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EXCLUSIVE: Emmy-winning Fleabag director Harry Bradbeer has co-created a Rear Window-esque crime drama with Manhunt writer Ed Whitmore for ITV. The pair have devised five-part thriller Viewpoint from Ripper Street producer Tiger Aspect, ordered to series by the British commercial broadcaster. The drama follows a…

Endemol Shine-owned UK producer Tiger Aspect has hired former BBC comedy exec and Wrong Mans producer Myfanwy Moore to bolster its laughing business. The move is the first major hire for the company, which makes series including Jack Whitehall's Bounty Hunters for Sky, since it appointed former BBC Three chief Damian…

Damian Kavanagh, who is Controller of BBC Three, has been named Managing Director of Peaky Blinders co-producer Tiger Aspect. He leaves the BBC after four years in charge of the youth-skewing broadcaster, which was moved online in 2016. This follows the departure of Ben Cavey to Netflix's comedy team in LA earlier…

Peaky Blinders is set to get even bigger after the BBC moved the period gangster thriller from BBC Two to BBC One. The scheduling move will likely mean that Steven Knight's drama, centered around the Shelby crime family, will add to the 3.6M audience that tuned in for the finale of season four. That season was the…

Titanic star Billy Zane and The Hour's Miranda Richardson have joined Sky's Fast and the Furious-style drama Curfew. The pair will be joined by The Crown star Harriet Walter and Terminator and Aliens actor Michael Biehn alongside the previously announced Game of Thrones star Sean Bean and Roots star Malachi Kirby in…

Discovery's US supernatural series Paranormal Lockdown is being remade in the UK after the factual broadcaster ramped up its originals for free-to-air station Quest Red. The broadcaster has ordered Paranormal Lockdown UK from US producer Groff Entertainment, starring Nick Groff and Katrina Weidman as they conduct…

U.S. kids' network Disney Jr has struck a deal with Endemol Shine Group to license the short-form series Aliens Love Underpants AND… Produced by Mr Bean producer Tiger Aspect Productions, Aliens Love Underpants AND… is based on the book series published by Simon and Schuster. The series of 12 x -minute shorts was…

Game of Thrones star Sean Bean and Roots star Malachi Kirby are among the big names attached to Sky's Fast and the Furious-style drama Curfew as the British broadcaster continues to drip out programming announcements. The eight-part drama, which follows the story of ordinary people competing in the world's fastest…

Veteran Tiger Aspect exec Will Gould is partnering with former BBC Drama Commissioner Matthew Read and Tiger Drama’s Frith Tiplady to launch Moonage Pictures. The indie production company is looking to make writer-led programming and will officially open its doors in March. Gould and Tiplady announced their departures…

After 12 years with UK producer Tiger Aspect, Sophie Clarke-Jervoise is stepping down from her role as managing director. Ben Cavey, currently managing firector of Tiger Aspect's comedy label Cave Bear, and Will Gould, joint managing director of Tiger Aspect Drama, will replace her as co-MDs. Part of Endemol Shine UK…

Among a trio of new series orders by ITV is the revival of BAFTA-winning comedy Cold Feet. The story of three couples that was a critical and ratings hit for ITV from 1997-2003 will reunite stars James Nesbitt, Robert Bathurst, Hermione Norris, John Thomson and Fay Ripley. ITV Studios’ Big Talk is producing with Cold F…

Amazon rode to the rescue of Ripper Street in early 2014, shortly after the BBC had decided not to move beyond Season 2. Season 3 of the period drama launched on the UK’s Amazon Prime Instant Video in November last year and was streamed more than any other TV show, attracting larger viewing audiences than some major…