Drama – Page 216
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NewsITV ends interest in The Weinstein Company
ITV has ended its interest in a deal to buy the TV arm of The Weinstein Company (TWC).
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NewsGrand Theft Auto developer takes legal action over BBC drama
Grand Theft Auto developer Rockstar Games has begun legal proceedings against the BBC over the corporation’s feature-length drama which tells the story of the controversial video game.
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NewsBBC1 orders WW2 Northern Irish drama
Ballykissangel writer Barry Devlin has penned a pre-watershed drama set in Northern Ireland during World War Two for BBC1.
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NewsRTE drama to explore Easter Uprising
RTÉ head of drama Jane Gogan has ordered a drama series about the 1916 Easter Uprising from Zodiak Media-owned indie Touchpaper Television.
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NewsEaling Studios acquires GreenAcre stake
Ealing Studios has acquired a significant stake in TV and film company GreenAcre Films and plans to forge a new creative partnership with the company.
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NewsLA Screenings: James Patterson eyes TV adaptations
James Patterson is priming his crime thriller The Postcard Killers for development as a Scandinavian TV show as the author aims to secure more adaptations.
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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.