Charlotte Moore


The Generation Game returning to BBC

UK pubcaster the BBC is bringing back The Generation Game, a family game show that’s been off air since 2001. Former Great British Bake Off presenters Mel Giedroyc and Sue Perkins will host the reboot, which BBC Studios is producing. The Generation Game is based on a classic Dutch format, One of the Eight, and […]

John Cleese to star in BBC One comedy

Sitcom legend John Cleese is to star in a six-part comedy for UK pubcaster the BBC. The Monty Python and Fawlty Towers actor (pictured) will appear alongside Alison Steadman and Jason Watkins in Edith, which will play on BBC One. The plot follows a long-widowed woman (Steadman), who is being courted by a neighbour (Cleese). […]

BBC, HBO order Wainwright drama

The BBC and HBO have co-commissioned an eight-part drama from scribe Sally Wainwright about the life of 19th century landowner Anne Lister. Shibden Hall is set in Britain’s Industrial Revolution, following the unlikely story of Anne Lister, a real-life Halifax industrialist who dressed like a man and planned to marry a wealthy woman as part […]

Game of Thrones star sets BBC One drama

Game of Thrones star Kit Harington is set for a 17th century-set thriller drama based around the Gunpowder Plot for UK pubcaster the BBC. Harrington will star alongside Peter Mullan (Top of the Lake), Mark Gatiss (Sherlock) and Liv Tyler (Lord of the Rings) in Gunpowder, which is for BBC One. Harington developed the series […]

Cumberbatch to produce, star in new BBC drama

Sherlock star Benedict Cumberbatch is to produce and star in a BBC One adaptation of an Ian McEwan novel about the loss of a child. Cumberbatch’s new indie, SunnyMarch TV, is coproducing The Child in Time with another fledgling prodco, Pinewood Television, and Masterpiece, the drama commissioning arm of US pubcaster PBS. Studiocanal, which has […]

Planet Earth II tops BBC iPlayer charts

Planet Earth II was the most popular show on the iPlayer BBC streaming and catch-up service in 2016. The blue chip doc series generated excellent linear ratings and the opening episode was requested 3.8 million times alone, as the show took the overall number one iPlayer slot. The UK pubcaster issued new iPlayer stats today […]

BBC Studios to axe 300 jobs in ‘reshaping’

The BBC’s production arm will do away with 300 jobs to “ensure it is the right shape for the future”, the pubcaster said this morning. BBC Studios has been evaluating its next steps after assurances that 50% of all BBC programmes are made in-house was removed, with the unit set to become a commercial enterprise […]

BBC confirms Kirkham as factual chief

UK pubcaster the BBC has confirmed Alison Kirkham as its permanent controller of factual commissioning. Kirkham has been in the role in an acting capacity since May 2015 after Emma Swain took a secondment to an internal BBC role assessing future commissioning, channels and online strategy options. Swain recently left the organisation, however, and Kirkham […]

Laughing matters at the Edinburgh Int’l TV Festival

Shane Smith and his plan to take over the media world dominated delegate chatter at the Edinburgh International Television Festival last week. Jesse Whittock wonders what the Vice boss would make of the BBC’s latest comedy efforts. During his MacTaggart Memorial lecture on Wednesday, which met with a mixed reaction (at best), Vice Media CEO […]

BBC lines up young adult sci-fi adaptation

BBC One is lining up an adaptation of young adult novel book series Noughts and Crosses, it emerge here in Scotland yesterday at the Edinburgh International Television Festival. Levi David Addai will create the TV series, which will be based on Malorie Blacman’s books about a dystopian alternate history in which Earth’s land mass never […]