‘Sex Education’ producer Rem Conway joins Steven Knight’s Kudos Knight

Rem Conway

Sex Education producer Rem Conway has joined Kudos Knight, the creative partnership between Deadwater Fell prodco Kudos and Peaky Blinders creator Steven Knight, as development producer.

Birmingham-based Conway will be tasked with leading plans to grow a world-renowned scripted production hub in the West Midlands in the UK.

He will support the Kudos Knight management team in developing a drama slate to be produced in Birmingham, and will be responsible for identifying and nurturing emerging local voices and proven writers from the area.

Conway will work closely with the Kudos creative team to bring these projects, which will be made in the West Midlands, to life, with a particular focus on “championing under-represented and previously unheard voices, to build the most creatively diverse and exciting pool of talent possible.”

Conway began his career in theatre production before making the transition to film and TV. His credits include Netflix’s Sex Education, BBC’s My Name Is Leon, ITV’s Our House and ITV & Amazon series Riches.

Martin Haines, joint-MD of Kudos, said that Conway “shares our drive to supercharge scripted production in Birmingham and with him on board, a new Digbeth base, a growing pipeline of productions and upcoming investment in local skills, there is real momentum behind the Kudos Knight partnership and the TV industry in Birmingham.”

SAS Rogue Heroes

Training scheme

Kudos Knight has also partnered with the Birmingham Film Academy, a film and television training facility based at Digbeth Loc. Studios. Together they will create practical training courses to serve the growing production sector in the region.

Knight commented: “Our plan is to change the game in the West Midlands as regards creative industries and in particular TV and film. We will be a globally important content making hub, hosting the world’s best story tellers and producing world beating international productions. To take on the world we need the best of Birmingham on our side. Our doors are open, our story has begun.”

Kudos (part of Banijay UK), is behind Knight’s BBC One drama SAS Rogue Heroes, as well as series including Then You Run, Deadwater Fell, Grantchester, Code 404 and Responsible Child. Kudos has a first look deal with Knight for UK projects, which will be made in Birmingham at Knight’s Digbeth Loc. Studios.

Production has already been completed on the first title from the Kudos Knight slate, This Town. The six-part drama which will air on BBC One in the UK and explores the beginnings of the two tone music scene which grew from the grass roots of Coventry and Birmingham in the late 70s and early 80s.

Kudos Knight is also currently developing a new drama series about the life of William Shakespeare, based on a concept by Happy Valley star Sarah Lancashire.