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Searchlight Television strikes first-look pact with ‘Nomadland’ director Chloe Zhao 6f3t1t
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 17596l
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 2r6vn
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 2c6c6g
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 5476q
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) 451k44
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 1j732a
Brown ed the company five years ago in 2017.
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Pact and Bectu extend UK TV drama agreement 2y4gj
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’ 3u3r3z
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 27601p
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 2b1n70
Other signess include Sky, Paramount, Apple TV+ and Screen Scotland.
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‘14 Peaks’ producer Noah Media Group adds to management team 6m2g6x
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 4d1j4c
“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’ 316b63
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 57225m
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 2c6o4h
Tobias Rosen will oversee drama slate including Frankenstein.
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French Senate approves government plans to abolish TV licence fee 226b1k
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 6b6p3e
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 1f3k1x
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 2m1h21
Gabriel Ripstein to direct eight-episode eries of boxing story.
