All Drama articles – Page 219
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The Last Kingdom, BBC2
Second series of the Carnival Films historical drama, airing this Spring.
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The Jump and Good Karma Hospital launch well
SUNDAY: The Jump returned with a peak of almost 3m as ITV’s Good Karma Hotel launched neck-and-neck with the third episode of BBC1’s Apple Tree Yard.
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Digital sales surge for UK TV exports
The sale of digital rights generated more money for the British TV sector than new commissions in 2015/16, according to Pact’s UK Television Exports Survey.
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BBC Comedy exec moves to Netflix
Sophie Taitt, head of production at BBC Comedy, has relocated to Los Angeles to work for Netflix.
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BBC3 acquires Irish comedy-drama
BBC3 has acquired Irish millennial comedy-drama Can’t Cope, Won’t Cope from Line of Duty distributor Content Media.
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Sky Vision hunts drama partners
Sky Vision is hunting for new forms of drama funding as it ramps up its own investment in the genre following its acquisition of Chrysalis Vision.
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Features
Drama series or serial: This Is England '90
The third and final chapter of Shane Meadows’ highly acclaimed series This Is England combined tension, desperation and sadness, flavoured by the distinctive sounds of 1990, as the gang reunited for the last time.
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Soap or continuing drama: Emmerdale
It’s a second consecutive win for the Yorkshire-set soap, whose most talked-about storyline of the year was Aaron finding the courage to confide in his mother that he was a victim of sexual abuse.
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Single drama: Ellen
Ellen is a touching, brutal and unforgettable rendering of the life of an isolated and vulnerable 14-year-old girl. In the words of one judge, it was “an extraordinary, beautifully written, directed and performed film that haunted me for days”.
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International programme sales: The Last Panthers
The Last Panthers was a truly global series. Co-produced by British indie Warp Films and French producer Haut et Court for Sky Atlantic and French premium network Canal+, it was shot across four European cities in three languages.
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New era at Tiger Aspect as Clarke-Jervoise departs
Sophie Clarke-Jervoise is to step down as managing director of Tiger Aspect after 12 years with the company, and will be replaced by Ben Cavey and Will Gould.
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Simon Amstell scoops BBC vegan docu-drama
BBC iPlayer has commissioned a vegan docu-drama written and directed by stand-up comedian Simon Amstell.
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Walter Presents heads Stateside as SVoD
Channel 4’s foreign-language drama platform Walter Presents is to launch as a subscription service in the US in March, marking its first launch outside the UK.
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Ratings
Halcyon slips to low
MONDAY: ITV’s wartime drama The Halcyon slipped to a low while BBC1’s Silent Witness continued to dominate.
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Lionsgate signs Bonafide first-look deal
Lionsgate has struck a first-look deal with The Last Post indie Bonafide Films as the Mad Men producer looks to expand its television footprint in the UK.
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Big Light hires BBC drama exec
BBC Drama creative director Katie McAleese has joined Frank Spotnitz’s Big Light Productions.
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Endeavour lands bumper run
ITV has ordered an extended fifth series run of Inspector Morse prequel Endeavour.
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The CW buys Sky's Hooten & The Lady
US cable network The CW has picked up Sky 1 action drama Hooten and The Lady from Sky Vision, marking one of the distributor’s biggest scripted US deals to date.
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Ratings
Let it Shine falls 1m behind The Voice
WEEKEND: The Voice opened up a significant lead over Let It Shine after the BBC1 format slipped below 5m viewers.
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The Good Karma Hospital, ITV
Tiger Aspect drama set in a hospital in Goa which is run by an eccentric Englishwoman.