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Paramount+ links with Buccaneer to adapt crime thriller ‘The Crow Girl’

Paramount+ UK & Ireland has ordered The Crow Girl, a new original crime thriller series based on the novel trilogy by Erik Axl Sund. Produced by Irvine Welsh’s Crime and Marcella team Buccaneer, the 6 x 60-minute psychological thriller begins with the discovery of a teenage boy’s body discarded in plain sight. Determined to find […]

ITV profits drop 61% in 2023, cushioned by record ITVS revenues & digital growth

UK commercial broadcaster ITV saw pre-tax profits take a 61% nosedive over the past year, from £501m ($638m) in 2022 to £193m ($246m) in 2023. Reporting the figures in its annual financial results, ITV said that the slump comes as a result of the ongoing downturn in the linear ad market and its planned investment […]

Script to Screen: The Marlow Murder Club

Ahead of the launch of The Marlow Murder Club tomorrow, Mark Layton speaks to creator Robert Thorogood and exec producer Alison Carpenter about the female-led crime drama’s nine-year journey from screen to book and back again. Death In Paradise creator Robert Thorogood is back with a new murder mystery show, once again based on one […]

The TV Collective opens fourth annual Breakthrough Leaders programme

The TV Collective – the network of UK TV professionals of colour – has partnered with Fremantle, BBC Studios, ITV Studios, Amazon streamer Prime Video and Sky for its fourth annual Breakthrough Leaders programme. The initiative, devised by British producer and format creator Remy Blumenfeld, aims to “identify and empower 50 exceptional individuals from Black, […]

ITV orders ‘crossover’ format ‘Shark!’ from Plimsoll

UK broadcaster ITV has commissioned an “entertainment and wildlife crossover format” that will see celebrities attempting to overcome their fear of sharks, with the show timed to coincide with the 50th anniversary of Jaws. Shark! Celebrity Infested Waters is being produced by ITV Studios-owned Plimsoll Productions (A Bug’s Life) with ITV Entertainment and will dare […]

London TV Screenings Insights: Ruth Berry, MD, ITV Studios Global Partnerships

Ahead of buyers landing in the UK for London TV Screenings and BBC Studios Showcase next week, TBI has talked to the bosses of more than 25 distribution companies to test the temperature of the global content industry and to find out how the next 12 months are shaping up. Here, Ruth Berry, MD of […]

ITV Studios unveils drama slate & sales ahead of London TV Screenings

ITV Studios has announced a slew of drama sales and its 2024 slate ahead of London TV Screenings next week. Quay Street Productions’ thriller After The Flood has sold to Pumpkin Films in China and Now TV in Hong Kong, as well as Cosmote in Greece and Yes TV in Israel. World Productions’ Until I […]

Peacock invests in unscripted, returns ‘Love Island USA’ & ‘Queens Court’

NBCUniversal-owned streamer Peacock is returning two of its unscripted series and has set a premiere date for its football-related reality series, Love Undercover. The show follows five international players who arrive in the US and leave their lives behind them to date single women who don’t know of their fame overseas. The 10-episode show is […]

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