Drama – Page 204
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NewsJack Thorne pens BBC's His Dark Materials adaptation
Triple Bafta-nominated screenwriter Jack Thorne has been unveiled as the writer behind the BBC1 adaptation of Philip Pullman’s fantasy trilogy His Dark Materials.
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NewsAll3 sells Irish series to Amazon & BBC
The BBC and Amazon have acquired Irish soap Red Rock after striking a deal with All3Media International.
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NewsPolly Hill on brink of shock ITV move
BBC drama controller Polly Hill is on the brink of a shock move to ITV, Broadcast can reveal.
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NewsStudioCanal invests in Atlantis indie
StudioCanal has invested in Urban Myth Films, the producer responsible for BBC1 drama Atlantis, and Benedict Cumberbatch’s production firm Sunny March TV.
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NewsESG opens Tel Aviv scripted studio
Endemol Shine Group has jumped on the boom in Israeli drama to open a scripted studio in Tel Aviv.
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NewsNetflix picks up ITV’s Marcella
Netflix has acquired the global rights to ITV crime drama Marcella.
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NewsSteve November to leave ITV
ITV drama boss Steve November is to leave the broadcaster after sixteen years.
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NewsDrama indies out to conquer US
UK drama producers are looking to tighten their grip on scripted opportunities in the US following an explosion in demand for the genre from cable operators and digital giants.
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NewsWolf Hall leads hunt for Bafta
Wolf Hall is leading the pack in the hunt for a Bafta television award, but the academy has snubbed Catastrophe in its Scripted Comedy category.
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NewsC4 loses rights to Black Mirror
Channel 4 has lost a bidding war with Netflix for the right to premiere the third series of Charlie Brooker’s Black Mirror in the UK.
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NewsLucky Man to return after first series finds fortune
Stan Lee’s Lucky Man is to return to Sky 1 for a second series after the comic book thriller became the biggest drama in the channel’s 34-year history.
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NewsDavid Ellender leaves Slingshot Global Media
David Ellender has left Slingshot Global Media, the international drama firm that he established in 2014, according to reports.
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NewsSky Atlantic orders Kudos crime thriller
Sky Atlantic has ordered its latest big-budget drama – a crime drama set in the Canadian mountains produced by Kudos.
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NewsPeter Bowker plots WW2 epic
Peter Bowker is eyeing up a multi-lingual World War II drama as his next BBC project – and plans to go deeper into society’s attitudes toward autism in a second series of The A Word.
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NewsSky acquires E4's Nashville
Sky Living has poached country music soap Nashville, which previously aired on E4.
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NewsRed to produce conspiracy thriller for ITV
ITV has commissioned a conspiracy thriller which unpicks a mysterious murder investigation from the makers of Happy Valley.
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NewsSony backs drama indie
Sony Pictures Television has invested in Fable Pictures – the fledgling drama indie run by former Ruby Films producer Faye Ward.
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NewsStephen Garrett plots more John Le Carré
Kudos founder Stephen Garrett has lifted the lid on his new drama indie, revealing plans to develop a BBC series with the author of the Twilight saga and expand the John le Carré universe following the success of The Night Manager.
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NewsMichele Buck sets out Company stall
Former Mammoth Screen joint managing director Michele Buck wants to empower new drama talent after being given a fresh lease of life as chief executive of Company Pictures.
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NewsBuccaneer lands first kids series
Nickelodeon has commissioned Ride, a live-action series set in an elite equestrian boarding school, from Buccaneer Media.