Drama – Page 197
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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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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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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.
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NewsPiers Wenger appointed BBC head of drama
Channel 4 head of drama Piers Wenger has been appointed BBC director of drama commissioning after four years at the ad-supported broadcaster.
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NewsFox acquires TV remake of Wolf Creek
Fox has acquired the TV adaptation of Australian horror film Wolf Creek.
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NewsITV Encore plots contemporary vigilante drama
ITV Encore has commissioned a special two-hour contemporary crime drama following a series of vigilante paedophile killings.
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NewsObjective hires scripted chief
Objective has bolstered its comedy and drama division with the appointment of former Peep Show producer Hannah Mackay as head of scripted.
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NewsKudos development producer joins Sister Pictures
Kudos development producer Naomi de Pear has left the Endemol Shine Group company to be reunited with former chief executive Jane Featherstone at her indie Sister Pictures.
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NewsThe Frankenstein Chronicles to return to ITV Encore
ITV Encore has commissioned a second series of The Frankenstein Chronicles from Rainmark Films.