All Tiger Aspect articles – Page 9
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News
Cave Bear scores debut order from C4's Blaps
Ben Cavey’s fledgling label, Cave Bear Productions, has won its first piece of business - a short-form mini-series for Channel 4’s online platform Comedy Blaps.
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The Broadcast Interview
Sophie Clarke-Jervoise, Tiger Aspect
The managing director on how a collaborative culture is delivering cross-genre shows and why she is excited by Endemol’s merger with Shine
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News
Ben Cavey opens comedy label
Tiger Aspect head of comedy and entertainment Ben Cavey has launched his own label, which will specialise in developing sitcoms for up-and-coming comedy talent.
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News
Mad Fat Diary draws to a close
E4 has ordered a third and final series of comedy-drama My Mad Fat Diary.
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Ratings
Fortitude launch captures 700k
THURSDAY: Sky Atlantic’s heavily-promoted drama Fortitude made a successful debut, securing an overnight audience of over 700,000 viewers.
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News
Tiger Aspect hires new animation exec
Baby Cow Animation founder Tim Searle has been appointed by Tiger Aspect as its creative director of animation and children’s.
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News
Mr Bean makes Comic Relief comeback
Tiger Aspect has resurrected legendary comedy character Mr Bean for the BBC’s Red Nose Day coverage this March.
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News
Fortitude to simulcast across Sky Europe
Sky’s big-budget Arctic drama Fortitude is to air simultaneously across five territories – the first time the broadcaster has released a show in this way since the creation of Sky Europe.
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News
Bad Education movie in the pipeline
Tiger Aspect’s BBC3 classroom comedy Bad Education is being developed for the big screen according to Jack Whitehall’s father.
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Behind The Scenes
Drunk History, Comedy Central
Plying comic actors with booze? What can possibly go wrong, wonders Robin Parker
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News
BBC back for more Peaky Blinders
Birmingham-based gangster drama Peaky Blinders is to return to BBC2 for a third series.
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News
Amazon schedules Ripper Street weekly
Amazon has opted to schedule Ripper Street, its first UK commission, in a regular weekly slot rather than follow the Netflix model of releasing the entire series all at once.
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Video
VIDEO: Fortitude, Sky Atlantic
Click to watch the trailer for the Tiger Aspect and Fifty Fathoms produced drama
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Ratings
Peaky Blinders returns with 1.7m
THURSDAY: BBC2 drama Peaky Blinders returned for a second run with 700,000 fewer viewers than the first series debut last year.
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News
Comedy Central to remake Drunk History
Comedy Central UK is to pilot a British version of historical comedy format Drunk History – the first time the channel has reversioned a show which airs on its US sister network.
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Ratings
Marvellous scores 1.5m
THURSDAY: Peter Bowker’s BBC2 musical biopic Marvellous entertained 1.5m viewers – in line with Channel 4’s Educating the East End.
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Features
Crackanory
Provide picture and audio post services for the second series of the comedy show.
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Features
Crackanory, Dave
Dave’s storytelling series use a multi-purpose location to create new worlds on a budget
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Video
VIDEO: Rik Mayall on Crackanory
Comic Strip star Rik Mayall paid tribute to comic heroes including Spike Milligan, Peter Sellers and Kenneth Williams in a video for UKTV channel Dave recorded shortly before his death last month.
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News
Fifty Fathoms beefs up exec team
Luther and Peaky Blinders producer Katie Swinden has been appointed as creative director of Tiger Aspect umbrella indie Fifty Fathoms Productions.