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British indies will soon have the opportunity to compete in a tender process to produce three of the BBC’s biggest shows: Antiques Roadshow, Songs of Praise and Young Musician of the Year. Antiques Roadshow and Young Musician of the Year are being tendered for the first time while Songs of Praise was issued in 2016…

BBC Studios Partners With ‘Repair Shop’ Star Jay Blades & Hungry Bear BBC Studios has struck a first-look development deal with Hungry Jay Media, the JV between Repair Shop breakout Jay Blades and Michael McIntyre’s The Wheel producer Hungry Bear. The one-year deal will give BBC Studios priority access to Hungry Jay’s…

Tom Hollander Starring In Billie August Post-WWII Drama 'Me, You' The Night Manager and Gosford Park star Tom Hollander has landed a lead role in Billie August coming of age post-World War II drama feature Me, You. Adapted from Erri De Luca's novel Tu, Mio, it also has Daisy Jacob (National Theatre Live: The Hard Probl…

Julie Walters (National Treasure) and Clarke Peters (The Wire) are fronting a dark, irreverent drama based around a death pact for broadcaster Channel 4. They will star in Clerkenwell Films’ six-part Truelove, which is written by from Iain Weatherby (Humans) and co-created with Charlie Covell. She wrote the tonally…

South Asian streaming service ZEE5 Global is adapting BBC drama Press as local series The Broken News, as part of a wider deal with BBC Studios. ZEE5 and BBC Studios will work on a slate of slate of Hindi-language ZEE5 originals, beginning with a remake of Doctor Foster writer Mike Bartlett's 2018 BBC drama. Unlike…

Fremantle-Owner RTL Group Boosts Revenues By 11.3% Fremantle-owner RTL Group increased revenues by 11.3% to €1.5BN ($1.6BN) in the first quarter of 2022, with streaming revenues for RTL+ and Videoland shooting up by 23%. Around 4.4% of the overall turnover boost was reported to be organic, coming in a quarter when…

EXCLUSIVE: BBC Studios is seeking an L.A. exec to help discover the next generation of unscripted formats and collaborate with UK headquarters on new shows for the U.S. market, Deadline can reveal. A job advert was issued this week for an SVP, Unscripted Development for Valerie Bruce’s BBC Studios L.A. Productions, a…

EXCLUSIVE: BBC Studios has optioned the Eve Stranger comic book series and is developing into a TV show. The outfit’s Drama Productions unit, which is responsible for BBC America Terry Pratchett adaptation The Watch, will produce the TV version, with Sixteen writer Veronica Gleeson set to adapt. No broadcaster is…

Discovery Italy To Adapt BBC Studios Formats ‘The Great British Sewing Bee’ And This Is MY House’ Discovery in Italy has commissioned local-language versions of The Great British Sewing Bee and This is MY House after striking deals with distributor BBC Studios. Reality competition show The Great British Sewing Bee…

India’s Zee And Mexico’s TelevisaUnivision Team On Travelog India’s ZEE Entertainment and Mexico’s TelevisaUnivision have joined for what they are describing as a “historic first of its kind collaboration” on an international travelog. The Spice Trails: Latin America will spotlight verdant lands, understanding the…

Damon Buffini, a Founding Partner of global investment firm Permira, is to chair the BBC’s Commercial Board, a move that reflects the corporation’s desire to generate more investment from BBC Studios, as it unveils an Annual Plan that includes targets for 25% working class representation and hints at incoming…

BBC Studios has struck a first look and development deal with Diving Bell Group, the talent agency that represents the likes of trans activist Munroe Bergdorf and feminist author Florence Given. The BBC’s commercial arm described Diving Bell Group as representing “some of the most future-facing, change-making creators…