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Hat Trick Productions
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WBD remakes UK news quiz for CNN, ‘Harry Potter’ cooking show for Food Network
Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) has unveiled a raft of shows for CNN including a US…
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BBC Studios Eniela Bella joins PBS Int’l for copros & sales
US-based PBS International has hired BBC Studios exec Eniela Bella to work across its coproductions…
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BBC, ITV & UK scripted firms face probe over possible breach of freelance competition laws
UK broadcasters the BBC and ITV, along with several local scripted production companies, are under…
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Ex-LADbible duo Thom Gulseven and Ben Powell-Jones launch digital-first indie with Hat Trick backing
Former LADbible execs Thom Gulseven and Ben Powell-Jones have launched Strong Watch Studios, a digital-first…
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‘Derry Girls’ creator Lisa McGee reunites with Hat Trick for next Channel 4 show
Derry Girls creator Lisa McGee has reunited with Hat Trick Productions to set her next…
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BBC gets ‘Stuck’ with Dylan Moran & Morgana Robinson
UK pubcaster the BBC has commissioned a “dark” and “sometimes surreal” sitcom written by and…
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Argonon expands with Hat Trick’s ex-head of factual for new indie Studio Leo
US- and UK-based production group Argonon is expanding its indie roster by launching a new…
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Show of the week: Kate & Koji
This British sitcom has been co-written and produced by Drop The Dead Donkey scribes Andy…
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Hat Trick exec boards Beano Studios
Hat Trick Productions exec Mark Talbot has joined Beano Studios as chief creative officer. In…
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Cineflix taps Hat Trick development exec
Cineflix Media has hired Hat Trick’s Jimmy Baker as senior vice president of development. Baker…
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Keo Films CEO exits
Debbie Manners is leaving her post as CEO of the UK’s Keo Films after five…
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Sky 1 to infiltrate Freemasons
A Sky 1 documentary series will reveal secrets of the guarded Freemasons organisation. Inside the…
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No more Episodes for Showtime, BBC
US-UK comedy coproduction Episodes will end after a fifth season. The show’s US broadcaster, premium…
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Industry unites behind BBC Three
Actors, writers, producers, managers and agents have united to call on the UK pubcaster the…
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Downton’s Fellowes pens new ITV drama
Downton Abbey writer Julian Fellowes is creating another period drama for UK broadcaster ITV. With…
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Girls creator in BBC digital experiment
The writer of HBO drama Girls, Lena Dunham, is among names attached to BBC Taster,…
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BBC One goes Grey with primetime comedy
UK terrestrial BBC One has commissioned a six-part comedy starring the likes of Russ Abbott,…
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Hat Trick poaches Wipeout exec from Endemol
Hat Trick has recruited Andy Rowe from Endemol and he will join the UK indie…