Sony Pictures Television (SPT) has taken a majority stake in UK-based producer Eleven Film, the company behind Netflix hit Sex Education and forthcoming BBC thriller Red Rose. The company, founded in 2006 by Jamie Campbell and Joel Wilson, has previously been behind shows including Glue for the UK’s E4 and Sky Living’s The Enfield Haunting, […]
Eleven Film MD Dan Cheesbrough has stepped down to join Sherlock producer Hartswood Films. The exec left the Sex Education prodco in late September, and has boarded Hartswood as commercial director, TBI has confirmed. Cheesbrough joined the Channel 4-backed Eleven as MD in July 2016, tasked with advising the business on strategic direction and overseeing production, finance, commercial and operations. […]
Basic cable channel A&E has acquired US rights to strong-rating Sky Living paranormal drama The Enfield Haunting. A+E Networks-owned A&E plans to broadcast the three-part series from October 9 in a 10pm ET/PT slot after a deal with distributor Entertainment One Television. In the UK, The Enfield Haunting debuted in May to the best ratings […]
Basic cable channel A&E has acquired US rights to strong-rating Sky Living paranormal drama The Enfield Haunting. A+E Networks-owned A&E plans to broadcast the three-part series from October 9 in a 10pm ET/PT slot after a deal with distributor Entertainment One Television. In the UK, The Enfield Haunting debuted in May to the best ratings […]
UK broadcaster Channel 4 has bought a stake in sports programming-focused indie Whisper Films. Former Formula One driver David Coulthard, sports presenter Jake Humphrey and BBC Sports producer Sunil Patel (pictured) set up Whisper in 2010, and have since produce shows for the BBC and ITV and international documentaries that have aired on NBC in […]
Channel 4 has bought into UK indie producer Eleven Film. The UK broadcaster said earlier this year it was creating a multi-million pound Growth Fund to start directly investing in small-to-medium sized UK content companies, and announced its first four investments. The deal to buy into Eleven Film is its fifth deal. The size of […]
BSkyB has ordered a new three-part poltergeist drama, TBI has learned, as the pay TV broadcaster continues to ramp-up investment in original content. The Enfield Haunting has just entered production in the UK. The three-parter is based based on the Guy Lyon Mayfair non-fiction book about the ‘Enfield Poltergeist’, This House is Haunted: The True […]
Entertainment One is making My Sister’s Keeper, a reality series based on the life of singer and former Destiny’s Child member Michelle Williams. The show will follow the lives of Michelle and her sisters and the pressures on the star as she gets ready to release a new solo Gospel album. Williams is signed to […]
