Disney+ and FX originals Extraordinary and Under The Banner Of Heaven are both heading to UK streamer ITVX, underlining the increasing rights flexibility from the Mouse House. The deal with Disney Entertainment will see the first season of Extraordinary and Under The Banner Of Heaven become available on the commercial broadcaster’s streaming service ITVX and […]
London-based factual indie Brinkworth Productions has hired BBC Studios and Vice alum Yonni Usiskin as head of global unscripted. In the newly created position, Usiskin will spearhead the company’s push into premium documentaries and unscripted series for US and international audiences. Brinkworth Productions is behind titles such as Accused: Guilty Or Innocent? for A&E, The […]
BBC motoring show Top Gear is to be rested “for the foreseeable future” following the crash involving presenter Freddie Flintoff last year. The future of the programme, which has been an international bestseller for BBC Studios as well as a regular for BBC One, was thrown into doubt in March after the UK broadcaster said […]
CBS ends Young Sheldon US network CBS is bringing the curtain down on Young Sheldon, its spin-off from The Big Bang Theory. The show, which received a three-season commission in 2021, will end after its upcoming seventh season having charted the formative years of The Big Bang Theory’s character Sheldon during the late 1980s and […]
Apple TV+ commissioner Tom Williams and Strike producer Roxanne Harvey have joined BBC Studios (BBCS), as the reorganisation of its drama production arm takes shape. Williams joins in a newly created role as head of drama development for BBCS, with a remit across the national development team as well as overseeing BBCS’s writing initiatives. He […]
BBC Studios (BBCS) has rejigged its streaming strategy team in EMEA with the promotion of Kasia Jablonska to an expanded position. Taking the newly created role of director of digital and on-demand, Jablonksa’s remit includes increasing digital revenue streams, creating new digital products and extending audience engagement. Jablonska joined BBCS in December 2021 and has […]
Streamers have driven international sales of UK shows to new heights, with exports rising 22% over the past 12 months to reach £1.85bn ($2.28bn), according to data revealed today. UK finished programme exports including Frozen Planet II and Litvinenko made up 60% of exports and rose 11% to £1.11bn – breaching the £1bn mark for […]
BBC Studios Productions has appointed Kate Oates as its head of drama productions, following the exit of Priscilla Parish. Oates will manage BBC shows outside of London, as well as third-party series for global streamers and broadcasters. She retains her current slate, which ranges from Father Brown and Sister Boniface to BBC One flagship soap […]
Australian broadcaster ABC has commissioned Return To Paradise, a spin-off from long-running British-French crime comedy series Death In Paradise. Set to launch on ABC in 2024, the series is being produced by BBC Studios Productions Australia with Red Planet Pictures, in association with UK pubcaster the BBC, which will screen the series on BBC One […]
BBC Studios Productions head of drama, Priscilla Parish, is stepping down from the company. Former Bodyguard producer Parish joined the organisation in 2019 and reported to BBCS Productions CEO Ralph Lee, with a remit across the creative strategy and development for drama series and serials, daytime drama and factual drama. Mark Linsey, president of scripted […]
