All Drama articles – Page 227

  • The Missing
    Ratings

    The Missing locates 6m

    2016-10-13T12:39:00Z

    WEDNESDAY: The Missing returned with 6m viewers – comfortably ahead of the audience who tuned in for the first series debut in 2014.

  • In the Club
    News

    Polly Hill reveals first ITV drama commissions

    2016-10-13T09:30:00Z

    ITV head of drama Polly Hill has ordered her first major original commissions since joining the broadcaster, unveiling a slate that she believes will deliver “drama with real authorship”.

  • Gogglebox
    News

    Teens take turn on Gogglebox

    2016-10-13T08:00:00Z

    Studio Lambert is to explore teenage viewing habits in a spinoff of Gogglebox and is on the brink of a second major international deal for Common Sense, a similar format that shows real people giving their opinions on news and current events.

  • National Treasure
    Ratings

    National Treasure concludes with 2.3m

    2016-10-12T13:11:00Z

    TUESDAY: National Treasure closed with 2.3m (11%) while the launch of Sharon Horgan’s black comedy Divorce doubled Sky Atlantic’s slot average.

  • The Durrells
    News

    Sid Gentle options The Cazalet Chronicles

    2016-10-12T10:29:00Z

    The Durrells indie Sid Gentle Films has picked up the rights to Elizabeth Jane Howard’s bestselling series of books The Cazalet Chronicles.

  • prime-suspect
    News

    US network PBS boards Prime Suspect prequel

    2016-10-11T13:10:00Z

    US public broadcaster PBS has boarded ITV’s Prime Suspect prequel Tennison.

  • Spin
    News

    Walter Presents eyes factual move

    2016-10-10T12:24:00Z

    Foreign-language drama service Walter Presents is planning to move into factual programming nine months after its launch.

  • Victoria
    Ratings

    Victoria closes with 5.5m

    2016-10-10T10:50:00Z

    WEEKEND: Victoria came to a close 300,000 ahead of ITV’s slot average and up on BBC1’s Poldark, which continued with 4.9m

  • Convction
    News

    Sky Living acquires procedural Conviction

    2016-10-10T10:43:00Z

    Sky Living has picked up investigative procedural Conviction from Entertainment One ahead of Mipcom.

  • Roots
    News

    BBC4 acquires remake of slave drama Roots

    2016-10-10T10:38:00Z

    BBC4 has bought A+E Studios’ high profile remake of Roots, the classic 1977 American slavery drama.

  • Marcella
    News

    Buccaneer Media to adapt Rose Tremain novels

    2016-10-07T12:59:00Z

    Marcella indie Buccaneer Media have acquired the rights to adapt two Rose Tremain novels for TV.

  • Happy Valley
    News

    Matthew Read to exit the BBC

    2016-10-07T09:48:00Z

    BBC drama commissioner Matthew Read is to leave the BBC at the end of the year to ‘focus on other projects’.

  • Westworld
    Ratings

    Sky's Westworld traps 500k

    2016-10-05T10:46:00Z

    TUESDAY: JJ Abrams’ sci-fi drama Westworld gripped almost half a million viewers – the channel’s best-performing show of the year after Game Of Thrones.

  • SAS
    News

    Big Talk preps SAS drama

    2016-10-05T10:14:00Z

    Rev creator James Wood and Spooks writer Rupert Walters are to take on the SAS after Big Talk Productions optioned a book about the regiment’s clandestine operations.

  • Ripper Street
    Ratings

    Ripper Street slips by 1m for BBC2

    2016-10-04T10:47:00Z

    MONDAY: Ripper Street came to the end of its debut run on BBC2 with 1m fewer viewers than it gripped on BBC1.

  • Jon Snow
    News

    Kit Harington preps BBC gunpowder drama

    2016-10-03T13:04:00Z

    The BBC is lining up a Guy Fawkes-inspired drama produced by and starring Game of Thrones’ Kit Harington.

  • The Missing
    News

    Two Brothers scores debut ITV drama

    2016-09-30T12:50:00Z

    The Missing writers Harry and Jack Williams have scored the first ITV commission for their indie Two Brothers Pictures – a six-part thriller about the consequences of deceit.

  • The Fall
    Ratings

    The Fall knocks Paranoid

    2016-09-30T11:57:00Z

    THURSDAY: The return of The Fall dented the audience for ITV’s crime drama Paranoid by over 1m.

  • The Level, ITV
    Behind The Scenes

    The Level, ITV

    2016-09-30T11:17:00Z

    Having finally won the commission after seven years of trying, dive-bombing seagulls and disruptive jet-skiers were just some of the challenges we faced, say Polly Leys and Kate Norrish

  • Tu Es Mon Fils
    News

    Unforgotten writer pens first French original

    2016-09-29T07:08:00Z

    British drama writers often head to Hollywood after achieving domestic success, but Chris Lang, creator of ITV crime dramas including Unforgotten, crossed the Channel to Paris.