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EXCLUSIVE: Sid Gentle Films is looking to build on the international smash hit Killing Eve with another crime adaptation. The British producer has secured the rights to Watching You, the first installment in Swedish author Jan Arnald’s latest series of detective novels, Deadline can reveal. Better known by his pen…

EXCLUSIVE: Sid Gentle Films, the BBC Studios-backed British production company, has halved its losses to £1.5M ($1.9M) in a set of earnings that provides some insight on the financial scale of Killing Eve. The annual report, filed with the UK’s Companies House last week, includes for the first time consolidated…

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…

Killing Eve is looking to avenge last year's Emmy disappointment after picking up nine nominations including a Best Drama Series nomination, while leads Sandra Oh and Jodie Comer will battle it out for Lead Actress. Last year, the BBC America thriller scored two nods for Oh and Phoebe Waller-Bridge's writing but was…

The second season of Killing Eve finally launched in the UK and it was worth the wait as the Phoebe Waller-Bridge created series scored 3.5M viewers on BBC One. It was the most-watched show across all channels on Saturday. The first episode peaked with an audience of 3.7M and scored a 21% audience share. The full…

Sally Woodward Gentle, who runs Killing Eve producer Sid Gentle Films, is a mischief maker with a hit on her hands. Her BBC America spy thriller is a ratings success story and she has a development drawer full of "quietly subversive" projects. Sitting down with Deadline to discuss how the Phoebe Waller-Bridge-penned…

EXCLUSIVE: Killing Eve producer Sid Gentle Films is developing a TV adaptation of a canine-led graphic novel set against the backdrop of the Portland punk scene, and a "Queer As Folk for now"-style series from Grindr and Instagram poet Max Wallis. The British production company is stepping up its development slate on…

EXCLUSIVE: Killing Eve producer Sid Gentle Films is developing TV adaptation of Rejoicing At Her Wondrous Vulva the Young Woman Applauded Herself – a play written by newcomer Bella Heesom about female sexuality. Sid Gentle will be hoping that it becomes the latest hit stage play to television, following the breakout…

BBC America's Killing Eve has had a great year; the spy thriller grew week-on-week during its eight-part run and has now nabbed two Emmy nominations. Sandra Oh, who plays the titular character, is the first Asian woman to be nominated for Lead Actress in A Drama Series and Phoebe Waller-Bridge, one of the hottest…

BBC Worldwide has continued its aggressive acquisition drive, buying a majority stake in Killing Eve producer Sid Gentle Films. The deal is the latest indie purchase by the commercial arm of the British public broadcaster and comes a week after it increased its stake in Clerkenwell Films, the British production…

A four-part adaptation of short stories penned by Neil Gaiman, Likely Stories will be produced by Sid Gentle Films for Sky Arts. Nick Cave 20,000 Days On Earth helmers Iain Forsyth and Jane Pollard are directing. Jarvis Cocker is scoring the half hours which star George MacKay (Pride), Tom Hughes (The Game), Johnny…

EXCLUSIVE: ITV has commissioned The Durrells, a six-part series, written by Simon Nye (Men Behaving Badly) and produced by Sid Gentle Films. The Durrells is based on Gerald Durrell's classic trilogy of Corfu memoirs including the much loved My Family And Other Animals. The story focuses upon Louisa Durrell whose life…