All Mammoth Screen articles – Page 8
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NewsLeft Bank Pictures’ profits double to £4m
Left Bank Pictures’ pre-tax profits more than doubled last year ahead of its £40m sale to Sony Pictures Television (SPT).
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Behind The ScenesFalcón, Sky Atlantic
The director of Sky Atlantic’s new Spanish detective drama Falcón wanted to make a ‘noir thriller shot like a documentary’. Benji Wilson gets a ringside seat during filming.
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The Broadcast InterviewDamien Timmer and Michele Buck, Mammoth Screen
Having launched Mammoth when drama was at a low ebb in 2007, the indie’s founders tell Jake Kanter about their global ambitions and why the genre has entered a new golden age.
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NewsBirdsong producer to lead team at Mammoth Screen
Birdsong producer Veronica Castillo is to join Mammoth Screen as its head of production.
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NewsBBCW sends Parade’s End to CEE
Forthcoming BBC drama series Parade’s End has been picked up by broadcasters across Central and Eastern Europe.
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NewsBBC4 reveals more details of Everett biopic
The BBC has revealed further details of its biopic of well-loved comedian Kenny Everett, two years after the commission was first announced.
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Features
Falcón (Mammoth Screen/ITVS GE)
ITV is re-emerging as a player in the international drama space, thanks to the efforts of ITV Studios and its international arm, ITV Studios Global Entertainment (ITV Studios GE).
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NewsMorse prequel goes to series
ITV1 is to turn Inspector Morse prequel Endeavour into a full series following an “enthusiastic” response to the special in January.
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NewsUK loses out on drama cash
The UK economy lost out on nearly £12m from BBC1’s Parade’s End and Sky 1’s Strike Back because the lack of a UK tax credit for high-end drama drove both productions overseas.
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NewsBBC1 secures comedy stars for Wodehouse
Timothy Spall and Jennifer Saunders are to star in a new BBC1 comedy series based on short stories by PG Wodehouse.
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NewsParade's End sold to France
BBC Worldwide has secured its first ever pre-sale deal with French broadcaster Arte for a forthcoming adaptation of Parade’s End.
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NewsSky Atlantic ups content push
Sky Atlantic has commissioned its highest-profile UK content yet, including an adaptation of Robert Wilson’s Javier Falcón novels and two landmark series on Britain from Jane Root’s Nutopia and Morgan Spurlock.
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NewsMammoth hires dealmaker to boost international output
Drama specialist Mammoth Screen has appointed James Penny as its first commercial director as part of plans to build its international output.
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NewsBBCW secures first Parade’s End sale
MIPCOM: Parade’s End, the forthcoming BBC drama adapted by Sir Tom Stoppard, has been picked up for broadcast in Australia.
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NewsPBS on board Morse prequel
A new drama about the early years of Inspector Morse is to be co-produced by US public network PBS.
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NewsITV confirms Inspector Morse prequel
ITV1 has confirmed that Inspector Morse will return to UK television in a prequel drama charting the origins of the iconic detective.
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NewsITV1 crime dramas to return
ITV has ordered second series of Scott & Bailey and Monroe as part of a slew of drama recommissions.
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NewsMammoth adds Pie Factory base
Ealing Studios’ Mammoth Graphics has opened an office within The Pie Factory at MediaCityUK in Salford.