All Drama articles – Page 235
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Video
VIDEO: Fortitude Series 2, Sky Atlantic
Dennis Quaid is heading to Fortitude as Sky Atlantic’s polar crime drama returns for a second series that will air in January 2017.
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Features
Debate: Impact of the scripted boom
Broadcasters and indie chiefs gathered at the Media Summit to discuss issues such as the rise of SVoD services Netflix and Amazon - and what the future holds for the genre
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Features
Drama heads down 4K route
Netflix and Amazon are leading the charge into 4K/UHD, and producers are preparing for the transition, but the added cost of post-production is a concern.
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Comment
Which drama has the might to take Downton’s crown?
Broadcasters have backed series they think will equal drama’s success, says Stephen Arnell
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Comment
Big doesn’t always mean better
Don’t let drama’s scale fixation squeeze out the middle ground
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News
ITV Encore plots contemporary vigilante drama
ITV Encore has commissioned a special two-hour contemporary crime drama following a series of vigilante paedophile killings.
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Objective hires scripted chief
Objective has bolstered its comedy and drama division with the appointment of former Peep Show producer Hannah Mackay as head of scripted.
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Kudos development producer joins Sister Pictures
Kudos development producer Naomi de Pear has left the Endemol Shine Group company to be reunited with former chief executive Jane Featherstone at her indie Sister Pictures.
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The Frankenstein Chronicles to return to ITV Encore
ITV Encore has commissioned a second series of The Frankenstein Chronicles from Rainmark Films.
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Penny Dreadful to end after series three
Penny Dreadful creator John Logan has called time on the Sky and Showtime supernatural drama after three series.
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ITV extends Maigret run
ITV has ordered two more Maigret dramas based on the novels of Georges Simenon following the success of first Rowan Atkinson film.
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BBC1 confirms latest Agatha Christie thriller
BBC1 has confirmed that The Witness For The Prosecution will be its latest Agatha Christie adaptation following the success of And Then There Were None.
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Brooklyn producer appoints TV development chief
Brooklyn producer Wildgaze Films has appointed former Pathé UK creative executive Len Rowles to the role of head of development, film and TV.
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World lands ITV crime drama
ITV has commissioned Line of Duty indie World Productions and Finlaggan Films to produce a factual crime drama based on a Lanarkshire detective’s quest to bring a notorious serial killer to justice.
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Carol producers tie with Red in TV move
The producers of Cate Blanchett-fronted feature film Carol are moving into television and have partnered with Red to adapt Henry James’ Portrait of A Lady.
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Enfield Haunting to return as standalone specials
Sky is set to bring back paranormal drama The Enfield Haunting as a series of standalone supernatural specials.
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Netflix replaces BBC America on The Last Kingdom
Netflix has replaced BBC America as the US co-producer of BBC2 drama The Last Kingdom.
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Drama boom challenges mount
Sony and Fremantle continued the UK drama acquisitions frenzy this week with further indie deals – but senior figures in the scripted world have highlighted a number of growing challenges in the genre.
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Alibi lands Fox medical drama
UKTV’s crime channel Alibi has acquired Fox Television’s medical drama Rosewood, starring Nurse Jackie’s Morris Chestnut.
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Fremantle spending spree to slow
Fremantle Media is winding down its latest phase of investments and acquisitions after closing its 13th deal in 12 months.