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EXCLUSIVE: Sky has renewed epic fantasy drama Britannia for a third season. The third season of the big-budget historical drama, which was written by playwright Jez Butterworth, is set to shoot later this year. It stars David Morrissey, Mackenzie Crook, Annabel Scholey and Eleanor Worthington-Cox and was created by…

BBC period drama Call The Midwife is set to run through until at least 2022 after the British public broadcaster renewed it for a further two seasons. The series, which airs on PBS in the U.S. has been handed a season ten and eleven consisting of eight episode seasons and two Christmas specials. This comes as season…

Penny Dreadful and Revolutionary Road producer Pippa Harris has been named chair of the British Academy of Film and Television Arts. Harris will succeed Jane Lush in the position. Dame Philippa Jill Olivier Harris, DBE, has recently been deputy chair of the organization and has lead BAFTA’s film committee for a number…

Studiocanal and Neal Street Productions are developing a feature adaptation of Enid Blyton's Magic Faraway Tree with Paddington 2‘s Simon Farnaby attached to write. Neal Street’s Pippa Harris and Nicolas Brown will produce. English writer Blyton, who has been called the JK Rowling of her time, was born in 1897 and is…

Three more seasons of Call The Midwife and three Christmas specials have been ordered by BBC One. The award-winning drama will deliver eight episodes each for Seasons 7, 8 and 9, with the holiday specials tacked on as the nuns and midwives of Nonnatus House move into the 1960s. Made by Neal Street Productions for BBC…

As has been expected for days, All3Media has confirmed the news it has acquired Sam Mendes’ Neal Street Productions. No financial terms were revealed, but Mendes and his partners — former BBC Drama commissioner Pippa Harris and theater veteran Caro Newling — had put the company up for sale in November with a $60…

James Bond helmer Sam Mendes’ London-based Neal Street Productions has been put up for sale. An information memorandum is understood to have been sent to prospective buyers with a deadline for first-round bids believed to be fast approaching. The pricetag is thought to be in the neighborhood of £40M ($63.8M). The Guard…

Popular period medical drama Call The Midwife has received a fifth season order as filming on its fourth season wraps. The BBC One series, which airs on PBS in the U.S., is produced by Sam Mendes’ Neal Street Productions and has been one of the most-watched dramas in Britain with all three runs to date averaging over…

EXCLUSIVE: Sam Mendes’ Neal Street Productions has brought Julie Pastor back into the fold as its Head of Development. Pastor was previously VP of Development at Ben Stiller’s Red Hour Films and prior to that was Director of Development at Neal Street, working closely with Mendes on his 2012 Bond film Skyfall and on…