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Big TalK Productions
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ITVS label Big Talk rebrands as MD Matthew Justice plans departure
ITV Studios’ Friday Night Dinner label Big Talk Productions has rebranded as Big Talk Studios…
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Amazon’s Freevee finally serves up US version of ‘Friday Night Dinner’
Amazon AVOD service Freevee is expanding its originals with a remake of UK comedy, Friday…
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Apple TV+ inks overall deal with Tom Hanks’ Playtone & orders Noel Fielding comedy
Apple TV+ has inked an exclusive multi-year overall deal with Tom Hanks and Gary Goetzman’s…
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Circle of Confusion TV Studios to adapt sci-fi drama ‘Austral’
US-based Circle of Confusion Television Studios and ITV Studios-owned Big Talk Productions in the UK…
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Edgar Wright and collaborators launch new prodco; Netflix shows already lined up
British filmmaker Edgar Wright has partnered with past collaborators Nira Park, Joe Cornish and Rachel…
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BBC, Amazon order Big Talk comedy from Stephen Merchant, Elgin James
BBC One in the UK and Amazon Studios have linked up on a new six-part…
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ITV orders ninth series of ‘Cold Feet’
ITV has recommissioned its BAFTA winning comedy drama, Cold Feet for a ninth series from…
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BBC links with Lionsgate to adapt The Play That Goes Wrong
BBC One has commissioned a six-part series based on theatre production The Play That Goes…
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Cold Feet producer sets up shop in Manchester
Cold Feet producer Big Talk Productions is heading north with a new production base out…
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Finnish VOD service orders ITVS to create Threesome
ITV Studios Finland is set to produce a remake of scripted format Threesome for Finnish…
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Sundance SVOD service heads to Rillington Place, Riviera
AMC Networks has acquired Europe-produced scripted trio Back, Rillington Place and Riviera for its Sundance-branded…
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ITV buys Line of Duty prodco
UK broadcaster ITV has acquired Line of Duty producer World Productions. World CEO Roger Charteris…
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Raft of commissions for Channel 4
UK broadcaster Channel 4 unveiled a raft of new programming at its upfront in London…
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US scribe writing Sky Atlantic comedy
US writer and performer David Cross is penning a comedy starring Stephen Mangan and Heather…
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New attempt to find US Friday Night Dinner recipe
CBS is taking another shot at remaking UK sitcom Friday Night Dinner for US broadcast…
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ITV2 orders time-travel comedy
UK digital terrestrial channel ITV2 has ordered a 6x30mins comedy in which south London jazz…
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BBC Two brings comedy trio to new strand
UK terrestrial network BBC Two has commissioned three more sitcoms for its soon-to-start ‘New on…
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ITV warms to Cold Feet reboot, new drama
UK broadcaster ITV is to bring back popular 1990s comedy drama Cold Feet after 13…
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ITV ‘set to buy Twofour’
UK broadcaster ITV is set to acquire Plymouth-based production and distribution group Twofour, a Media…
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Crozier plays down Nice move as ITV boosts revenue
ITV’s chief exec Adam Crozier has played down a move for Scandinavian production group Nice…
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ITV continues buying spree with £12.5m-plus Big Talk deal
UK broadcaster ITV has acquired 100% of Rev and Friday Night Dinner producer Big Talk…
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Ovation picks up Jon Hamm/Daniel Radcliffe drama
US arts and culture channel Ovation has picked up A Young Doctor’s Notebook, the UK…
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BBC’s Cohen bows out with drama commissions
Danny Cohen’s final drama commissions as the controller of UK terrestrial channel BBC One include…
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Sky Living orders female-led sitcom
UK pay TV channel Sky Living HD has commissioned a female-led six-part comedy set in…