Drama – Page 213
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NewsDave plots move into drama
Dave will move into drama as parent company UKTV prepares to turbocharge the channel with a 70% increase in its budget.
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NewsITV looks beyond Downton Abbey
ITV has taken a major step into the post-Downton era by ordering three high-end dramas that it hopes will ease the departure of the country house smash.
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NewsLA Screenings: the hottest shows
Rain fell in a dull and dreary Los Angeles in May for the first time in many years, but the 2015 LA Screenings began brightly, with British buyers buzzing over a batch of new shows.
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NewsOfcom clears UKIP drama
Ofcom has rejected 6,000 complaints about Raw TV’s Channel 4 drama, UKIP: The First 100 Days.
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NewsITV lines up Queen Victoria drama from Mammoth Screen
Former Silver River head Daisy Goodwin is to make her screenwriting debut with a Queen Victoria biopic for ITV.
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NewsBBC1 orders Sally Wainwright film on Brontë family
Bafta-winning Happy Valley writer Sally Wainwright will write and direct a 1 x 120 minutes film about the Brontë sisters to air on BBC1 next year.
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NewsSimon Raikes quits C5 to expand Red Planet Pictures
Factual commissioning editor Simon Raikes is leaving Channel 5 to launch a non-scripted division at Tony Jordan’s Red Planet Pictures.
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NewsJuliette Howell to leave Working Title UK TV
Working Title Television UK’s Juliette Howell is leaving the NBC Universal joint venture once she has overseen it existing slate.
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NewsPatrick Holland and Polly Hill: indie verdict
New BBC documentaries and drama heads are broadly welcomed by production community
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NewsAmazon returns to Ripper Street
Amazon Prime Instant Video has continued its push into originations by commissioning a further two series of period crime drama Ripper Street.
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NewsBBC eyes next Hilary Mantel adaptation
The BBC is developing an adaption of Hilary Mantel’s French revolution novel A Place of Greater Safety following the success of Wolf Hall.
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NewsPaul Abbott developing second series of No Offence
Paul Abbott is developing a second series of C4 drama No Offence as he looks to replicate the success of Shameless, according to the show’s executive producer.
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NewsBBC2 axes Banished
BBC2 has cancelled Banished, Jimmy McGovern’s drama about a British convict prison camp in 18th century Australia, after a single series.
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NewsPolly Hill to become BBC drama controller
BBC head of independent drama Polly Hill will succeed Ben Stephenson as controller of drama at the corporation.
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NewsKilling creator's indie wins first order
SAM Productions, the producer set up by The Killing creator Søren Sveistrup and Borgen creator Adam Price, has won its first commission.
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NewsAll3Media America scores US drama pilot
All3Media America’s march into drama has taken a step forward after scoring a pilot for US cable network E!, written by Mad Men’s Jonathan Abrahams and produced by Objective Productions USA.
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NewsA+E Networks boards War and Peace
US cable group A+E Networks has boarded BBC2’s epic adaptation of War and Peace as part of a landmark deal.
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NewsBBC4 acquires Icelandic thriller
BBC4 has expanded its international drama slate with a 10-part Icelandic series, produced by Baltasar Kormakur, the director of Denzel Washington film 2 Guns.
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NewsFilmmakers' fledgling indie secures ITV investment
ITV Studios has acquired a minority stake in Monumental Television, the fledgling indie set up by film producers Alison Owen and Debra Hayward.