Features – Page 13
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FeaturesHarry & Meghan: The Rise and Fall
‘Love them or hate them, there is still a huge amount of intrigue around the couple’
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FeaturesGold: A Journey With Idris Elba
‘The talent, access and scale of the story mark it out from other specialist factual docs of this nature’
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FeaturesInternational scripted
The Count Of Monte Cristo; Austin; Borderline; Conflict; Monsieur Spade; Paris Has Fallen; Rebus; Samber; So Long, Marianne; Spinal Destination
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FeaturesFirst look: Wolf Hall: The Mirror and the Light, BBC1
Six-part Playground and Company Pictures adaptation of the final novel in Hilary Mantel’s Wolf Hall trilogy
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FeaturesPBS seeks UK co-producers for science doc strand Nova
US broadcaster looking for ideas that take a deeper dive into mainstream science and tech stories
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The Broadcast InterviewDavid Dehaney: ‘We’re just beginning to grow up’
Proper Content has bucked the industry trend in the past year, with turnover doubling and is now setting his sights on returnable popular factual
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FeaturesIndie Summit 2024: Indies look to a better tomorrow
In the State of the Nation discussion, leading indie execs revealed what steps they’ve taken to navigate the downturn
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FeaturesIndie Survey 2024: Indies have their say on the sector’s big issues
From the commissioning slowdown to C4’s plans for in-house production, respondents offer thoughts on the state of UK independent production
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Behind The ScenesBarbie Uncovered, Sky Documentaries
Executive producer Ross Wilson on diving into the true story behind the world’s most famous doll
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FeaturesWarner Bros Discovery: New indie partners freshen up the table
Raw TV, Full Fat, Ricochet and CPL enter the top 10 of WBD suppliers
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FeaturesIndies point to toughest year in memory
With many indies describing 2023 as their toughest year ever, 2024 looks likely to be just as hard, though some see signs of recovery
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FeaturesBBC: Wall to Wall ends Remarkable reign
The Waterloo Road producer was the broadcaster’s top supplier by spend, knocking Remarkable down to second place for the first time in three years
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FeaturesStudio Lambert wins as Netflix ups hours
“Netflix is the largest SVoD commissioner of UK indies, responsible for more than half of the total hours launched on the four major services in 2023”
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FeaturesN&R indies feel the pinch
The majority of N&R indies report turnover that’s either static or falling, and cite recruitment of senior roles as a continuing problem
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FeaturesITV: ITVX boosts range but stalwarts still key
PSB has received praise from the indies surveyed this year for being open to new ideas
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FeaturesStrong debut for Disney duo
Disney+ and Nat Geo stand alone as the only broadcasters without any negative feedback
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FeaturesUKTV bucks the trend with multi-year orders
Drama is a key driver of growth, particularly for streaming platform UKTV Play