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Mammoth Screen’s World on Fire exec Helen Ziegler has joined the ITV drama commissioning team along with two other staffers to expand new streamer ITVX. Ziegler, a UK drama veteran, will help lead on the streaming service, which kicked off earlier this month and is aiming to stream one new show a…

PBS and the BBC are combining on a landmark documentary series about the rise and fall of disco, while the BBC has revealed its Christmas schedule including new natural history commissions. Disco Inferno: The Sound of the Underground (w/t) is the latest co-commission for the U.S. and British…

A BBC journalist was “beaten and kicked by police” in China yesterday amidst Covid-19-related protests, while footage showed the state broadcaster altering World Cup coverage to avoid showing mask-less crowds. The BBC, senior UK politicians and human rights groups were this morning condemning the…

The BBC is to profile the only Mormon training center in Europe via a documentary on its religion and ethics slate. The Mormons Are Coming [working title] will follow three young missionaries as they arrive at the center in Chorley, Lancashire, which prepares missionaries from the U.S., Europe and…

BBC Studios powerhouse Natural History Unit (NHU), which makes Frozen Planet, Blue Planet and Jon Favreau’s Prehistoric Planet, has nearly doubled employment in the Bristol creative industries over the past few years, according to a BBC report that says almost 50,000 jobs will be forged outside London by…

After being overshadowed by the BBC’s focus on the human rights issues that have been surrounding the World Cup 2022, yesterday’s opener between hosts Qatar and Ecuador kicked off with a hefty peak of 8M viewers. The game, which ended 2-0 to Ecuador, was watched by an average of 6.2M across its…

From start to almost finish, the opening ceremony of the controversial 2022 World Cup in Qatar was all about Morgan Freeman today, plus some BTS "From this land, we heard a call to the world to connect, to return if only for a moment to that which can bring us together," said the distinctive…

New DNEG Studio In Sydney Lands 'Mad Max' Prequel 'Furiosa' VFX Work London-based DNEG is launching a studio in Sydney, Australia and has confirmed it has taken on the visual effects for George Miller's Mad Max prequel feature Furiosa. Located in the city's Tech Central district, it is slated to open…

The BBC and A24 are teaming for an adaptation of Douglas Stuart’s 2020 Booker Prize-winning novel Shuggie Bain. A24 will produce the series for BBC One, with the project marking Stuart’s first television series. Deadline first revealed news of the series back in December 2020, at which point Scot…

Rupert Friend To Star In New Podcast Series From QCODEContent studio QCODE today announced a new science fiction thriller podcast series titled The Mysterious Master M, starring Rupert Friend (Anatomy of a Scandal). Friend will also act as an executive producer on the six-episode podcast series, which…

Soccer’s governing body FIFA estimates that five billion people will tune in to watch the Qatar World Cup, marking a new record for a global sporting event. This will be a spectacle like no other. The World Cup tends to put a country's social order under the microscope. Spain, Argentina and Russia…

The BBC has appointed an independent safeguarding expert to assist its investigation into what was known about DJ Tim Westwood’s conduct while he worked at the broadcaster, with a call for evidence period now extended to allow more people to come forwards. Jahnine Davis, an expert in the safeguarding…