All Drama articles – Page 236
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Drama start-up wins Fremantle backing
Laurence Bowen, the producer responsible for The Eichmann Show, has secured investment from Fremantle Media in his fledgling indie.
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Former EastEnders showrunner joins Sony-backed indie
Former EastEnders executive producer Dominic Treadwell-Collins is to join fledgling indie Blueprint Television after it scored investment from Sony Pictures Television.
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Training boost for high-end drama
Creative Skillset has relaunched a fund offering £20,000 to help anyone working on a high-end drama production train for their next role.
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Regal start for Versailles
WEDNESDAY: Period drama Versailles started strongly for BBC2, building a bigger audience than its most recent acquisition The People Vs OJ Simpson: American Crime Story.
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Charlotte Moore steps up efforts to hire drama and BBC2 boss
BBC content supremo Charlotte Moore has stepped up her efforts to find a new drama boss and BBC2 channel editor - but there remains no clear frontrunner for either role.
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Encore plans period prostitute drama
Alison Owens and Debra Hayward’s indie Monumental Pictures has won its first commission - an eight-part ITV Encore drama exploring the dark world of prostitution in 18th century London.
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BBC Studios names first genre director
BBC Studios boss Mark Linsey has appointed his first genre director – making BBC controller of business for drama, films and acquisitions Nick Betts his scripted chief.
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Behind The Scenes
Neil Gaiman’s Likely Stories, Sky Arts
The trick to adapting four unconnected short stories from the pen of cult author Neil Gaiman was to give them a ‘shared grammar’, directors Jane Pollard and Iain Forsyth tell Olly Grant
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LA Screenings: Orange is the New Black primed for TV launch
Netflix prison drama Orange Is The New Black is primed to launch on TV channels around the world as the show’s linear holdback expires in December.
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BBC drama can only thrive with ambitious leadership
Whoever takes the helm will need to have strong creative vision - and a thick skin
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Tony Jordan pens Barbara Windsor biopic
Former EastEnders writer Tony Jordon is to create a 90-minute biopic about actress Dame Barbara Windsor’s life to air on BBC1 later this year.
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Reboots dominate the LA Screenings
The LA Screenings transported British buyers back in time this week, with a raft of dramas and programmes based on movies and TV series dating as far back as the 1980s.
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Virgin Media returns to LA Screenings
Virgin Media is on the hunt for US serialised dramas and single camera comedies as it attends the LA Screenings for the first time in a number of years.
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Love, Nina loses out to The Secret
FRIDAY: BBC1’s Nick Hornby adaptation Love, Nina struggled to compete with the conclusion of ITV’s dark thriller The Secret.
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Fox debuts Outcast on Facebook Live
Fox is to debut horror thriller Outcast on Facebook Live – making it the first broadcaster in the UK to launch a show on the platform ahead of its linear TX.
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Behind The Scenes
Love, Nina, BBC1
Our fictionalised take on Nina Stibbe’s book tries to shine a light on the every day with wit, heart and visual flourish, says Jamie Laurenson
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LA Screenings 2016: the buyers guide
Broadcast has compiled a network-by-network guide to the US dramas and comedies which have been commissioned ahead of the LA Screenings.
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EastEnders hits 8m peak
TUESDAY: EastEnders entertained an eight-week high for Peggy Mitchell’s departure from the BBC1 soap.
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Amazon acquires AMC thriller Preacher
Amazon has acquired the UK rights to high-profile AMC drama Preacher – its latest first-run US acquisition.