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Searchlight Television strikes first-look pact with ‘Nomadland’ director Chloe Zhao 5b114d
Writer-director makes first foray into television.
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New UK culture secretary pledges ‘evidence-based’ review of Channel 4 sale and BBC licence fee 1zd49
Donelan described herself as “somebody that listens” and decides policy “based on evidence”.
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BBC TV drama department hit by departure of three senior executives 31346
Acting head of drama Ben Irving, senior commissioner Manda Levin to leave, while development head Tom Lazenby has deparated.
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‘Succession’ reclaims best drama series title at Primetime Emmys 4b1i1n
The White Lotus takes the biggest Emmy haul and Squid Game makes an international mark.
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BBC licence fee sceptic Michelle Donelan appointed UK culture secretary 570n
Donelan is a former A&E Networks UK marketing exec.
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Realness Institute, Series Mania, Storyboard Collective unveil participants in AuthenticA lab (exclusive) 1nm2t
Kenya’s Angela Wamai, South Africa’s Chantel Clark, Ghana’s Jessica Hagan and Nigeria’s Tony Sebastian Ukpo have been selected.
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Amazon Studios’ European Originals director Georgia Brown to step down 5q2x6u
Brown ed the company five years ago in 2017.
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Pact and Bectu extend UK TV drama agreement 2e6w33
Termination of existing deal to be postponed until 30 September to allow a solution to be reached
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Ewan McGregor to star in Paramount+ series ‘A Gentleman In Moscow’ 161t5t
The series is written by showrunner and executive producer Ben Vanstone (The Last Kingdom).
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‘House Of The Dragon’ scores biggest series premiere in HBO history 183b3a
Nearly 10m US viewers watched the Game of Thrones prequel debut on HBO and HBO Max.
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Warner Bros, Disney, BBC among organisations to sign Equity’s anti-bullying pledge 3q3j67
Other signess include Sky, Paramount, Apple TV+ and Screen Scotland.
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‘14 Peaks’ producer Noah Media Group adds to management team 4v5b8
Doc and sports specialist’s hires include senior producer for film Ian Davies.
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Michael Winterbottom says Boris Johnson series ‘This England’ not revised after 'partygate' revelations ut16
“Our assumption is that everyone was trying to do their best.”
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Sam Mendes, Armando Iannucci prep HBO comedy pilot ‘The Franchise’ 162r3z
Superhero satire worked up via Neal Street and Dundee Productions.
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UK producers’ body Pact calls industry summit after Bectu negations fail 2v5v2p
Broadcasters, streamers and indies to convene following union’s rejection of pay and offer.
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Sky Studios Deutschland hires Oscar-nominated high-end drama exec 4q6m1o
Tobias Rosen will oversee drama slate including Frankenstein.
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French Senate approves government plans to abolish TV licence fee 6t5o2e
Public broadcasters to be financed through VAT revenues until the end of 2024.
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Sky backs ‘The Puppet Asylum’ by UK’s Otto Baxter, and a feature doc about the director who has Down Syndrome 4r5357
Sky said it is the first time a major UK broadcaster has comissioned a project of this scale from a person with Down Syndrome.
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Lars von Trier series ‘The Kingdom Exodus’ acquired by Mubi 2rg2j
It’s the first time Mubi has acquired a TV series.
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Hulu orders Searchlight Television’s ‘La Máquina’ to star Gael García Bernal, Diego Luna l326l
Gabriel Ripstein to direct eight-episode eries of boxing story.
