All Ecosse Films articles – Page 4
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The Broadcast InterviewNeal Street Productions
Film and theatre have been fertile ground for Neal Street in recent years, but the success of BBC1 drama Call the Midwife has focused attention back on its third arm – TV.
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FeaturesMistresses (Ecosse Films/ABC)
Ecosse is riding high in the US right now thanks to a deal to adapt BBC1 drama series Mistresses as a 10-part series to air this autumn on ABC.
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NewsUS drama leaders join tax break campaign
HBO, Starz, Showtime, ABC/Disney and RHI Entertainment have joined the campaign for tax breaks for British-made high-end drama, uniting with UK producers and associations.
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NewsCampaign for tax breaks gathers pace
Broadcast is urging the industry to back calls for tax breaks in drama and animation, as more voices join the campaign.
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FeaturesTax breaks clamour grows
The UK’s foremost high-end drama producers and directors have joined the call to arms for the TV tax break campaign.
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NewsEcosse planning US expansion
Ecosse Films is planning to use the adaption of BBC1 series Mistresses by US network ABC as a calling card to break into the mainstream market.
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NewsBBC’s Mistresses gets US remake
A BBC drama about four female friends and their illicit affairs is to be remade for US audiences.
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CommentInvesting in indies’ success is BBCW’s business
Our start-up deals catch the headlines, but we do a lot more besides, says Helen Jackson.
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NewsCamelot axed after one series
Camelot, the Arthurian drama currently airing on Channel 4, has been canned after just one series.
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CommentCamelot / Love Your Garden / Apples: British To The Core
Transparent TV’s Jazz Gowans and Cineflix’s Nicola Andrews on legendary sex, gardens and apple passion.
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CommentBBC WoCC review: next steps
The BBC’s “window of creative competition” is understandably not something which audiences are familiar with, even though much of what it produces is, writes BBC Trustee Rotha Johnston.
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NewsC4 signs Arthurian series
Channel 4 has snapped up the rights to a retelling of King Arthur and the knights of the Round Table, created by execs behind The Tudors, Torchwood and the film The Departed.
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NewsEcosse ventures north with first office in Scotland
Ecosse Films is opening up a Glasgow-based office as it looks to win business and nurture northern talent. It will be headed up by Carole Sheridan, former head of talent and creativity for Scottish Screen.
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FeaturesProducers: red tape kills creativity
Broadcast’s survey of 40 top indie producers reveals concerns over compliance and a lack of understanding of Project Canvas, but confidence about the quality of output and opportunities overseas.
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FeaturesMistresses series 3
A rich, dark look that reflects the grittier storylines in the third series of the BBC drama.
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CommentMichael Parke, Ecosse Films
Ecosse Films’s Michael Parke on hi fantasy schedule, his specialist subject on Mastermind and the best/worst things about working in TV.
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NewsEcosse to make Camelot drama
The legend of King Arthur is to be retold in a major new drama series from Ecosse Films, with the creative team behind The Tudors on board.
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NewsBBC to adapt Slater’s childhood memoirs
BBC1 is to give the Billy Elliott treatment to the childhood autobiography of TV chef Nigel Slater in a drama from Ruby Film and Television.