All Sid Gentle articles – Page 7
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NewsSid Gentle options The Cazalet Chronicles
The Durrells indie Sid Gentle Films has picked up the rights to Elizabeth Jane Howard’s bestselling series of books The Cazalet Chronicles.
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NewsIn Brief: Das Boot; Benefits Handout; Weinstein
German broadcaster RTL is remaking C5’s The Big Benefits Handout, while Sky boards a Das Boot adaptation and The Weinstein Company backs BBC1 drama SS-GB
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FeaturesDrama heads down 4K route
Netflix and Amazon are leading the charge into 4K/UHD, and producers are preparing for the transition, but the added cost of post-production is a concern.
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RatingsViewers leave BBC EU debate
THURSDAY: BBC1’s first EU debate failed to resonate with viewers, while Channel 5’s documentary Inside Britain’s Biggest Mosque also fell flat.
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Behind The ScenesNeil Gaiman’s Likely Stories, Sky Arts
The trick to adapting four unconnected short stories from the pen of cult author Neil Gaiman was to give them a ‘shared grammar’, directors Jane Pollard and Iain Forsyth tell Olly Grant
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NewsITV swiftly recommissions The Durrells
ITV has recommissioned The Durrells, just two episodes after the launch of the family drama.
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RatingsThe Durrells delivers for ITV
SUNDAY: ITV enjoyed a strong night as The Durrells became its biggest launch since Cilla and Home Fires sparked back into life with a respectable 5.2m.
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The Broadcast InterviewSally Woodward Gentle & Lee Morris, Sid Gentle Films
The duo behind drama indie Sid Gentle Films tell Robin Parker why they’re seeking out leftfield talent - and what this means for diversity in the industry
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NewsITV orders Prime Suspect prequel
ITV is to revive Helen Mirren’s iconic detective Jane Tennison in a Prime Suspect prequel, and has commissioned the creator of Scandinavian drama The Bridge to make his first UK series.