All Left Bank Pictures articles – Page 8
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NewsThe Crown creator predicts bigger drama budgets
The Crown creator Peter Morgan believes the convergence of TV and film is set to accelerate and has predicted that drama series’ budgets could swell to many hundreds of millions of pounds.
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The Broadcast InterviewAndy Harries, Left Bank
With a £100m Netflix series set to launch and an Amazon Video pilot in the pipeline, Left Bank is riding the OTT drama wave. What next for the Sony-owned indie? asks Chris Curtis
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NewsIn brief: Humans; Left Bank; Sky; UKTV; Left Bank; Chewing Gum; S+V
Amazon has swooped for Kudos’ sci-fi drama Humans and Sky has invested in its latest LA-based start-up. Click for more
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NewsAmazon orders first UK drama original
Amazon has ordered its first UK drama – a period fashion drama from War and Peace co-producer Lookout Point.
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NewsLeft Bank developing viral sitcom for Comedy Central
Left Bank Pictures is developing a Comedy Central sitcom about a man who becomes a viral hit after being dumped by his girlfriend on Facebook.
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NewsLeft Bank strikes landmark China deal
Mad Dogs indie Left Bank Pictures has struck a landmark co-production deal with China International Television Corporation.
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NewsLeft Bank pitches ‘Downton meets Deadwood’ to Amazon
The Crown producer Left Bank Pictures is in talks with Amazon about a “Downton Abbey meets Deadwood” drama.
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RatingsDCI Banks returns with 4m
WEDNESDAY: DCI Banks kicked off a new series 2m short of its previous opener, while BBC1’s Comic Relief Bake Off series bowed out with a peak of 7.2m.
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NewsAmazon grabs Outlander for UK
Amazon has acquired the UK rights to Left Bank Pictures’ sci-fi period drama Outlander.
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NewsNetflix’s The Crown to shoot from July
The Crown, Netflix’s £100m biopic of Queen Elizabeth II, is due to start filming in the UK this July according to director Stephen Daldry.
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NewsNetflix confirms Left Bank’s The Crown
Netflix has confirmed the arrival of its first original show from the UK, a £100m biopic of the Queen.
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NewsBBC1 orders final series of Wallander
BBC1 has green-lit the fourth and final series of the multi-Bafta winning crime drama Wallander, starring Kenneth Branagh.
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NewsDCI Banks gets fourth series
DCI Banks is to return for a fourth series next year after becoming one of ITV’s most bankable crime dramas.
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NewsStarz returns to Outlander
Left Bank Pictures’ sci-fi period drama Outlander is to return for a second series after being recommissioned by US network Starz.
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NewsAmazon to remake Mad Dogs
Left Bank Pictures is to remake Sky 1 drama Mad Dogs for video-on-demand service Amazon.
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NewsDrama set for digital revolution
Senior drama figures have branded Left Bank Pictures’ £100m Netflix commission a landmark moment for British scripted content.
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NewsNetflix lines up £100m Left Bank drama about the Queen
Netflix has fought off competition from the BBC and ITV and is on the brink of ordering its first original show from the UK – a £100m biopic of the Queen.
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RatingsCardinal Burns pulls 500k
Madcap sketch show Cardinal Burns returned for a second series on Channel 4 on Wednesday with an audience of 520, 000 – around half the channel’s slot average.
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NewsRonan Bennett to write Wallander finale
Top Boy writer-producer Ronan Bennett is to write the final episodes of Left Bank Pictures’ crime series Wallander starring Ken Branagh.
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NewsSky renews Strikes Back for fifth series
Sky 1 has renewed Left Bank’s action drama Strike Back for a fifth series ahead of the launch of a fourth outing.