All Drama articles – Page 228

  • The Late, Late Show With James Corden
    News

    TFI producer to join Fulwell 73

    2016-09-29T07:06:00Z

    Suzi Aplin, the former producer of TFI Friday, Friday Night With Jonathan Ross and Comic Relief, has taken a staff job as Fulwell 73’s first head of non-scripted.

  • Fortitude
    News

    Drama funding in spotlight

    2016-09-29T07:03:00Z

    Questions have been raised about the future of funding high-end British drama following claims that the sector is heading for a “sub-prime mortgage moment”.

  • The Crown
    News

    Netflix to bolster UK team

    2016-09-28T09:32:00Z

    Netflix is preparing to put a number of commissioners on the ground in the UK with content boss Ted Sarandos revealing the streaming service is committed to British originals.

  • Jane Millichip
    News

    Millichip: drama funding faces 'sub-prime mortgage' moment

    2016-09-27T12:59:00Z

    British drama funding could be heading for a “sub-prime mortgage moment” if fresh financing models aren’t found, according to Sky Vision boss Jane Millichip.

  • Deep Water
    News

    BBC4 acquires Australian crime drama

    2016-09-26T12:45:00Z

    BBC4 has acquired an Australian period drama that deals with the murder of over 80 homosexual men during the 1980s and 1990s.

  • In The Flesh
    News

    BBC hunts emerging scriptwriters

    2016-09-26T12:33:00Z

    The BBC is calling for scriptwriters in the early stages of their careers with “striking and unusual stories” to apply for its 2017 Writers Programme.

  • Strictly Come Dancing
    Ratings

    Strictly beats X Factor as Gogglebox struggles

    2016-09-26T10:43:00Z

    WEEKEND: Strictly Come Dancing outperformed The X Factor on Saturday – while Gogglebox slumped to halve its audience from the previous series opener.

  • victoria_2
    News

    Victoria to reign again for ITV

    2016-09-23T11:07:00Z

    ITV has commissioned a second series of ratings smash Victoria from Mammoth.

  • zipzer
    Comment

    Producers could find silver lining to the Brexit cloud

    2016-09-23T08:30:00Z

    Government may offer generous tax breaks following Brexit, says Alistair Bambridge

  • Victoria
    News

    What is next for ITV drama?

    2016-09-22T07:05:00Z

    Leading drama producers have called for ITV to be bold and brave to sustain the momentum created by former director of drama Steve November, which has contributed to its main channel’s audience share rising by 5.5%.

  • Happy Valley
    News

    Sally Wainwright lands BBC1 drama

    2016-09-21T16:44:00Z

    Happy Valley will not be returning to BBC1 for at least two years – but creator Sally Wainwright already has a new series commission for the channel.

  • The Night Of
    News

    The Night Of racks up 2.5m downloads

    2016-09-21T12:16:00Z

    Sky Atlantic drama The Night Of has been viewed more than 2.5m times after the broadcaster made the entire series available on-demand ahead of its linear broadcast.

  • National Treasure
    Ratings

    National Treasure pulls 3m

    2016-09-21T10:28:00Z

    TUESDAY: Channel 4’s hard-hitting sex abuse drama National Treasure gripped 3m viewers as A+E Networks’ Blaze made a slow start.

  • Holby City
    News

    Holby City tops BBC tender line-up

    2016-09-20T11:48:00Z

    The BBC has kicked off the biggest change to commissioning in a decade after revealing Holby City, A Question of Sport and Songs of Praise are to be put out to tender to the independent sector.

  • Flowers
    News

    Sister Pictures opens comedy label

    2016-09-19T17:09:00Z

    Jane Featherstone’s fledgling indie Sister Pictures has launched a “naughty” authored comedy label run by Flowers producer Naomi de Pear.

  • Hooten and The Lady
    Ratings

    Hooten & Lady lands 500k

    2016-09-19T10:38:00Z

    WEEKEND: Hooten and The Lady gripped almost 500,000 viewers for Sky 1 on Friday, as Victoria extended its lead over Poldark in the drama battle.

  • Game of Thrones
    News

    Game of Thrones breaks Emmy record

    2016-09-19T09:59:00Z

    Game of Thrones broke a record set by Frasier 12 years ago to scoop the highest number of Emmys won by a fictional series.

  • Caroline Bartleet
    News

    Drama start-up appoints writer in residence

    2016-09-19T09:51:00Z

    Dancing Ledge Productions has awarded first-time writer and director Caroline Bartleet its inaugural writer’s residency.

  • Hooten and the Lady
    Behind The Scenes

    Hooten and the Lady, Sky 1

    2016-09-16T12:35:00Z

    Production on our action romp took us around the world in search of adventure, says Simon Winstone

  • zero_days
    News

    Carnival creates cyber-warfare drama

    2016-09-16T10:26:00Z

    Carnival Films is developing a dystopian cyber-warfare drama based on Alex Gibney’s documentary Zero Days.