Jasmine Jobson, who plays tough street soldier Jaq in Netflix's Top Boy, has been cast as the lead of ITVX psychological drama series Platform 7.
The series has been shooting in the north of England for several months. It follows Jobson as Lisa, who after a witnessing a cataclysmic event on platform…
Disney+ has unveiled the trailer for Wedding Season, its debut UK original, a rom-com action thriller starring Rosa Salazar and Gavin Drea.
The genre-busting series from up-and-coming writer Oliver Lyttelton tells the story of Katie (Salazar) and Stefan (Drea) who fall for each other at a wedding and begin an affair…
Fremantle has turned its minority shareholding in The Responder maker Dancing Ledge Productions into a controlling stake.
UK-based Dancing Ledge is best known for BBC1 ratings smashes The Responder, which stars Martin Freeman, and true-life Novichok drama The Salisbury Poisonings.
The indie began life in 2016 with…
EXCLUSIVE: Bodyguard and Line Of Duty star Keeley Hawes has been set to headline and executive produce Crossfire, a major BBC One miniseries about a hotel shooting from the producer behind The Salisbury Poisonings.
Deadline understands that Fremantle-backed Dancing Ledge Productions will team with Hawes’ Buddy Club Pro…
EXCLUSIVE: Disney+ is close to unveiling its next UK scripted series, which hails from The Salisbury Poisonings producer Dancing Ledge Productions and Emily In Paris outfit Jax Media.
Deadline understands that the two companies are gearing up to go into production on Wedding Season, though the project has not yet been…
BET Goes Online-Only In UK
ViacomCBS’s BET is to become an online-only channel in the UK on April 8. The channel will be officially housed on Channel 5 streamer, My5, as well as on ViacomCBS’s advertising-supported streamer Pluto, where it launches on April 5. Alongside the digital switch, BET has unveiled its first…
AMC has snatched the U.S. rights to The Salisbury Poisonings, the hit BBC drama about the real-life Novichok poisonings on British soil in 2018.
Produced by Fremantle-backed Dancing Ledge Productions, the three-part series became the joint-biggest drama launch on British television in more than five years on Sunday, gr…
BBC One’s miniseries on the nerve agent attack on former double agent spy Sergei Skripal has become the highest-rated new drama launch of the year in the UK.
Produced by Fremantle-backed Dancing Ledge Productions, The Salisbury Poisonings was watched by 7.2M viewers over the 9PM hour, according to BARB figures…
EXCLUSIVE:BBC One has set the premiere date for Dancing Ledge Productions’ anticipated three-part miniseries, The Salisbury Poisonings. A dramatization of the 2018 Novichok poisonings that rocked the eponymous city and made global headlines, it will air from June 14-16 at 9PM locally. Rafe Spall, Anne-Marie Duff and…
The BBC and ITV have agreed to fund a Dancing Ledge mentoring scheme for new writers and directors. With the funding, 16 “A-list” writers will select and guide a group of people looking to break into the television industry. The writers will receive a bursary to write a pilot episode for a series, while directors will…
Dancing Ledge, the drama producer 25% owned by Fremantle, has promoted executive producer Chris Carey to the newly-created role of managing director. He will work alongside CEO Laurence Bowen having joined Dancing Ledge last year after spells producing shows including Les Misérables. Dancing Ledge’s current slate…