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Searchlight Television strikes first-look pact with ‘Nomadland’ director Chloe Zhao 93d3n
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 k4p3h
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 24k4i
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 li2q
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 e6u1m
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) 52i1q
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 6j4wy
Brown ed the company five years ago in 2017.
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Pact and Bectu extend UK TV drama agreement 3s6x2s
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’ y3p2i
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 5s5kw
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 13a50
Other signess include Sky, Paramount, Apple TV+ and Screen Scotland.
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‘14 Peaks’ producer Noah Media Group adds to management team 3jp5f
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 582b1w
“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’ 112v6u
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 1f2m3x
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 i2j4t
Tobias Rosen will oversee drama slate including Frankenstein.
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French Senate approves government plans to abolish TV licence fee 3t3k4u
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 56686g
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 1z3yk
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 41n4h
Gabriel Ripstein to direct eight-episode eries of boxing story.
