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My guest this week is Sian Clifford. Her delicately balanced, tragi-comic portrayal of the brilliantly deadpan Claire in smash hit series Fleabag both won her a Bafta and allowed her to utter the immortal words, “I look like a pencil” in reference to Claire’s legendary hair mishap. In short…

Normal People producer Element Pictures has made its first signature hire since being acquired by Fremantle, signing up Fleabag indie Two Brothers Pictures drama boss Christopher Aird as Creative Director. Aird will work across the Academy Award-winning Irish indie’s UK, U.S. and international TV and…

The fortunes of Phoebe Waller-Bridge have been transformed after her remarkable success with Fleabag. The British actor and writer, who won two Golden Globes, three Emmy Awards and a BAFTA for her tragi-comic TV masterpiece, earned nearly £20m ($23.1m) in revenue last year – the equivalent of nearly $58,000 a day, The…

Showtime and Channel 4 comedy Entitled from the production company behind Fleabag has unveiled full cast and rolled cameras in Manchester. Joining Fleabag and Stranger Things star Brett Gelman in Two Brothers Pictures’ eight-parter are Donald Sumpter (Game of Thrones), Brendan Patricks (Downton Abbey), Pippa…

In recent years, the global TV landscape has been shaken up by some of the most talented, British female auteurs to have graced this planet. The likes of Phoebe Waller-Bridge and Michaela Coel have wowed audiences around the world, lending new credence to the term "authenticity" and forging disruptive shows that have…

Fleabag and Stranger Things star Brett Gelman is to lead Entitled, a Showtime/Channel 4 series about an American widower who must get to know his British wife’s estranged family in their crumbling gothic mansion in the English countryside. Airing next year, Gelman will play Gabe in the eight-part series from the BBC’s…

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…

EXCLUSIVE: Phoebe Waller-Bridge’s long-awaited followup to her Emmy-winning series Fleabag is a go. Prime Video has greenlighted the new Waller-Bridge show, which will start shooting by the end of the year. Details about the premise are being kept under wraps. This is the first series Waller-Bridge has created under…

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…

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…

EXCLUSIVE: Brett Gelman has joined the ensemble cast of Will Speck & Josh Gordon's Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile for Sony Pictures. Javier Bardem, Constance Wu and Winslow Fegley also are on board. Speck & Gordon will direct, with the script being adapted by Will Davies. The film is based on the bestselling children's book by…

Amazon has partnered with the National Theatre to stream four of its highest-profile recorded stage shows in the UK and Ireland. Launching on June 11, the shows will include Phoebe Waller-Bridge’s Fleabag, which she performed at Wyndham's Theatre in the West End, and Danny Boyle’s staging of Frankenstein, starring…