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TBI Weekly: Reflecting on Wales & its global future

Wales has been home to shows ranging from Doctor Who and Torchwood to Keeping Faith and the upcoming Lost Boys And Fairies. Nick Edwards reports back from the Wales Screen Summit on how the country has developed its scripted business and why its future is by no means clear. In contrast to the mood of […]

MGM+ adapts Bernard Cornwell’s Arthurian epic ‘Warlord Chronicles’ with Bad Wolf

Amazon-owned streamer and linear channel MGM+ has ordered The Winter King, a “revisionist” take on Arthurian legend, based on the Warlord Chronicles book series by Bernard Cornwell. Produced by Sony Pictures Television-owned Bad Wolf, the series is set to premiere globally on 20 August. Otto Bathurst (Peaky Blinders, His Dark Materials) serves as lead director […]

Disney+ lands BBC’s ‘Doctor Who’ after striking far-reaching global rights deal

Disney+ has confirmed a far-reaching deal that will hand it rights to long-running UK sci-fi series, Doctor Who. The Mouse House streamer will become the exclusive home to the show’s future episodes outside of the UK, starting with the coming season that is set to debut in 2023. News of the agreement first emerged in […]

Disney eyeing ‘Doctor Who’ global streaming rights

Disney is reportedly in conversation with UK pubcaster the BBC to acquire the global streaming rights to long-running sci-fi series Doctor Who. The Mouse House is said to be eyeing a deal that would see future seasons of the iconic show, which first debuted in 1963, stream on Disney+ while still airing on BBC One. […]

Sky unveils UK dramas & comedies as 200 originals set to land in 2022

Sky is planning to launch more than 200 original programmes in 2022, with a raft of new commissions unveiled for its slate. The originals output – up 60% on 2021 – includes The Tattooist of Auschwitz, which is being produced by The Cry firm Synchronicity Films. The Scottish prodco picked up rights to the Heather […]

Bad Wolf unveils adaptation of Bernard Cornwell’s ‘Warlord Chronicles’

His Dark Materials producer Bad Wolf has unveiled its first major new drama commission since joining Sony Pictures Television (SPT) with an adaptation of Bernard Cornwell’s Warlord Chronicles. The Winter King is described as an “epic but intimate” 10-part returning series, which offers a revisionist take on the Arthurian legends and follows the warrior as […]

Sony buys ‘His Dark Materials’ prodco Bad Wolf from Sky, HBO & Access

Sony Pictures Television (SPT) has taken a majority stake in His Dark Materials and I Hate Suzie producer Bad Wolf, with Sky, HBO and Access Entertainment exiting the business. The deal, which emerged last month, will see SPT also acquiring the Wolf Studios Wales sound stage facility in Cardiff, UK, and Bad Wolf’s 30% stake […]

ITVS partners with Bad Wolf’s David P. Davis for new prodco

ITV Studios (ITVS) has linked with Bad Wolf exec David P. Davis (Industry) to launch a new label under Patrick Spence’s scripted division. 5 Acts Productions becomes the first label under Spence’s Studio umbrella division and will be based out of Cardiff, Wales. Davis is creative director and will focus on producing diverse drama for […]

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