhys Jones in a four-part factual drama for ITV.
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NewsThe Crown creator predicts bigger drama budgets
The Crown creator Peter Morgan believes the convergence of TV and film is set to accelerate and has predicted that drama series’ budgets could swell to many hundreds of millions of pounds.
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NewsSister Pictures hires Humans exec
Humans producer Chris Fry has joined his old boss Jane Featherstone as an executive producer at Sister Pictures.
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NewsBBC and ITVS changes hit Northern drama
Drama in the north came under the spotlight this week, with ITV Studios disbanding its northern drama hub and BBC head of drama for the north Hilary Martin moving to the indie sector.
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NewsBBCW & Cohen eye £50m drama deal
BBC Worldwide is closing in on an estimated £50m funding deal with Danny Cohen’s Access Entertainment to supercharge its drama pipeline.
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NewsDoc duo launch indie to ‘blur lines’ with drama
The award-winning directors of The Murder Detectives and My Son The Jihadi have joined forces to launch a production business that aims to blur the lines between drama and documentary, and have already picked up two commissions from Channel 4.
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NewsAMC boards C4 drama Loaded
Walking Dead broadcaster AMC has boarded Keshet UK and Hillbilly Television’s Entourage-style comedy drama Loaded for Channel 4.
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NewsEleventh Hour teams with Luti
New Blood indie Eleventh Hour Films has teamed up with Luti Media to develop a slate of dramas.