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Scripted round-up: Viaplay orders ‘Bullshit’; UKTV’s Drama gets ‘Outrageous’; StudioCanal & Frank Miller team for ‘Corto Maltese’  

Viaplay orders ‘Bullshit’ Viaplay has commissioned Bullshit from Nordisk Film Creative Alliance as its next Danish drama series. Set to debut on the Nordic streamer next year, the series centres on a rootless young couple, Pia (Alba August) and Henning (Marco Ilsø), who long for rebellion and belonging. Drawn into Copenhagen’s biker subculture, their dream […]

BBC Studios ups stake to acquire ‘Wahala’ prodco Firebird Pictures

BBC Studios has upped its stake to take full ownership of UK scripted indie Firebird Pictures. The deal sees the BBC commercial arm taking full ownership of the production firm, which was launched by former BBC executives Elizabeth Kilgarriff and Craig Holleworth in 2019. BBC Studios has been a minority investor in the business since […]

‘Wahala’ prodco Firebird adds BBCS drama & factual exec

UK-based Wahala and Wilderness producer Firebird Pictures has hired Aysha Rafaele, an executive producer from its backer BBC Studios (BBCS). Rafaele, who is behind dramas including The Left Behind, Killed By My Debt and Murdered By My Father, will bring her development slate with her when she joins the company this month. While the exec has lately been focused […]

‘Wahala’ producer Firebird Pictures adds BBC drama exec & Hillbilly alum

Wahala and Wilderness producer Firebird Pictures has added an exec from the parent broadcaster of its backer BBC Studios (BBCS) to oversee production and hired Riches script editor Andin Ngwa as development executive. Nikki Saunders is joining from BBCS as director of production, having spent 15 years running operations across all continuing drama series at […]

UK’s BBC unveils six dramas & new Michaela Coel project

The BBC in the UK has unveiled a raft of new scripted series, as well as a new project that is in the works from I May Destroy You creator Michaela Coel. Six shows have been unveiled by the broadcaster’s director of drama Piers Wenger, who confirmed a new project with Coel was in the […]

Scripted round-up: Netflix buys Israel’s ‘Blackspace’; Hulu reboots ‘How I Met Your Mother’; Ovation adds ‘Frankie Drake’

Netflix buys Israel’s Blackspace Netflix has picked up rights around the world to Federation Entertainment’s Israeli drama Blackspace. The 8 x 60-minute psychological thriller is set in an Israeli high school and has been written by Anat Gafni and Sahar Shavit, with Drama Team and Federation producing for local network Reshet 13. It has now been acquired […]