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Banijay Rights snags ‘Wolf Hall’ from BBC Studios, as BBC & PBS prepare finale ‘The Mirror And The Light’

Banijay Rights has picked up distribution of Wolf Hall from BBC Studios (BBCS), with the…

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Sky orders comedy-drama about Hollywood production in small town Ireland, from Chris O’Dowd

European pay-TV giant Sky has commissioned Small Town, Big Story, a new original comedy-drama for…

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Channel 5 orders ‘The Hardacres’, adaptation of CL Skelton period novels, from Playground

Paramount-owned UK broadcaster Channel 5 has ordered The Hardacres, a period drama based on The…

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Playground rejig top team with Scott Huff & David Stern named joint MD’s

Colin Callender’s prodco Playground has reshuffled its management team with Scott Huff and David Stern…

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Peacock & C4 join up for cyber drama from ‘Wolf Hall’ team

NBCUniversal-owned streamer Peacock has linked up with Channel 4 in the UK on a six-part…

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MIPCOM Drama round-up: NBCUI nabs ‘Wynonna Earp’; All3’s ‘All Creatures Great And Small’ travel; HBO Max adds ‘I Am Suzie’; and more

NBCUIN welcomes Wyonna Earp NBCUniversal International Networks (NBCUIN) has picked up all four seasons of genre-bending…

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Starz expands period drama with ‘Dangerous Liaisons’

US cabler Starz has added another period drama to its slate, this time an adaptation…

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Playground to adapt The Mermaid & Mrs Hancock

UK and US-based producer Playground has gained film and TV rights for Imogen Hermes Gowar’s…

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BBC exec joins Playground gang

Long-serving BBC exec Dan Leon has joined London-based producer Playground as head of business affairs…

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Callender’s Playground ups two

Colin Callender’s drama prodco Playground has upped Scott Huff (left) and Elsye Dolbec (below right),…

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Wolf Hall prodco taking The Widow to TV

Playground picked up rights to several book properties that it will seek to adapt for…

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Mattel exec joins Robot Chicken prodco

Marge Dean has joined Robot Chicken prodco Stupid Buddy Stoodios as general manager. Dean (pictured)…

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Starz, BBC and Company Pictures team for abduction drama

Production has started on The Missing, a US-European coproduced drama about a man obsessed with…