All Drama articles – Page 251
-
NewsBBC investigates River City bully claims
The BBC is investigating claims of bullying on the set of Glasgow-based soap River City following complaints last week.
-
RatingsDownton draws lowest audience ever
SUNDAY: Downton Abbey’s final series got underway with its lowest overnight audience on record.
-
RatingsDoctor Who hurtles to 10-year low
SATURDAY: Doctor Who returned with its lowest series debut audience since the sci-fi show was rebooted in 2005.
-
NewsEmmerdale producer to take over Coronation Street
Days before Coronation Street is to celebrate its 60th anniversary with a live special, it has emerged the soap’s producer will leave his role at the end of the year.
-
-
RatingsDoctor Foster holds steady
WEDNESDAY: BBC1’s Doctor Foster returned for a second week with the bulk of its debut audience, while ITV cop-doc The Nick bowed out with a series average of 2.1m
-
CommentA game-changing moment for UK TV
Hits like 24 prove we can deliver big US drama - but we need to invest in skills, says Iain Smith
-
NewsAll3Media invests in top film directors
Anand Tucker and Sharon Maguire, the directors and producers of films including Girl With A Pearl Earring and Bridget Jones’s Diary, have created an indie with backing from All3Media.
-
NewsKudos reshuffles production team
Kudos joint chief executives Diederick Santer and Daniel Isaacs have reshuffled the company’s production team.
-
NewsWeinstein Company acquires Icelandic drama
Icelandic drama Trapped, which has been picked up by the BBC, is set to launch in the US after it was acquired by The Weinstein Company.
-
RatingsThis Is England locked up by An Inspector Calls
SUNDAY: This Is England struggled to reach 2m viewers in slot dominated by drama, including BBC1’s adaptation An Inspector Calls.
-
CommentDrama Village's decade proves doubters wrong
Birmingham base’s output has put drama at heart of daytime and nurtured many careers, says Will Trotter
-
NewsBBC orders Aneurin Bevan bipoic
The BBC is developing a 90-minute film with screenwriter Andrew Davies about post-war health minister and founder of the National Health Service Aneurin Bevan.
-
NewsITV returns to Safe House
Eleventh Hour Films has secured a second series of Safe House after the thriller became one of ITV’s highest-rated dramas of 2015.
-
RatingsDoctor Foster examined by 6m
WEDNESDAY: BBC1’s latest drama Doctor Foster comfortably won the 9pm slot helped by a generous inheritance from The Great British Bake Off.
-
NewsMainstreet reveals drama strategy
Former ITV drama bosses Laura Mackie and Sally Haynes have thrown open their doors to emerging writers after arguing that a boom in the genre has made it more challenging to work with established talent.
-
NewsConfusion over Black Mirror rights
Confusion has emerged over the rights to Charlie Brooker’s Black Mirror following reports that Channel 4’s dark comedy will move to Netflix.
-
NewsNetflix snatches Black Mirror from C4
Netflix has swooped to nab Charlie Brooker’s dark comedy Black Mirror away from Channel 4.
-
RatingsDoc Martin returns with 6m
MONDAY: Doc Martin returned to ITV after a two-year absence with close to 6m viewers as The Catch sunk to 1m.
-
NewsUKTV snaps up Disney dramas
UKTV has acquired a raft of high-profile Disney dramas including a Criminal Minds spin-off.