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NewsWolf Hall leads hunt for Bafta
Wolf Hall is leading the pack in the hunt for a Bafta television award, but the academy has snubbed Catastrophe in its Scripted Comedy category.
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NewsC4 loses rights to Black Mirror
Channel 4 has lost a bidding war with Netflix for the right to premiere the third series of Charlie Brooker’s Black Mirror in the UK.
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NewsLucky Man to return after first series finds fortune
Stan Lee’s Lucky Man is to return to Sky 1 for a second series after the comic book thriller became the biggest drama in the channel’s 34-year history.
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NewsDavid Ellender leaves Slingshot Global Media
David Ellender has left Slingshot Global Media, the international drama firm that he established in 2014, according to reports.
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NewsSky Atlantic orders Kudos crime thriller
Sky Atlantic has ordered its latest big-budget drama – a crime drama set in the Canadian mountains produced by Kudos.
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NewsPeter Bowker plots WW2 epic
Peter Bowker is eyeing up a multi-lingual World War II drama as his next BBC project – and plans to go deeper into society’s attitudes toward autism in a second series of The A Word.
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NewsSky acquires E4's Nashville
Sky Living has poached country music soap Nashville, which previously aired on E4.
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NewsRed to produce conspiracy thriller for ITV
ITV has commissioned a conspiracy thriller which unpicks a mysterious murder investigation from the makers of Happy Valley.
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NewsSony backs drama indie
Sony Pictures Television has invested in Fable Pictures – the fledgling drama indie run by former Ruby Films producer Faye Ward.
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NewsStephen Garrett plots more John Le Carré
Kudos founder Stephen Garrett has lifted the lid on his new drama indie, revealing plans to develop a BBC series with the author of the Twilight saga and expand the John le Carré universe following the success of The Night Manager.
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NewsMichele Buck sets out Company stall
Former Mammoth Screen joint managing director Michele Buck wants to empower new drama talent after being given a fresh lease of life as chief executive of Company Pictures.
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NewsBuccaneer lands first kids series
Nickelodeon has commissioned Ride, a live-action series set in an elite equestrian boarding school, from Buccaneer Media.
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NewsRed Production opens US indie with author Harlan Coben
Happy Valley producer Red Production Company is to make its first major move into the US by launching an indie with bestselling American author Harlan Coben.
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NewsWorking Title hires former Kudos exec as MD
Working Title Television has hired former Kudos executive Andrew Woodhead as managing director.
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NewsBBC seeks BAME trainee script editors
The BBC is seeking “passionate” candidates from black, Asian or minority ethnic backgrounds keen to get their first experience in drama script editing.
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NewsC4 head of drama development departs
Channel 4’s head of drama development Surian Fletcher-Jones is leaving the broadcaster after three years to join the indie sector.
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NewsPlayground options Guardian reporter's refugee drama
Colin Callender’s drama indie Playground is developing a refugee drama based on a book by Guardian journalist Patrick Kingsley.
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NewsBBC returns to The 39 Steps
The BBC is developing another adaptation of classic adventure novel The 39 Steps.
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NewsIMG ramps up distribution plans
IMG, the UK’s largest independent production company, is expanding its international distribution activities with the hire of former MGM chief Gary Marenzi.
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NewsLiz Murdoch to invest in second TV producer
Former Shine Group chief executive Elisabeth Murdoch is in advanced negotiations to make a major investment in a second television production company, Broadcast can reveal.