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Premium network Epix on Saturday unveiled its scripted and unscripted development slate for 2020 and beyond. The slate was announced at TCA by Epix President Michael Wright. The network is coming off the debuts of the first series ordered by Wright, docuseries Elvis Goes There and Punk; and scripted dramas Perpetual Gr…

HBO is weighing up the possibility of more seasons of Philip Pullman fantasy adaptation His Dark Materials after the Bad Wolf and New Line-produced show became the WarnerMedia network's biggest ever co-viewing hit. HBO President of Programming Casey Bloys told Deadline that the show, which launched in November, has…

His Dark Materials, the BBC and HBO’s ambitious retelling of Philip Pullman’s Northern Lights novel, came to a close in the UK with just over 4M viewers, as the season struggled to maintain the audience highs of early episodes. The final installment of Bad Wolf’s drama, starring Ruth Wilson, James Mcavoy and Dafne…

HBO and the BBC have unveiled an ensemble cast for their Lena Dunham-directed banking drama Industry from Bad Wolf, the producer behind His Dark Materials. The cast includes Myha'la Herrold (The Tattooed Heart), Marisa Abela (Cobra), Harry Lawtey (Marcella), David Jonsson (Deep State), Nabhaan Rizwan (Informer), Freya…

The sweeping adaptation of Philip Pullman’s His Dark Materials continued to lose viewers for BBC One, while Mammoth Screen’s The War Of The World‘s launched with an audience of close to 5M. His Dark Materials was watched by 5.4M people on Sunday night, which was down on last week’s audience of 5.7M and the debut…

His Dark Materials got off to a sparkling start for both the BBC and HBO last week, but lost a little of its shine on its second outing on British television on Sunday night. The Bad Wolf drama — penned by Jack Thorne and starring Ruth Wilson as the callous Mrs Coulter — was watched by 5.7M viewers at 8PM on BBC One…

His Dark Materials got off to a blockbuster start for the BBC ahead of its launch on HBO tonight. The lavish adaptation of Philip Pullman’s books from Bad Wolf was watched by nearly 7.2M viewers in the 8PM slot on BBC One on Sunday night, making it the biggest new drama launch on British TV in more than five…

His Dark Materials, the HBO/BBC co-production that launches this weekend, is an epic fantasy drama and it's been an epic journey to get it to screen for Bad Wolf co-founder Jane Tranter. The former BBC drama chief, who spent eight years in the U.S. working on shows including HBO's The Night Of, believes that the drama…

EXCLUSIVE: His Dark Materials producer Bad Wolf is developing a gritty drugs, sex and nightclubs drama set in London's Soho in the aftermath of World War One. Soho 1918 comes from rising playwright, screenwriter and director Polly Stenham and Alex Warren, director of Ruth Wilson-fronted short Eleanor. Bad Wolf, which…

Billie Piper (Doctor Who) is to lead cast on Sky original drama I Hate Suzie. Written by Emmy-nominee Lucy Prebble (Succession) and co-created by Piper, the series is being produced by His Dark Materials outfit Bad Wolf. The eight-part series is described by Sky as a “bracing, funny drama about the moment in life when…

Victoria star Tom Hughes is joining the cast of Sky and AMC Networks drama A Discovery of Witches. Hughes will star as Kit Marlowe, an English playwright, poet and translator of the Elizabethan era, for the show's second season. Hughes, who also starred in BBC Cold War drama The Game, is the first name revealed to…

The creative team behind His Dark Materials has called the Philip Pullman adaptation a "challenging" show to write but the "quintessential" HBO/BBC co-production. Writer Jack Thorne and exec producer Jane Tranter, who runs production company Bad Wolf, spoke about the big-budget fantasy epic alongside stars including…