All Red Production Company articles – Page 7
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RatingsHappy Valley slips by 800k
The absence of Champions League football on ITV boosted the fortunes of BBC2, Channel 4 and Channel 5 on Tuesday, but could not prevent Happy Valley shedding 12% of its audience.
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Behind The ScenesPrey, ITV
Tom Sherry explains how a brilliant script forced Red to reinvent the production process
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VideoVIDEO: Prey, ITV
Click to view the trailer for Red Production’s high octane drama about a man on the run.
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NewsRed to turn classic movies into TV series
Red Production Company is set to adapt high-profile feature films including The Wicker Man and Billy Liar into television series after its acquisition by fi lm producer and distributor StudioCanal.
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NewsBBC signs Agatha Christie deal
The BBC has signed a deal with the Agatha Christie estate to return the author to the “pantheon of truly great British writers” on the 125th anniversary of her birth through a range of new dramas.
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NewsAnansi Boys developed by BBC
The BBC is developing an adaptation of Neil Gaiman’s novel Anansi Boys with Red Production Company.
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NewsStudiocanal buys Red stake
French film producer and distributor Studiocanal has acquired a majority stake in Red Production Company as part of its drive to move into the UK.
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NewsC4 orders Queer As Folk-style dramas from Russell T Davies
Channel 4 has commissioned two series from Queer As Folk creator Russell T Davies.
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NewsLast Tango star to return in Happy Valley
Writer Sally Wainwright has revealed that she is to work again with actor Sarah Lancashire on her latest BBC series, Happy Valley, after being “blown away” by her performance in Last Tango in Halifax.
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Behind The ScenesThe Last Witch, Sky Living
Yorkshire provided the perfect backdrop for a modern fantasy story grounded in reality, says Sally Wainwright
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The Broadcast InterviewNicola Shindler & Andrew Critchley, Red Production Company
Red Production Company, Broadcast’s Indie of the Year has made some of the most popular drama of recent times. Now it’s starting a new chapter with a move into comedy and a potential sale. Chris Curtis reports
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NewsE4’s Cardinal Burns scoops two Broadcast Awards
E4 sketch show Cardinal Burns won two categories at the Broadcast Awards 2013, as BBC2 was named Channel of the Year and Red Production Company picked up the award for Best Independent Production Company.
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NewsLast Tango in Halifax secures second series
Last Tango in Halifax is to take to the floor for a second series after BBC1 moved swiftly to recommission the drama.
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NewsBBC reveals dramas for 2013
Hustle creator Tony Jordan and Scott & Bailey writer Sally Wainwright have both penned returnable police procedurals as part of a raft of BBC1 drama commissions that also includes a retelling of the Great Train Robbery by the team behind United.
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NewsIndies show Living some love
Sky Living has commissioned a series of one-off comedies on the theme of love, inspired by sister channel Sky 1’s success with the Little Crackers brand.
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NewsRed Production Company puts up the For Sale sign
Scott & Bailey producer Red Production Company is the latest indie to consider selling to a bigger group.
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NewsSue Perkins gets personal in first sitcom outing
BBC2 has commissioned Great British Bake Off host Sue Perkins to create her first sitcom – a semi-autobiographical account of a character coming out.
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NewsRed Production drives expansion with hire
Red Production Company is expanding, hiring a New Tricks exec and taking new offices in Salford’s MediaCityUK.
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NewsITV1 to reveal untold story of Mrs Biggs
The executive producer behind Fred West drama Appropriate Adult is to make an international ITV1 drama series about train robber Ronnie Biggs’ wife, while Holding On writer Tony Marchant is also penning a relationship drama for the broadcaster.
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NewsVictoria Wood writing new BBC drama
Victoria Wood is penning a 90-minute film for BBC1 following her commercial and critical success with biopic Eric and Ernie.