PBS has acquired Helen Hunt-fronted British drama World on Fire. The public broadcaster will air the BBC series, which is produced by Victoria producer Mammoth Screen on its Masterpiece strand.
The announcement was made by Masterpiece Executive Producer Rebecca Eaton at the TCA summer press tour.
The drama is written…
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…
ITV and the BBC have revealed that they are to spend tens of millions of pounds on original commissions for its forthcoming SVOD service BritBox with the platform's launch director telling Deadline that they want to "innovate" with formats across all genres.
Earlier today, the British public broadcaster and commercial…
ITV and the BBC have officially unveiled the launch of UK streaming platform BritBox with ITV holding 90% equity in the venture. The two companies have also revealed the first shows that will be available on the service, which launches in the fourth quarter of the year, including Love Island (above) and HBO co-pro Gent…
HBO introduced Hall H attendees today to its upcoming fall fantasy series His Dark Materials from the famed Philip Pullman series, kicking off the evening session with a fresh trailer.
The first season of His Dark Materials follows Lyra (Dafne Keen, the little girl silent mutant from Logan), a seemingly ordinary but…
EXCLUSIVE: Line of Duty and Crossing Lines director Susan Tully is to helm the next iteration of J.K. Rowling's BBC One crime series Strike.
Tully, who has also directed episodes of Sky Atlantic's Tin Star, Amazon co-pro Britannia and BBC's autism drama The A Word, will directLethal White, the fourth season of the…
The Crown producer Left Bank Pictures is making a one-off drama for the BBC about the Windrush immigration scandal in Britain.
The Sony-owned company is making feature-length drama Sitting In Limbo from Stephen S. Thompson, the Toy Soldiers author who has based his first TV script on the true story of his brother…
The BBC and Canada's CBC have struck a major co-production agreement to develop projects across genres including drama and documentaries.
The two broadcasters struck the deal at the 82nd General Assembly of the European Broadcasting Union in Oslo, Norway last week and it was signed by Tony Hall, Director-General BBC…
Netflix has picked up British teen drama The A List and will launch its globally excluding the UK.
The series is produced by Lionsgate-backed producer Kindle Entertainment, which produced series including Henry Winkler-fronted kids' series Hank Zipzer and Netflix/C4 VR thriller Kiss Me First.The A-List is a 13-part…
The BBC and Netflix have unveiled the first look of their Dracula reboot as they have rounded out the cast.
The three-part series, which stars Claes Bang as Count Dracula, is written by Sherlock's Mark Gatiss and Steven Moffat and produced by Hartswood Films. The series is inspired by Bram Stoker's classic novel and…
Black Panther star Letitia Wright and Star Wars‘ John Boyega will lead cast in Steve McQueen’s upcoming BBC TV drama Small Axe, about London’s West Indian community between the 1960s-80s. As we reported yesterday, Amazon has picked up U.S. rights.
Production is now underway on location in London. Also starring are Mala…
Amazon has boarded the forthcoming BBC drama from 12 Years A Slave director Steve McQueen.
The revelation emerged as Georgia Brown, Director of European Originals at the SVOD service, was speaking at the House of Lords' Communications Committee debate on the future of public service broadcasting in the UK. She also…
