Jimmy McGovern has a reputation for tackling social issues head-on. Through Hillsborough, The Accused, Dockers and The Street, he is known for using TV to shine a light on the stories and struggles of working people in the UK. In ITV crime drama Cracker, he created a UK hit that travelled across the Atlantic, was […]
UK satellite channel Sky 1 HD has acquired TNT cop drama Legends. The deal with Twentieth Century Fox Television Distribution hands the BKSyB channel exclusive UK rights to the US drama. Legends counts Homeland and 24 producer Howard Gordon among its executive producer roster. It follows Sean Bean (Game of Thrones)as an undercover agent with […]
Sean O’Kelly the cofounder of TV and film distributor Stealth Media Group has left the company. O’Kelly is one of the three founders of Stealth and was joint CEO with Michael Cowan who will assume sole control following O’Kelly’s departure. The company, which is based in Brighton in the UK and also has offices in […]
Canada-based producer and distributor Peace Point will launch a new 40-title film catalogue at the NATPE Budapest market next week. The films on offer to the CEE broadcasters in town for NATPE include Danny Glover drama Donovan’s Echo (pictured) and Jonathan Rhys Meyers love story Belle Du Seigneur. The features will sit alongside the lifestyle […]
French public broadcast channel France 2 has greenlit a local version of Jimmy McGovern-penned British drama series Accused, TBI has learned. The French show will be made by Troisième Oeil. The French production house already makes shows including Vous Trouvez ça Normal? (You Think this is right?) for France 2. The UK show airs on […]
