All Indies articles – Page 649
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NewsTOWIE to hit 13 series
The Only Way Is Essex is to rack up its thirteenth series after ITV2 ordered a further three outings from Lime Pictures.
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NewsBBC2 plans extension for Remarkable property brand
BBC2 plans to build on property brand The House That £100k Built by ordering a second series and a spin-off show.
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Behind The ScenesSuspects, C5
Semi-improvised dialogue and a documentary shooting style give C5’s police drama an edgy, contemporary feel
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RatingsTidy result for Dave
Amid mobs and all the excesses that Babylon has come to represent, only outdone by modern day football, the appeal of two young lovers from Essex and South Wales continues unabated, with a whole series splurged out at once for avid fans.
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RatingsBenidorm takes the honours for ITV
ITV’s Benidorm pipped BBC1’s Silent Witness to the post on Thursday evening - as Birds of a Feather continued to soar.
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FeaturesMidsomer Murders, The Killings of Copenhagen
British murder drama meets Nordic noir in next month’s 100th-episode special
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NewsTime Warner speeds up Shed buyout
Time Warner wants to accelerate a plan to take full ownership of Shed Media ahead of schedule, Broadcast has learned.
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NewsDragonfly head of fact ent exits
Tamara Abood, head of factual entertainment at Dragonfly Film and Television, has left the Shine-backed indie.
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NewsTiger Aspect revives Mr Bean
Tiger Aspect is reviving comedy character Mr. Bean for a new animated series.
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NewsStephen Lambert gambles with CNBC
All3Media America boss Stephen Lambert is betting on a move into the high stakes world of sports gambling with a series for US network CNBC.
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NewsDrama indies join clamour for BBC quota change
Two of the UK’s highest-profile drama producers have called for changes to the BBC’s commissioning quotas.
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NewsRoss Noble: Freewheeling close to US format deal
Ross Noble: Freewheeling, Dave’s tweet-driven comic travelogue, is on the brink of being sold to Turner in the US as a format.
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NewsWhite Queen sequel gathers pace
US cable network Starz is moving forward with The White Princess, the sequel to its BBC co-production The White Queen, and has begun working with writer Emma Frost on new scripts.
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NewsShine TV hires BBC's Tanya Shaw
Shine TV has hired BBC commissioner Tanya Shaw as creative director.
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NewsC4 to split third series of Black Mirror
Channel 4’s darkly comic series Black Mirror is returning for a third outing - but the dramas will be split rather than run consecutively creator Charlie Brooker has revealed.
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VideoVIDEO: The Voice UK launch trailer
Click to see the show’s judges, including new entrant Kylie Minogue, prepare to take to the stage ahead of the third series launch on 11 January.
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NewsWall to Wall to supercharge The Voice game
Fans of The Voice will be able to compete against each other via a mobile app that will award them points for correctly guessing the opinion of its on-screen judges.
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NewsMillionaire stars in Maverick US reality show
USA Network has ordered a family reality series about a millionaire and his family from Maverick TV.
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RatingsBBC3 benefits from Call Centre and Bad Education
The Call Centre Christmas Special peaked with almost 800,000 viewers as Bad Education ended with a similar series average in a successful Tuesday night for BBC3.
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NewsLayla Smith joins Matt Lucas's indie
Former ITV entertainment exec Layla Smith has been appointed managing director of Matt Lucas’s indie, John Stanley Productions (JSPL).