All articles by Marian McHugh – Page 26
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NewsTrio of UK indies lead Netflix unscripted slate
Remarkable, Wheelhouse and Thames land commissions from streamer
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NewsBox to Box taps former Vice distribution chief
Bea Hegedus joins Drive to Survive producer as chief commercial officer
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NewsNida Manzoor: crew diversity a “no brainer”
We Are Lady Parts creator and Working Title’s Surian Fletcher-Jones open up on show’s inclusive set-up
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NewsMunya Chawawa returns to dictators for C4
Comedian will explore Kim Jong-Un’s totalitarian regime in North Korea in Rumpus doc
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NewsThe TV Foundation unveils second new writers cohort
Group of 10 unrepresented creatives selected from over 600 applications for All3Media-backed initiative
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NewsNews UK seeks development exec to turn newspaper IP into dramas
Successful candidate will work with The Times, The Sunday Times and The Sun to craft scripted projects with Fox Entertainment Group
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NewsITV orders spy series from news presenter Tom Bradby
Potboiler Productions behind Secret Service, which is adapted from journalist’s novel of the same name
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NewsThe Jury: Murder Trial indie secures investment
ScreenDog Productions adds Mark Raeburn as chief financial officer
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NewsC4 makes Hollyoaks globally available on YouTube
Flagship title becomes first UK soap completely accessible to international viewers
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NewsC4 to air The Rest Is Politics in election run-up
Podcast with Alastair Campbell and Rory Stewart will make TV debut next week
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RatingsRishi Sunak’s general election reveal captures 53% share
WEDNESDAY: Prime minister’s address watched by nearly 5m viewers
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NewsTwo Rivers lands first BBC3 order with fraud doc
Confessions of a Teenage Fraudster tells story of Elliot Castro who stole millions
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NewsAnton gets €100m injection to expand slate
Producer-financier secures investment from group led by BlackRock
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NewsMeera Syal hails We Are Lady Parts as ‘most diverse set I’ve been on’
Comedy veteran praises creator Nida Manzoor for changing the landscape
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RatingsBBC2’s Cold Case Investigators inform 1.2m
MONDAY: Brinkworth Productions’ two-parter leads trio of launches across main channels
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NewsBBCS, ITVS and Sky board ScreenSkills ‘passport’ programme
Initiative to provide production staff and freelancers with standardised level of training
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NewsPulse terrorism drama resurfaces after seven years
Alfie Allen, Shazaf Latif and Samira Wiley to lead Sky drama series Atomic
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NewsC4 head of reality and ents reveals strategy
Steve Handley and team seeking dating and gameplay reality formats and ‘soft competition’ ideas
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NewsFormer Amazon scripted exec sets up shop
Frank Murray joins with Pan’s Labyrinth producer Frida Torresblanco to launch Hangtime
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NewsReport points to improvement on skills shortages
HETV Skills Fund research finds diminishing concerns over skills gaps in HETV