Drama – Page 47
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NewsIn brief: US writers’ strike; Richard Sharp; Jeff Stelling; All3Media International
Talk shows bear brunt of WGA action over pay
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NewsSteven Knight and Vertigo Films among key draws at MPTS
Olympia event will also feature true crime and screenwriting masterclasses
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NewsBafta to honour Meera Syal
Goodness Gracious Me star and author to mentor trainees as she accepts academy’s Fellowship
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NewsSeven Seas and Quay Street dig up C5 detectorists drama
Neil Morrissey and James Buckley star in writer Dan Sefton’s four-parter The Hoard
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NewsNetflix ups UK investment to £5bn
Streaming giant greenlights Sister and Left Bank dramas off back of 50% annual increase of funding to UK creative economy
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NewsIn brief: FilmRise; BBC4; Culture, Media and Sport Committee
BBC digital distribution exec Jim Brown joins US studio/streamer
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NewsFreedom Scripted developing drama based on true story from Philomena author
Ayesha’s Gift is based on Martin Sixsmith’s non-fiction novel of the same name
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NewsSteven Knight pairs with Sarah Lancashire indie for Shakespeare drama
Kudos and Via Pictures to co-produce series on dramatist’s life
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NewsJeremy Brock to pen The Anarchy series for television
The Last King of Scotland writer will recount the rise of the British East India Company
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NewsJack Thorne to adapt Lord of the Flies for BBC1
Eleven Film producing first TV version of classic novel, while 72 Films scores three-part Shakespeare doc ’thriller’
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NewsDead Ringers showrunner: “It’s a strange, uncanny, beautiful, unsustainable relationship”
Alice Birch on her gender-reversal twist on David Cronenberg’s classic - and what she’s learned from Jesse Armstrong
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NewsMip TV round-up: Keshet; Tomorrow Studios; WBITVP; EST Studios
Distributor secures European sales for Kalel Productions’ Channel 4 sexual harassment expose
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NewsFirebird to adapt Korean drama Train
BBC Studios label secures UK rights to Parasite producer’s sci-fi series
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NewsJane Featherstone predicts ‘reignition’ of TV distribution model
Sister co-chief executive forecasts new opportunities as streamers tighten their belts
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NewsStudioCanal chief: media chiefs must trust gut on projects
In straitened times, execs need to be brave enough to let go of projects that aren’t working, says Anna Marsh
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NewsWall to Wall boards WBD northern writers scheme
Access programme will help playwrights create a TV pilot
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NewsStudioCanal adapts Matt Haig novel and invests in Broadchurch director’s indie
Ties with Sunnymarch for six-part adaptation, secures commission with Strong Film & Television
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NewsMip TV: Global producers comfortable with drama spending reset
Focus on quality and more discerning spending is a good thing, say scripted execs Diego Ramirez Schrempp and David Flynn
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NewsNat Geo ties with BBCS for treasure hunter drama
Three-parter tells the story of controversial figure Tommy Thompson
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NewsSilent Witness relocates to West Midlands
Drama follows MasterChef as BBC boosts commitment to the region