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EXCLUSIVE: Universal International Studios Exec Mark Freeland is hoping his upcoming CBBC Oliver Twist spin-off Dodger can land as a rare, traditional family hit, while he revealed plans for “another epic idea with family appeal.” The first five episodes of Dodger, which stars Christopher Eccleston as Fagin and Shamele…

EXCLUSIVE: Pennywise: The Story of IT distributor Unannounced Films has taken on international sales of Annika producer Black Camel Pictures’ BBC young adult drama Float. Written by Scottish playwright Stef Smith, the BBC Scotland series dropped on BBC iPlayer in August, following Jade, a university dropout who finds…

The BBC’s streaming service, iPlayer, enjoyed a record start to the year after series including Netflix co-production The Serpent and Line of Duty propelled it to 1.7 billion streams in the first three months of 2021. Viewing to iPlayer was up 22% year-on-year in Q1 as Brits flocked to the streaming service during…

Sally Rooney’s breakout drama Normal People was the BBC’s most-streamed series of 2020, racking up 62.7M views since launching in April to help iPlayer to a record-breaking year. The Daisy Edgar-Jones and Paul Mescal-starrer’s best performing episode generated 6.4M requests as viewers in the UK were transfixed by the…

The BBC’s streaming service iPlayer has started adding new warnings to certain shows that people may find offensive following the controversy over blackface performances in comedy. Archive comedies, including The League Of Gentlemen and The Mighty Boosh, now feature a little “i” logo, which carries a warning that they…

EXCLUSIVE: Netflix and the BBC were in lockstep over the decision to remove episodes of Little Britain from their libraries after the British comedy featured blackface sketches, but differences of views are emerging over other shows. In the heat of the Black Lives Matter movement, Deadline can reveal that Netflix has…

The BBC’s streaming service iPlayer enjoyed its best-ever Christmas period after it was boosted by shows including Dracula, Gavin & Stacey and A Christmas Carol. The online video player, where BBC shows are available to view for 12 months after they have been broadcast on television, racked up a total of 203M requests…

Killing Eve has been in the vanguard of British shows dominating Hollywood TV awards this year — and now the murderous BBC America drama can boast another accolade after becoming the BBC’s most-streamed series of 2019. Season two of the Sid Gentle Films-produced drama, starring Emmy-winning Jodie Comer as an…

The BBC’s director of content Charlotte Moore has hailed a “record-breaking” year for iPlayer after the British broadcaster’s streaming service was boosted by shows including RuPaul’s Drag Race and Peaky Blinders. At the BBC’s Christmas drinks on Tuesday night, Moore revealed that iPlayer has clocked up 3.55B program…

The BBC’s streaming service, iPlayer, is going to launch in full on Sky under a new content and technology partnership between the two British broadcasters. iPlayer will be made available as an app on Sky Q, putting it in the same company as Netflix on Sky’s internet-connected television platform. Sky Q will also host…

The BBC’s online youth channel BBC Three has commissioned a second season of RuPaul's Drag Race UK before the first has finished airing. The drag queen battle will sashay its way back to Britain next year after whipping up more than 6.5M views for its first season on BBC streaming service iPlayer. The first season has…

The BBC is poised to set out plans for a massive reinvention of iPlayer, the pioneering streaming service it launched in the same year as Netflix went live, and punch back in the fight for British talent. At an event in London on Monday evening, director general Tony Hall and content chief Charlotte Moore will set out…