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Twelve months ago, the UK industry drew a sharp intake of breath when Euphoria and Moonlight outfit A24 lured Piers Wenger and Rose Garnett to launch the studio's London-based production division. The splashy double hire of the BBC's Director of Drama and Film, respectively, was seen by many as a…

EXCLUSIVE: Fremantle HR boss Nicky Gray has exited the Got Talent and Normal People super-indie after more than two decades. In a note to staff, seen by Deadline, Fremantle Group CEO Jennifer Mullin said Gray, who was Chief People and Culture Officer, “leaves the business in terrific shape and her…

Ita O’Brien, the pioneering Intimacy Coordinator who has worked on the likes of Normal People, I May Destroy You and Sex Education, has founded what is being called the “world’s first degree in intimacy practice.” O’Brien’s Intimacy on Set outfit has joined with the Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts…

EXCLUSIVE: The BBC is developing a TV adaptation of buzzy Canadian novel The Listeners from Normal People producer Element Pictures. Although not yet greenlit, Deadline understands the show is in a relatively advanced stage. The Listeners author Jordan Tannahill is adapting for TV and Janicza Bravo…

Fremantle has promoted Christian Vesper to CEO of Global Drama, handing him oversight of a number of scripted labels acquired in the past few months. In the newly-created role, Vesper will oversee the RTL-owned super-indie’s drama and film slate along with the likes of Normal People producer Element…

Normal People producer Element Pictures has acquired film and TV rights to Bellies, the highly anticipated debut from Nicola Dinan. Rights to the queer love story were won following a “hotly contested auction,” according to Element owner Fremantle, with the book still a year away from…

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…

Conversations With Friends and Normal People would have attracted a “tiny audience” if they had been made as features instead of TV shows, according to director Lenny Abrahamson, who said program-makers should trust audiences to enjoy “arthouse TV.” On the eve of BBC Three/Hulu’s Conversations With Friends’ release…

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…

BBC Three and Hulu have unveiled the first trailer for their latest Sally Rooney adaptation Conversations With Friends, ahead of its May premiere. The series follows the same networks’ BAFTA-winning Normal People adaptation, and is similarly produced by Element Pictures and directed by Room‘s Lenny Abrahamson. The…

Disney+ To Launch In 42 Countries Disney+ has moved to the next stage of its rapid international rollout and will launch in 42 countries and 11 territories this summer. Major countries in which the Mouse House’s streamer will launch include South Africa, Turkey, Poland and the United Arab Emirates. Disney+ is also…

Ten years ago, on a drizzly Thursday evening during the much-loved Galway Film Fleadh, Element Pictures' Ed Guiney and Andrew Lowe were standing outside of the Eyre Square Hotel when Guiney received an email with the initial pre-booking numbers for their upcoming title The Guard. The figures were, thankfully, "through…