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EXCLUSIVE: The BBC has committed big to comedy by adding £10M ($12M) to the genre’s budget over the next two years, as Director Jon Petrie talks up U.S. co-pros and unveils a new season of Jack Whitehall’s Bad Education, a Detectorists feature and recommissions of The Cleaner, Jerk and Guilt. The extra cash is…

Conversations With Friends and Normal People would have attracted a “tiny audience” if they had been made as features instead of TV shows, according to director Lenny Abrahamson, who said program-makers should trust audiences to enjoy “arthouse TV.” On the eve of BBC Three/Hulu’s Conversations With Friends’ release…

The linear relaunch of BBC Three, the broadcaster's TV channel dedicated to younger viewers, has been branded a flop and, following its £80million relaunch, a complete waste of money. Critics have been quick to note the tiny audiences for shows including The Fast and Farmer-ish, Mood and Obsessed with Killing Eve…

Nicôle Lecky, the creator of BBC Three and BBC America drama Mood, believes the TV adaptation of her award-winning play will satisfy America’s desire to “see a different side of Britishness.” Featuring an original soundtrack performed by Lecky, Mood, from The Last Post producer Bonafide, starts tomorrow night on the…

BritBox Tells Story Of Modern British Cinema BritBox has commissioned a documentary telling the story of modern British cinema through exclusive interviews with some of the UK’s biggest filmmakers, produced by Jon Spira and Hank Starss’ Canal Cat Films – the duo’s fifth collaboration. Narrated by comedian Nick Helm, Re…

BBC Three and Hulu have unveiled the first trailer for their latest Sally Rooney adaptation Conversations With Friends, ahead of its May premiere. The series follows the same networks’ BAFTA-winning Normal People adaptation, and is similarly produced by Element Pictures and directed by Room‘s Lenny Abrahamson. The…

Hulu and BBC Three today offered a first look at Conversations with Friends, their upcoming limited series starring newcomer Alison Oliver, Sasha Lane (American Honey, Hearts Beat Loud), Joe Alwyn (Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk, The Favourite) and Jemima Kirke (Sylvie’s Love, Girls), which is set to premiere this…

BBC Three has commissioned its latest factual drama from the BAFTA-winning BBC Studios team behind Killed By My Debt, Murdered By My Father and Murdered For Being Different. Life and Death in the Warehouse from highly-regarded BBC Studios Drama exec Aysha Rafaele stars Peaky Blinders’ Aimee-Ffion Edwards, In My Skin’s …

EXCLUSIVE: “Bringing BBC Three back to linear TV” would have been far down former BBC Director General Tony Hall’s list of predictions for his successor’s first major piece of business. In 2014, having only just become DG, Hall took the first forward-thinking decision of his own rein by making BBC Three a solely…

Fleabag and Normal People platform BBC Three has been greenlit to return as a broadcast channel in February 2022. British media regulator Ofcom on Thursday officially approved the once popular channel, on the proviso that at least 75% of hours broadcast each year will be original programs that are commissioned by the…

BBC Three’s return to television screens in the UK could be delayed after media regulator Ofcom launched a competition review of the proposals. The BBC’s ambition is to bring back the youth channel behind global hits like Fleabag and Normal People in January 2022, but Ofcom’s assessment will take up to six months to…

BBC Three is returning to UK TV screens. The channel is coming back to the air after pivoting to OTT back in 2015, the org confirmed today. The move has been expected following hits on the platform such as Normal People and Fleabag. There was a campaign back in 2015 spearheaded by notable industry figures including…