All Drama articles – Page 220

  • The Break
    News

    BBC3 strand backs emerging talent

    2017-02-10T09:54:00Z

    Five up-and-coming writers and two directors will showcase their work as part of a returning strand of shorts for BBC3.

  • Fleabag
    News

    Fleabag producer sold to All3Media

    2017-02-10T09:10:00Z

    All3Media has acquired Fleabag and The Missing indie Two Brothers Pictures.

  • The Crown
    News

    Peter Morgan reveals Crown challenges

    2017-02-09T13:11:00Z

    The Crown creator Peter Morgan has lifted the lid on the challenges of writing and producing the big-budget Netflix drama and admitted that casting changes for series three are being considered.

  • Roots
    Ratings

    Roots grabs 1m for BBC4

    2017-02-09T13:05:00Z

    WEDNESDAY: Roots, the remake of Alex Haley’s classic novel about the slave trade, launched with BBC4’s biggest audience for an original drama in three years.

  • Damned
    News

    Lionsgate UK eyes film remakes

    2017-02-09T07:05:00Z

    Mad Men producer Lionsgate is looking to remake feature films such as Brooklyn and Bend It Like Beckham as British TV series following the appointment of former ITV drama chief Steve November.

  • Deutschland 83
    News

    Distributors unpack digital sales surge

    2017-02-09T07:02:00Z

    Demand from global SVoD platforms and fledgling digital services across Asia has led to a boom in the sale of digital rights by British distributors.

  • Apple Tree Yard
    News

    Taboo and Apple Tree Yard get extended iPlayer window

    2017-02-08T13:12:00Z

    BBC dramas Taboo and Apple Tree Yard will be available to watch as boxsets on iPlayer for an extended window.

  • The-Moorside
    Ratings

    Moorside is BBC's biggest drama launch since 2014

    2017-02-08T12:46:00Z

    TUESDAY: BBC1’s The Moorside, which explores the real-life disappearance of Shannon Matthews, was the channel’s best-performing new drama launch in three years.

  • The_Night_Manager
    News

    Night Manager team join InTV

    2017-02-07T12:18:00Z

    The team behind BBC1’s The Night Manager have joined the line-up for InTV, a Jerusalem-based conference established by The A Word firm Keshet.

  • Roots
    Video

    Roots, BBC4

    2017-02-07T11:17:00Z

    A+E Studios historical portrait of American slavery, retelling of the life and legacy of Kunta Kinte.

  • SSGB
    Video

    SS-GB, BBC1

    2017-02-07T09:59:00Z

    Sid Gentle Films’ five part alternative-history thriller set against a Nazi occupied London.

  • Chris Carey
    News

    Lookout Point hires Apple Tree Yard producer

    2017-02-06T13:15:00Z

    Lookout Point has bolstered its creative team with the appointment of Apple Tree Yard producer Chris Carey.

  • 13 Commandments
    News

    Belgium shows head to Walter Presents

    2017-02-06T12:45:00Z

    Channel 4’s foreign-language drama service Walter Presents has acquired a pair of Belgian crime titles from Attraction Distribution.

  • The Last Kingdom
    Video

    The Last Kingdom, BBC2

    2017-02-06T12:22:00Z

    Second series of the Carnival Films historical drama, airing this Spring.

  • The Jump
    Ratings

    The Jump and Good Karma Hospital launch well

    2017-02-06T10:26:00Z

    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.

  • poldark
    News

    Digital sales surge for UK TV exports

    2017-02-03T12:47:00Z

    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.

  • Sophie-Taitt
    News

    BBC Comedy exec moves to Netflix

    2017-02-03T10:11:00Z

    Sophie Taitt, head of production at BBC Comedy, has relocated to Los Angeles to work for Netflix.

  • Can’t Cope, Won’t Cope
    News

    BBC3 acquires Irish comedy-drama

    2017-02-02T13:09:00Z

    BBC3 has acquired Irish millennial comedy-drama Can’t Cope, Won’t Cope from Line of Duty distributor Content Media.

  • Travelers
    News

    Sky Vision hunts drama partners

    2017-02-02T07:06:00Z

    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.

  • This is England 90
    Features

    Drama series or serial: This Is England '90

    2017-02-01T22:40:00Z

    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.