All Left Bank Pictures articles – Page 9
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NewsITV planning ‘big splash’ as it returns to comedy
Big Talk Productions is to produce ITV1’s first pre-watershed comedy in almost 10 years as the broadcaster prepares to make a “big splash” in the genre.
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NewsLeft Bank eyes £40m sale
Left Bank Pictures is considering putting itself on the market for as much as £40m after appointing broker About Corporate Finance.
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NewsProducers celebrate after tax breaks win
Producers are already counting the hours of drama and animation series that could return to Britain as a result of the government’s tax breaks.
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NewsUK loses out on drama cash
The UK economy lost out on nearly £12m from BBC1’s Parade’s End and Sky 1’s Strike Back because the lack of a UK tax credit for high-end drama drove both productions overseas.
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NewsVictoria Wood pens Joyce Hatto biopic for BBC1
Left Bank Pictures and Octagon Films are producing a BBC1 biopic written by Victoria Wood about the pianist Joyce Hatto.
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NewsLeft Bank developing Mandela drama
Nelson Mandela is to be the focus of a big budget mini-series co-developed by Left Bank Pictures.
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NewsDCI Banks set to return
ITV1 is on the brink of commissioning a second full series of Stephen Tompkinson crime drama DCI Banks.
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NewsSky 1’s Mad Dogs to become Cats
Sky 1 is on the brink of turning blokey drama Mad Dogs into one for the ladies - Mad Cats.
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NewsSky drama to Strike back for a third series
Sky1 has ordered a third series of Left Bank Pictures’ Strike Back that will again be co-produced with Cinemax / HBO.
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The Broadcast InterviewLeft Bank Pictures: Andy Harries, Marigo Kehoe
Left Bank’s co-founders are determined not to let Zen’s demise overshadow their global successes, including an ambitious ‘game of Risk’ with HBO.
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NewsLeft Bank hires Luther exec
Left Bank Pictures has snapped up the services of Luther producer Katie Swinden and is targeting a push into the US on the back of Sky 1/HBO co-pro Strike Back.
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NewsHopkinson in ITV Studios return
Left Bank Pictures co-founder Francis Hopkinson is returning to ITV Studios to establish a new drama unit.
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NewsSky's Mad Dogs to return for second series
Sky 1’s testosterone fuelled drama Mad Dogs has been handed a second series following a strong first run.
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NewsE4 orders sketch show and US sorority series
E4 has asked 12 Yard Productions to reveal the traditions and initiation tests of American sororities and has ordered a comedy duo sketch show as part of a slate of commissions.
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NewsLeft Bank unveil new detective dramas
Left Bank Pictures has confirmed it is developing two new detective dramas – an Aurelio Zen series set for BBC1, and an Inspector Banks special for ITV1.
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NewsLeft Bank plans£5m Myanmar film
Andy Harries' indie, Left Bank Pictures, is making a£5m drama for the BBC about the life of Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi.
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NewsHardy & Sons in Left Bank/BBCW deal
Relief of Belsen producer Hardy & Sons is poised to sell a combined 30% stake to BBC Worldwide and Andy Harries' Left Bank Pictures, with the latter planning similar deals with other emerging indies.