All Drama articles – Page 220
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BBC3 strand backs emerging talent
Five up-and-coming writers and two directors will showcase their work as part of a returning strand of shorts for BBC3.
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Fleabag producer sold to All3Media
All3Media has acquired Fleabag and The Missing indie Two Brothers Pictures.
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Peter Morgan reveals Crown challenges
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.
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Roots grabs 1m for BBC4
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.
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Lionsgate UK eyes film remakes
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.
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Distributors unpack digital sales surge
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.
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Taboo and Apple Tree Yard get extended iPlayer window
BBC dramas Taboo and Apple Tree Yard will be available to watch as boxsets on iPlayer for an extended window.
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Moorside is BBC's biggest drama launch since 2014
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.
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Night Manager team join InTV
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.
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Roots, BBC4
A+E Studios historical portrait of American slavery, retelling of the life and legacy of Kunta Kinte.
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SS-GB, BBC1
Sid Gentle Films’ five part alternative-history thriller set against a Nazi occupied London.
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Lookout Point hires Apple Tree Yard producer
Lookout Point has bolstered its creative team with the appointment of Apple Tree Yard producer Chris Carey.
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Belgium shows head to Walter Presents
Channel 4’s foreign-language drama service Walter Presents has acquired a pair of Belgian crime titles from Attraction Distribution.
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The Last Kingdom, BBC2
Second series of the Carnival Films historical drama, airing this Spring.
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Ratings
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.