Drama – Page 218
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NewsBBCW tops drama sales table
BBC Worldwide distributed nearly half of 2014’s biggest UK drama series, as its relationships with high-end producers helped it dominate the genre of the moment.
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NewsPoldark to return to BBC1
BBC1 has recommissioned historical drama Poldark and revealed the channel has secured its highest first quarter share of viewing in a decade.
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NewsBBC revives Shannon Matthews drama
The dramatisation of the Shannon Matthews’ hoax kidnapping is to resume after the BBC halted production last year to address production and editorial issues.
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NewsE4 sets up dating format
E4 has ordered a dating format from Lime Pictures as part of a wave of commissions.
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NewsEastEnders prepares spin-off series
EastEnders characters Kat and Alfie Moon are to star in their own spin-off series next year while taking a break from Albert Square.
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NewsITV 'in talks to acquire The Weinstein Company's TV arm'
ITV is in talks to acquire the television division of The Weinstein Company for up to £630m, according to reports in the US.
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NewsMiramax steps up TV plans
Pulp Fiction and Good Will Hunting distributor Miramax is ramping up its plans to move further into TV production following the success of Robert Rodriguez’s From Dusk Till Dawn.
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NewsNeal Street deal bolsters All3 drama ambitions
All3Media’s bid to supercharge its drama slate took a step forward this week with the acquisition of Penny Dreadful producer Neal Street Productions for an undisclosed fee.
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NewsUK indies win big at Discovery Upfronts
Raw Television, Arrow Media and World Media Rights have all scored major US commissions from Discovery as part of its annual line-up of programming.
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NewsAll3Media acquires Neal Street
All3Media has acquired Call The Midwife and Penny Dreadful producer Neal Street Productions.
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NewsBBC2 orders Stephen Poliakoff WW2 drama
Stephen Poliakoff is to write and direct a six-part drama set in a bomb-damaged London hotel in the aftermath of World War II for BBC2.
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NewsSky teams with Stan Lee
Spider-Man creator Stan Lee has partnered with Downton Abbey producer Carnival Films to create a mystery crime drama for Sky 1.
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NewsBen Stephenson joins Bad Robot
BBC drama controller Ben Stephenson is to join JJ Abrams indie Bad Robot to lead its television division.
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NewsTrevor Eve strikes first-look deal with ZDF
Projector Pictures, the indie set up by Waking The Dead star Trevor Eve, has inked a first-look deal with ZDF Enterprises, the commercial arm of the German public broadcaster.
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NewsBBC greenlights Steve McQueen drama
The BBC has formally commissioned its “epic” Steve McQueen drama about the experiences of a black community in west London.
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NewsJohn Yorke leaves Company Pictures
John Yorke has stepped down as the managing director of Company Pictures after more than two years and All3Media is now hunting for his successor.
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NewsBBC unveils boost for NI television sector
The BBC has pledged to increase network spend in Northern Ireland, as well as plough £200,000 a year into drama development and invest £2m annually in children’s content in the nation.
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NewsINFOGRAPHIC: Banished
The See-Saw Films / RSJ Films epic launched with the third biggest audience for any BBC2 drama opener since 2012 after it added 1m consolidated viewers.
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NewsWeekly iPlayer show to highlight BBC exclusives
BBC iPlayer is planning a weekly show to direct viewers to its exclusive programming as part of a raft of commissions for the VoD service featuring Matt Berry, Frankie Boyle and Jo Brand.
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NewsITV orders Houdini and Conan Doyle drama
The friendship between illusionist Harry Houdini and Sherlock Holmes author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle will form the basis of a supernatural crime drama for ITV from Big Talk Productions.