Peter Gerwe’s StoryFirst has bought Pinewood-Shepperton Studios’ 50% stake in the drama joint venture the two companies operate. The deal means StoryFirst will own 100% of Pinewood Television, which was founded in February 2016. The company is to be renamed on October 31, though the existing management team will remain in place. Helen Gregory and […]
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 […]
Swedish pubcaster SVT’s drama chief is joining the fledgling London-based outfit Pinewood Television to oversee its coproduction strategy. Christian Wikander has been named coproduction director at the prodco, which is part of British studios company Pinewood Group. He will report to Pinewood TV creative director Helen Gregory, who joined the establish the division last year […]
As their new lifestyle series, The Wine Show, launches in the UK on ITV, British broadcasting industry legend and Conservative Party life peer Michael Grade and Hong Kong venture capital entrepreneur Johnny Hon tell Jesse Whittock about their new approach to programme funding, and offer views on the future of channels, Chinese media, and the […]
British studio Pinewood Group has moved into high-end drama creation and financing through a new joint venture with CTC Media founder Peter Gerwe. Pinewood and Gerwe’s StoryFirst PST have created Pinewood Television, which will “create, develop and finance high quality drama series for television for the international market”. It also plans to be involved with […]
