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BBC recruits Jack Thorne to adapt ‘Lord Of The Flies’

UK pubcaster the BBC has teamed up with His Dark Materials screenwriter Jack Thorne to adapt William Golding’s acclaimed novel Lord Of The Flies for TV for the first time. Thorne will write the 4 x 60-minute drama for BBC One and BBC iPlayer, which will be executive produced by Joel Wilson and Jamie Campbell […]

Blink49 Studios & Eleven partner to co-produce ‘If We Were Villains’ adaptation

Canada’s Blink49 Studios has partnered with Sex Education producer Eleven on a new series based on the by M.L. Rio novel If We Were Villains. If We Were Villains follows seven young Shakespearean actors at an elite college where competition is fierce, rivalry is dangerous, and the line between life and art is dangerously thin. […]

Scripted round-up: UK’s Eleven names creative director; Apple TV+ adapts ‘Dark Matter’; C More embraces ‘Evil’

Eleven ups Carissa Hope Lynch to creative director Eleven, the Sony Pictures Television-owned prodco behind Sex Education has promoted Carissa Hope Lynch to creative director. Hope Lynch, who will report to Eleven founders Joel Wilson and Jamie Campbell, joined the company in 2019, working on projects including White Story for Netflix and the upcoming YA […]

How to secure investment in your company, by those who’ve done it

Scripted costs have surged over recent years, with streamers’ demands supercharging the market. Nick Edwards explores how indies can use financial support to leverage their shows – and their companies – into the big league. During a global pandemic, it is little surprise that demand for drama has soared. And, with so much scripted being […]

Netflix provides Sex Education in new dramedy

Netflix is set to launch a new coming-of-age dramedy named Sex Education for 2019. The series follows Otis Thompson, a socially awkward high school virgin, who lives with his sex therapist mother. Sex Education, which will be available globally, is set to begin production in the UK in spring 2018. It is produced by Eleven Films with […]

Neighbours getting Turkish remake at Fox

Australian daily soap Neighbours is being remade for the first time in its 32-year history. Turkish network Fox has ordered a local version of the drama following a deal with distributor FremantleMedia International. The original has been consistently broadcast in Australia and the UK for decades, with the first episode appearing down under on Network […]

Young Shakespeare drama set for TNT

US cable channel TNT has commissioned a drama about a young William Shakespeare as part of its 2016/17 line-up. Will comes from Craig Pearce, Shekhar Kapur, Alison Owen and Debra Hayward, and is the headline series from Kevin Reilly’s second Upfront since joining the company in November 2014. It will comprise ten episodes and launch […]

E4, TNT coproducing comedic drama

The UK’s E4 and US cable channel E4 are coproducing a comedic drama about a group of young adults venturing across Asia. The two broadcasters have commissioned Foreign Bodies from Entertainment One Television and Eleven. It will launch on E4 in early 2017 before debuting later in the year on TNT. The show comes from […]