All Drama articles – Page 231

  • alex-graham
    News

    BBCW buys into Alex Graham and Michael Jackson indie

    2016-08-17T10:13:00Z

    BBC Worldwide has invested in the new drama indie set up by Wall to Wall founder Alex Graham and former C4 chief executive Michael Jackson, Broadcast can reveal.

  • Peaky
    News

    ITV orders legal drama from Homeland writer

    2016-08-16T12:04:00Z

    Homeland writer and executive producer Patrick Harbinson has created a six-part legal drama for ITV.

  • Diving
    Ratings

    Versailles scuppered by Rio diving high

    2016-08-11T12:25:00Z

    WEDNESDAY: Team GB’s gold medal-winning performance in the synchronised diving became the most-watched moment of Rio 2016, scuppering the final episode of BBC2’s Versailles.   

  • Versailles
    News

    BBC2 to revisit Versailles

    2016-08-11T12:09:00Z

    BBC2 has acquired the second series of French period drama Versailles to air on the channel next year.

  • Fleabag
    News

    US on track to air 500 scripted shows in 2016

    2016-08-11T07:04:00Z

    The boom in scripted television in the US is to continue, with more than 500 original dramas and comedies expected to air this year, according to the executive who coined the phrase ‘peak TV’.

  • Hollyoaks
    News

    BBC and C4 seek fresh directors

    2016-08-11T07:03:00Z

    The BBC and Channel 4 have stepped up their efforts to find a broader range of voices among the next generation of TV directors through two new schemes.

  • Ellen
    News

    C4 drama showcases new female talent

    2016-08-08T12:39:00Z

    Touchpaper TV is to tell the story of a teenage girl struggling to take control of her life in a 90-minute drama for Channel 4 which includes a host of new female talent on production duties.

  • House Productions
    News

    Danny Cohen backs Tessa Ross indie

    2016-08-08T07:59:00Z

    Access Entertainment, the media investment firm run by former BBC boss Danny Cohen, has joined forces with BBC Worldwide to back Tessa Ross and Juliette Howell’s new indie House Productions.

  • Danny Cohen
    News

    Danny Cohen to exec Harry Potter spin-off

    2016-08-04T13:24:00Z

    Former BBC director of television Danny Cohen is to executive produce a forthcoming Harry Potter spin-off movie.

  • Suspects
    Ratings

    Suspects doubles previous launch

    2016-08-04T13:19:00Z

    WEDNESDAY: Semi-improvised police drama Suspects returned to Channel 5 with twice the audience it locked up for the previous series opener.

  • Divorce
    News

    US networks show and tell

    2016-08-04T07:10:00Z

    The number of niche cable networks aggressively moving into scripted programming was a highlight of this week’s Television Critics Association (TCA) summer tour in Los Angeles.

  • White Queen
    News

    All3Media arrows in on US drama

    2016-08-04T07:01:00Z

    All3Media’s landmark drama deal with co-owner Liberty Global will allow it to make an aggressive push into the US scripted market.

  • Kelly Reilly
    News

    Sky & Amazon strike warrior drama deal

    2016-08-03T13:25:00Z

    Sky has partnered with Amazon for the first time on ten-part epic period drama, Britannia.

  • Midsomer Murders
    News

    Liberty in multi-million pound UK drama move

    2016-08-02T12:57:00Z

    Liberty Global is making a major multi-million pound move into original UK commissioning after ordering four drama series from All3Media.

  • The A Word
    News

    ITV orders TXTV crime drama

    2016-08-02T12:48:00Z

    ITV has ordered a four-part crime drama from Torn and The Reckoning producer TXTV.

  • Jonathan Creek
    News

    Jonathan Creek returns to BBC1

    2016-08-02T12:44:00Z

    BBC Studios’ quirky crime drama Jonathan Creek is to return to BBC1 for a 90-minute one-off after more than two years off-air.

  • The Secret Agent
    Ratings

    Secret Agent ends mission with 2.4m

    2016-08-01T10:30:00Z

    SUNDAY: The Secret Agent bowed out on a series low and less than half BBC1’s slot average.

  • The Walking Dead
    News

    Fox eyes original UK drama

    2016-07-29T10:22:00Z

    UK pay-TV channel Fox is set to kick off a hunt for a British drama to match The Walking Dead after hiring Keshet exec Sara Johnson as its scripted drama chief.

  • The-Collection
    News

    Faith Penhale lifts lid on Lookout Point

    2016-07-28T07:05:00Z

    War And Peace producer Lookout Point is to ramp up development of “big drama in intimate stories” after installing former BBC Wales drama boss Faith Penhale as joint chief executive.

  • Derek Wax
    News

    Humans exec launches drama indie

    2016-07-26T11:52:00Z

    Derek Wax, the Kudos executive producer responsible for shows including BBC1’s Capital and Channel 4’s Humans, has struck out on his own with an Endemol Shine Group-backed indie.