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BBC Studios
Doctor Foster gets French treatment in TF1 remake
BBC Studios has sold the Doctor Foster format to TF1 for a French remake, turning…
TCB hires BBC Studios’ Demidowicz as commissioning editor
TCB Media Rights has appointed BBC Studios’ Hannah Demidowicz to the position of commissioning editor,…
Richard Gere makes TV comeback in MotherFatherSon
Richard Gere is set to star in upcoming BBC drama MotherFatherSon, after a break of…
ITV greenlights fourth season of Corfu-based drama The Durrells
Following the success of the first three series, ITV has ordered a fourth installment of…
BBC Studios titles make it to Lat Am PlayKids app
BBC Studios and PlayKids have reached an deal which will give users of the PlayKids…
BBC Studios invests in drama start-up Moonage Pictures
BBC Studios has acquired a minority stake in British scripted drama start-up Moonage Pictures. Moonage…
BBC Studios hires Washington to head up Aussie production arm
BBC Studios has hired Matchbox Pictures’ director of unscripted Kylie Washington as its first director…
UKTV orders first doc from BBC Studios for W
UKTV has ordered documentary series Sex, Knives and Liposuction from BBC Studios’ Science Unit, a…
BBC Studios secures volume sales deal with HOOQ India
BBC Studios and Asian SVOD platform HOOQ have agreed a content deal that will give…
Agatha Christie’s Ordeal goes global with Endeavour
Endeavour Content has secured sales in key territories for Agatha Christie’s Ordeal By Innocence. The…
TBI Weekly: Winding down from MIPTV
MIPTV may have had an impact on your days this week, as the industry experienced…
BBC Studios wins Royal Wedding commission from PBS
BBC Studios has secured its first ever commission from PBS in the US. The show,…
BBC Studios appoints first GM for Germany
BBC Studios has appointed Tower Productions’ Philipp Schmid to the newly created role of general…
A newly unified BBC Studios looks to China
BBC Studios, which has officially merged its production and commercial arms today, is looking for…
BBC rejigs French production arm as TF1, Arte deals land
BBC Worldwide is restructuring its French production arm, as the unit lands new commissions with…
Worldwide ambitions open the Showcase – BBC content event
BBC Worldwide’s annual four-day programming sales event in Liverpool, England, is a regular trip for…
Channel 5 orders list of BBC Studios shows
BBC Studios has secured three commissions from Viacom’s Channel 5 in a deal announced today….
BBC Studios launches Australian production arm
BBC Studios is set to launch an Australian production arm, following its decision to form…
Channel 4 orders BBC Studios to perform Fatberg Autopsy
Just two days after unveiled its first non-BBC commission, BBC Studios has landed a second…
BBC Studios reaches “new dawn” after Discovery wildlife commission
Discovery Channel has commissioned natural history series The Red List from BBC Studios, marking a…
BBCWW’s content chief Helen Jackson set for departure
The newly formed BBC Studios has revealed today that its BBC Worldwide content chief, Helen…
BBC merges Studios and Worldwide
UK pubcaster the BBC is merging its production arm, BBC Studios, and commercial division BBC…
BBC Studios ups two with Collins exiting
The BBC has moved Damon Pattison, currently head of development at BBC Studios, to head…
Fremantle’s Lamb lands major BBC post
FremantleMedia’s Suzy Lamb has landed the entertainment and music genre director post at BBC Studios….
Viacom backs UK prodco Banjo
Viacom is supporting a new UK-based production company, Banjo Television. The comes through Viacom-owned Elephant…
TBI Weekly: The UK’s international platform challenge
This week the UK TV industry has had its eye on what the rise of…
BBC Studios poaches Boundless MD for factual
BBC Studios has hired Boundless managing director Hannah Wyatt as the new genre director for…
The Generation Game returning to BBC
UK pubcaster the BBC is bringing back The Generation Game, a family game show that’s…
BBC Studios restructures entertainment arm
BBC Studios is splitting its entertainment, music and events arm into two, with current divisional…
Drama at the members’ club
Howard Stringer and Jeremy Fox tell TBI about Atrium, their new club for platforms that…