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BBC set to bolster iPlayer library after regulatory approval
UK media regulator Ofcom has given the BBC a greenlight to add more archive content…
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ITV expands drama team ahead of ITVX launch, with Mammoth Screen’s TV chief among hires
UK commercial broadcaster ITV is expanding its drama team ahead of the launch of streamer…
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Warp Films lands BBC drama commissioner to lead development
The Last Panthers producer Warp Films has tapped BBC drama commissioner Siobhan Morgan as its…
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Factual round-up: HBO follows ‘Pelosi In The House’; BBC & PBS order ‘Disco Inferno’
HBO follows ‘Pelosi In The House’ HBO will debut Pelosi In The House, a documentary…
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Exclusive: Banijay UK chief urges clarity on BBC & Channel 4 future to safeguard production
UK public broadcasters the BBC and Channel 4 must be given “greater clarity” over their…
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‘The Pact’ prodco Little Door recruits BBC & Playground execs
Little Door Productions, the Welsh firm behind BBC drama The Pact, is expanding its team…
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BBC lands A24’s ‘Shuggie Bain’ adaptation, with Douglas Stuart attached to write
BBC One is adapting Douglas Stuart’s 2020 Booker Prize-winning novel Shuggie Bain for TV, with…
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BBC & PBS explores ‘How Hip Hop Changed The World’ with Chuck D
UK pubcaster the BBC has ordered Fight The Power: How Hip Hop Changed The World,…
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News round up: MENA welcomes ‘Golden Boy’; ABC adapts Oz format ‘Parental Guidance’; HBO extends ‘Industry’
MENA welcomes Golden Boy Middle Eastern media group MBC has acquired Turkish drama Golden Boy…
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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…
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TBI Scripted: Little Door on reforging BBC thriller ‘The Pact’ as an anthology show
e Mark Layton talks to Elwen Rowlands, co-founder and CEO of Cardiff-based Little Door Productions,…
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TBI Scripted: Ron Perlman on the movie star exodus to the small screen
Ron Perlman, star of The Capture, Sons Of Anarchy and much more over his five-decade…
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BBC cooks up series spin-off to 2021 feature ‘Boiling Point’
The BBC in the UK has ordered a five-part series spun off from 2021 movie Boiling…
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Exclusive: Chris Chibnall & Jodie Whittaker on the past, present and future of ‘Doctor Who’
Mark Layton talks to outgoing Doctor Who showrunner Chris Chibnall and stars Jodie Whittaker and…
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Prime Video & Viaplay travel to ‘Planet Sex With Cara Delevingne’
Prime Video Canada and Nordic streamer Viaplay are among a slew of broadcasters and platforms…
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BBC orders ‘Digital Girl’, with pre-sales to Super RTL & Discovery Kids
UK pubcaster the BBC has commissioned Digital Girl, a new animated series, that has also…
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Kids round-up: ABC & BBC team for ‘Spooky Files’; Wildbrain expands ‘Fireman Sam’ & ‘Polly Pocket’; Cottonwood & Ananey partner for ‘Fairy Express’
ABC & BBC team for ‘Spooky Files’ Australia’s ABC and UK pubcaster BBC have co-commissioned…
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Factual round-up: BBC orders Putin docuseries; eOne preps D&D 50th anniversary film; Prime Video explores ‘Life After’ NFL
BBC orders Putin docuseries UK broadcaster BBC Two has ordered Putin And The West, a…
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HiddenLight poaches Blast! & BBC execs for senior appointments
Hillary Clinton’s HiddenLight Productions has made two senior appointments to newly created roles to help…
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BBC Entertainment completes commissioning team with trio of hires
BBC Entertainment has completed its commissioning team line-up with the appointment of Clodagh O’Donoghue, alongside…
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UK government ‘re-examining’ Channel 4 privatisation & BBC licence fee overhaul
The UK government has confirmed it is “re-examining the business case” around the privatisation of…
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Fifth Season hires BBC’s former acting drama chief as UK creative director
CJ ENM-owned Fifth Season (fka Endeavor Content) has hired the former acting director of drama…
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BBC appoints first director of diversity & inclusion
UK pubcaster the BBC has appointed Chinny Okolidoh as director of diversity and inclusion. The…
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UK production revenues near pre-Covid levels, but int’l & streamer spending falls, says Pact
UK TV production revenues are bouncing back to pre-Covid levels, though figures from international TV…
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BBC lands ‘Survivor’ as Banijay format returns to UK after 20 years
The BBC in the UK has confirmed entertainment format Survivor will be returning to the…
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TBI Weekly: Six takeaways from the Edinburgh TV Festival
From snarky remarks around reboots, to a scripted industry in “corrective” mode and Netflix’s attempts to assert itself…
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BBC lands Synchronicity’s adaptation of Andrew O’Hagan’s novel ‘Mayflies’
The BBC has ordered a two-part miniseries based on Andrew O’Hagan’s novel Mayflies from The Cry…
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BBC lines up MGM format ‘Gladiator’ for UK, confirms ‘Blue Planet III’
MGM sports entertainment format Gladiators is returning to the UK, after the BBC confirmed an…
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BBC tweaks factual commissioning team under Kate Phillips
The BBC has unveiled the latest tweaks to its senior factual team, working under unscripted…
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Emily Maitlis uses MacTaggart to highlight populism & shift from “cellophane-wrapped formality”
Emily Maitlis, the UK journalist who conducted the interview that saw Prince Andrew discuss his…