Des, ITV’s drama starring David Tennant as British serial killer Dennis Nilsen, has been acquired by a raft of international broadcasters and streamers, including AMC Networks’ Sundance Now in the U.S., Canada and Caribbean.
Made by All3Media-backed Catherine The Great producer New Pictures, the miniseries has also…
Staged, the lockdown comedy series written and directed by Simon Evans which debuts on BBC One on Wednesday, has been boarded by the newly-launched Rainmaker Content for international distribution. David Tennant and Michael Sheen lead the cast of the six-episode show, which chronicles the cast of a play as they try to…
Good Omens stars David Tennant and Michael Sheen have signed up for a BBC lockdown comedy in which they will play the cast of a furloughed West End theatre production during the coronavirus pandemic.
From Infinity Hill and GCB Films, Staged follows the cast as they try to keep rehearsals on track during lockdown, with…
EXCLUSIVE: Slim Film + Television has halted production on David Tennant drama Around the World In 80 Days as the coronavirus crisis continues to hit British-made scripted series.
The production company, run by former Kudos boss Simon Crawford Collins, has suspended shooting on the eight-part show for a month, and…
Dominic Cooke, the film and theater director whose projects include recent Sundance premiere Ironbark, is re-teaming with former Royal Court exec Kate Horton to launch Fictionhouse, a banner for producing film, theater and TV.
The company's debut project will be Good, C. P. Taylor's stage play that will star David Tenn…
AMC Networks streamer Acorn TV has acquired the North American rights to Channel 4’s David Tennant drama Deadwater Fell from Endemol Shine International.
Acorn will premiere the four-part drama — which is made by Tin Star producer Kudos — in April this year, general manager Matthew Graham announced at the winter…
At the BBC’s Christmas drinks earlier this month, I gatecrashed an animated conversation between two senior figures from the UK production sector. After a sheepish glance at each other, they revealed that the subject of their discussion was a certain Ian Katz, the director of programs at Channel 4. They are far from…
EXCLUSIVE: David Tennant is to play explorer Phileas Fogg in an adaptation of Jules Verne's classic Around the World in 80 Days.
The Doctor Who and Broadchurch star is fronting the eight-part drama, which is produced by Slim Film + Television.
Following an outrageous bet, Fogg and his valet, Passepartout, played by…
ITV has offered a first look at David Tennant as Scottish serial killer Dennis Nilsen in its newly-announced miniseries Des.
The drama from Catherine The Great producer New Pictures was unveiled on Friday and ITV quickly followed up by releasing an image of Tennant as the man who murdered at least 15 men and boys…
Good Omens star David Tennant is to play infamous Scottish serial killer Dennis Nilsen in an ITV drama from the makers of Sky and HBO’s Catherine The Great.
New Pictures’ three-part miniseries, Des, is based on the Brian Masters book Killing For Company, in which the author cooperated with Nilsen to get inside the…
BritBox president Soumya Sriraman has said she is relaxed about the arrival of Apple to the streaming wars.
Speaking at the International Broadcasting Convention in Amsterdam on Friday, Sriraman said she is not worried about being undercut by Apple TV+ when it launches on November 1.
Apple TV+ will be keenly priced at…
Netflix has set the premiere date for its police interrogation drama Criminal. The series, which stars For Life'sNicholas Pinnock, Doctor Who's David Tennant and Agent Carter's Hayley Atwell, will launch on September 20.
The SVOD service has also unveiled the first images for the format bending series.
Criminal…
