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NewsKing's Speech indie preps horror format
King’s Speech indie Bedlam Productions is developing and co-producing a southeast Asia-set horror anthology series to be presented to buyers for pre-sale at next month’s American Film Market.
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NewsWellcome bursary opened up to TV
The recipient of a £30,000 Wellcome Screenwriting Fellowship bursary is to be unveiled at a 23 November event.
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NewsAll3Media forges Lynda La Plante ties
Lynda La Plante is set to start developing projects with All3Media after the super-indie picked up the rights to 124 hours of the writer’s crime drama catalogue.
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NewsSky prepares 1,000 hours for 2017
Sky is to debut 1,000 hours of original commissions over the next twelve months across Europe with 80 series in production and another 170 in paid development.
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NewsITV shuts down northern drama hub
ITV Studios has disbanded its northern drama hub, making four jobs redundant, as it continues to contribute towards ITV’s £25m of planned Brexit savings.
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NewsC4 and Touchpaper launch drama diversity scheme
The next generation of writers and directors from under-represented backgrounds will have the opportunity to work on a Touchpaper TV drama as part of a new Channel 4 talent scheme.
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NewsAMC rolls out SVoD horror service
Ahead of Halloween, AMC Networks has rolled out VoD horror service Shudder in the UK and Ireland.
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NewsBBC3 picks up Australian swimming drama
BBC3 has acquired Matchstick Pictures’ Australian drama series Barracuda from NBCUniversal.
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NewsBBC drama chief joins Euston Films
Drama chief Hilary Martin is leaving the BBC and re-joining former colleague Simon Judd to establish a Manchester base for Euston Films.
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NewsShonda Rhimes eyes UK project
Grey’s Anatomy and Scandal creator Shonda Rhimes has revealed that she is eager to create a show for the UK and is eyeing the possibility of tapping intoDisney’s increasingly international production presence.
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NewsITV Encore’s identity crisis
Leading drama producers have agreed with director of television Kevin Lygo’s assessment that ITV Encore remains a ‘work in progress’ and requires strategic refinement.
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NewsHolby City put out to tender
Producers have been offered the opportunity to land a three-year contract to produce Holby City – the second BBC show to be put out to tender after the broadcaster scrapped in-house guarantees.
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NewsITV drama: Lygo demands more fun & lightness
ITV director of television Kevin Lygo has called on programme makers to come up with more “happy, life affirming” dramas like The Durrells, saying he was “tired of endless murders”.
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NewsNBC's Timeless heads to E4
Channel 4 has picked up the first-run UK rights to time travel drama Timeless which it will air on youth-skewing channel E4.
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NewsSee-Saw adapts Ian McGuire whaling thriller
BBC2 is developing an adaptation of Ian McGuire’s Man Booker-longlisted whaling novel The North Water with See-Saw Films.
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NewsVictoria reigns in 150 countries
Mammoth Screen’s period drama Victoria now been sold to over 150 countries following a raft of deals at Mipcom.
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NewsBuccaneer to adapt Irvine Welsh's Crime
Scottish writer Irvine Welsh is to return to TV for the first time in almost a decade with Buccaneer Media’s adaptation of his thriller Crime.
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NewsC4 recruits Deutschland 83 sequel
The follow-up to Deutschland 83 is to be made available on Channel 4 and Walter Presents after Amazon Germany ordered a second series of the spy thriller.
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NewsBlueprint to adapt Graham Norton novel
Sony-backed indie Blueprint Television is to turn Graham Norton’s debut novel into a high-end international drama series after optioning the book - as Dancing Ledge Productions prepares to adapt several Alistair Maclean thrillers.
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NewsPolly Hill reveals first ITV drama commissions
ITV head of drama Polly Hill has ordered her first major original commissions since joining the broadcaster, unveiling a slate that she believes will deliver “drama with real authorship”.