All Drama articles – Page 227

  • The Young Pope
    Ratings

    Slow start for Young Pope

    2016-10-28T11:16:00Z

    THURSDAY: Sky Atlantic’s big budget The Young Pope got off to an underwhelming start, pulling in 141,000 (0.8%) across its two-hour launch.

  • Rhys Jones
    News

    Jeff Pope pens Rhys Jones murder drama

    2016-10-27T16:04:00Z

    Jeff Pope is to explore the aftermath of the tragic killing of 11-year old schoolboy Rhys Jones in a four-part factual drama for ITV.

  • The Crown
    News

    The Crown creator predicts bigger drama budgets

    2016-10-27T13:13:00Z

    The Crown creator Peter Morgan believes the convergence of TV and film is set to accelerate and has predicted that drama series’ budgets could swell to many hundreds of millions of pounds.

  • Humans
    News

    Sister Pictures hires Humans exec

    2016-10-27T11:39:00Z

    Humans producer Chris Fry has joined his old boss Jane Featherstone as an executive producer at Sister Pictures.

  • Cold Feet
    News

    BBC and ITVS changes hit Northern drama

    2016-10-27T07:05:00Z

    Drama in the north came under the spotlight this week, with ITV Studios disbanding its northern drama hub and BBC head of drama for the north Hilary Martin moving to the indie sector.

  • SS-GB
    News

    BBCW & Cohen eye £50m drama deal

    2016-10-27T07:01:00Z

    BBC Worldwide is closing in on an estimated £50m funding deal with Danny Cohen’s Access Entertainment to supercharge its drama pipeline.

  • The Murder Detectives
    News

    Doc duo launch indie to ‘blur lines’ with drama

    2016-10-27T07:00:00Z

    The award-winning directors of The Murder Detectives and My Son The Jihadi have joined forces to launch a production business that aims to blur the lines between drama and documentary, and have already picked up two commissions from Channel 4.

  • Mesudarim
    News

    AMC boards C4 drama Loaded

    2016-10-26T15:41:00Z

    Walking Dead broadcaster AMC has boarded Keshet UK and Hillbilly Television’s Entourage-style comedy drama Loaded for Channel 4.

  • New Blood
    News

    Eleventh Hour teams with Luti

    2016-10-26T12:06:00Z

    New Blood indie Eleventh Hour Films has teamed up with Luti Media to develop a slate of dramas.

  • Hammer House of Horror
    News

    King's Speech indie preps horror format

    2016-10-26T09:42:00Z

    King’s Speech indie Bedlam Productions is developing and co-producing a southeast Asia-set horror anthology series to be presented to buyers for pre-sale at next month’s American Film Market.

  • Clio Barnard
    News

    Wellcome bursary opened up to TV

    2016-10-25T12:56:00Z

    The recipient of a £30,000 Wellcome Screenwriting Fellowship bursary is to be unveiled at a 23 November event.

  • The Walking Dead
    Ratings

    Walking Dead shocks 800k

    2016-10-25T11:06:00Z

    MONDAY: The Walking Dead roared back onto Fox with 800,000 viewers – outperforming Channel 5 in the 9pm slot.

  • Prime Suspect
    News

    All3Media forges Lynda La Plante ties

    2016-10-25T09:57:00Z

    Lynda La Plante is set to start developing projects with All3Media after the super-indie picked up the rights to 124 hours of the writer’s crime drama catalogue.

  • Riviera
    News

    Sky prepares 1,000 hours for 2017

    2016-10-24T12:48:00Z

    Sky is to debut 1,000 hours of original commissions over the next twelve months across Europe with 80 series in production and another 170 in paid development.

  • Tutankhamun
    Ratings

    Tutankhamun sheds 800k

    2016-10-24T11:59:00Z

    WEEKEND: Strictly Come Dancing peaked with 11m on Saturday evening while ITV’s Egyptian Sunday night drama Tutankhamun lost 800,000 viewers from last week’s launch.

  • Midwinter Of Spirit
    News

    ITV shuts down northern drama hub

    2016-10-24T09:15:00Z

    ITV Studios has disbanded its northern drama hub, making four jobs redundant, as it continues to contribute towards ITV’s £25m of planned Brexit savings.

  • Ellen
    News

    C4 and Touchpaper launch drama diversity scheme

    2016-10-21T13:01:00Z

    The next generation of writers and directors from under-represented backgrounds will have the opportunity to work on a Touchpaper TV drama as part of a new Channel 4 talent scheme.

  • Beyond The Walls
    News

    AMC rolls out SVoD horror service

    2016-10-21T10:07:00Z

    Ahead of Halloween, AMC Networks has rolled out VoD horror service Shudder in the UK and Ireland.

  • Barracuda
    News

    BBC3 picks up Australian swimming drama

    2016-10-20T12:19:00Z

    BBC3 has acquired Matchstick Pictures’ Australian drama series Barracuda from NBCUniversal.

  • Hilary Martin
    News

    BBC drama chief joins Euston Films

    2016-10-20T12:04:00Z

    Drama chief Hilary Martin is leaving the BBC and re-joining former colleague Simon Judd to establish a Manchester base for Euston Films.