All Drama articles – Page 249
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ITV Studios America options Bull Mountain
ITV Studios America is developing a drama about a small-town sheriff after optioning novel Bull Mountain.
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Hat Trick lands killer dentist drama from ITV
James Nesbitt will play a real-life dentist-turned-killer in ITV’s latest drama produced by Hat Trick Productions.
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Cecilia Beacon to leave Fox UK
Cecilia Beacon, director of broadcasting and marketing at Fox UK, is leaving the pay-TV broadcaster after 12 years.
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PSBs pin hopes on period epics
Having been involved in the early stages of producing HBO’s Game Of Thrones, the BBC must surely be rueing the day it passed on that show.
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Global ambition for Mr Robot
Sam Esmail, creator of the US hacking drama opens up about the Amazon deal for one of cable’s hottest shows
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Supergirl heads to Sky 1
Supergirl is to land on Sky 1 after the channel swooped for the rights to the Warner Bros-distributed drama.
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Unforgotten grips 4.7m
THURSDAY: ITV drama Unforgotten got underway with a healthy audience that won the 9pm slot.
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EastEnders hires first transgender actor
EastEnders has become the first UK soap to cast a transgender actor in a continuing role with the hire of 21-year-old Riley Carter Millington.
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GBBO becomes biggest show of 2015
WEDNESDAY: The Great British Bake Off final became the highest-rated show of the year, contributing to a stellar night for BBC1.
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The Broadcast Interview
Greg Brenman and Roanna Benn, Drama Republic
Drama Republic’s co-founders talk to Robin Parker about their indie’s rapid rise, working with writers, and scoring two hits in the same week with Doctor Foster and An Inspector Calls
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South African SVoD service strikes ITV deal
ITV Studios Global Entertainment has sold over 100 hours of scripted content to South Africa as exports to the continent continue to grow.
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ITVS plans major US scripted push
ITV chief executive Adam Crozier has revealed plans for a major US scripted push as he continues to expand the broadcaster’s production empire.
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Downton overshadows From Darkness
SUNDAY: BBC1 drama From Darkness struggled to compete with Downton Abbey.
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SundanceTV grabs Last Panthers
US cable network SundanceTV has picked up Sky Atlantic’s big-budget heist drama The Last Panthers.
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Sky Living secures The Catch & Limitless
Sky Living has picked up two US dramas – Shonda Rhimes’ The Catch and Limitless, the TV series based on the film starring Bradley Cooper.
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Tiger Aspect promotes drama duo
Tiger Aspect executives Will Gould and Frith Tiplady have been promoted to joint managing directors of the producer’s drama division.
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BBC3 plans Doctor Who spin-off as online-only commission
A Doctor Who spin-off is set to be one of BBC3’s first online-only commissions, if the closure of the linear channel is approved.
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Sky 1 scores biggest drama debut since 2012
WEDNESDAY: Sky 1’s apocalyptic comedy drama started strongly while The Great British Bake Off whipped up its best audience since last year’s final.
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C4 strikes Nordic drama deal
Walter Presents will carry several Nordic dramas after striking a deal with Fremantle Media International (FMI).
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Beau Willimon talks TV disruption
Netflix political drama House Of Cards was one of the first major online originations to disrupt the linear television ecology.