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Mitford Sisters Family Saga ‘Outrageous’ To Be UKTV’s Debut Original For Drama Channel
UKTV's network Drama has entered the original production game.
The channel's first original scripted series will be Outrageous, a six-part show from BBC Studios-owned Firebird Pictures, written by Sarah Williams (Small Island, Flesh and Blood, The Long Song).
The series will look at the famous…
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‘Live At The Moth Club’: Steve Coogan’s Baby Cow Behind UKTV Comedy Series Featuring ‘What We Do In The Shadows’, ‘Stath Lets Flats’ Stars
EXCLUSIVE: Steve Coogan’s Baby Cow is forging Live at the Moth Club for UKTV, a comedy series from the legendary East London venue featuring major UK comedy stars such as Stath Lets Flats creator Jamie Demetriou and What We Do In The Shadows star Natasia Demetriou.
Airing on BBC Studios-owned UKTV channel Dave, the…
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BBC Veteran & ‘We Hunt Together’ Producer Esther Springer Joins Fledgling Indie/Agency Creators Inc.’s TV & Film Division
EXCLUSIVE: Veteran BBC producer Esther Springer has left after two decades to join fledgling creative indie Creators Inc.’s TV and film division.
Creators Inc. was quietly formed late last year by British advertising guru Jani Guest, the former MD of BAFTA-winning ads producer Independent Films, along with Debbie…
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BBC One Greenlights ‘Granite Harbour’; UKTV Adds More ‘Richardsons’; NATPE Budapest Exhibitors; ‘Let Love Rule’ Sale — Global Briefs
BBC One greenlights Aberdeen-set drama ‘Granite Harbour’
BBC One has greenlit Granite Harbour, a three-part Scotland-set drama series featuring rising talents Romario Simpson (Small Axe) and Hannah Donaldson (Annika). The show from LA Productions centers on the story of Lance Corporal Davis Lindo, who arrives in…
The BBC, Channel 4, Paramount & UKTV Unite To End Production Manager Crisis
The UK's broadcasters are uniting to address the dire shortage of production managers in the country.
The BBC, Channel 4, Channel 5 owner Paramount and UKTV have joined forces to tackle the crisis, which was thrown into the spotlight during the Covid crisis as disillusioned droves left the industry.
Each broadcaster…
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Pitch Film Fund 2022 Unveils Winners; Big Zuu To Star In UKTV Sitcom; Hillary Clinton’s HiddenLight Launches Formats Division – Global Briefs
Pitch Film Fund 2022 Unveils Winners
EXCLUSIVE: A nativity story and an environmental project about disregard for our planet have been unveiled as the Pitch Film Fund 2022 Award winners, with Maternal – a story of protection and family – winning the Lucy Scher Award. The winners of the fund which has been running…
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BBC Studios-Owned UKTV Posts Record Viewing Share As Drama Pivot Reaps Rewards
BBC Studios-owned channel group UKTV achieved its record share of TV viewing last year, increasing by almost 5% as dramas such as Annika and Ragdoll generated big audiences.
According to UKTV, total share rose by 4% to 4.8% across all hours, with drama channels Alibi and Drama performing particularly well. Share of…
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BBC Studios / UKTV Reshuffles Global Acquisitions Team With Roxana Rehman Promotion
EXCLUSIVE: More change afoot in the BBC Studios/UKTV acquisitions team as exec Roxana Rehman is upped to take on the Global Acquisitions Manager role revealed by Deadline several weeks ago.
Rehman, a former Head of Programming for British channel PBS America, has secured the newly-created post after four years with BBC…
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Dan Sefton To Adapt Ex-Genesis Drummer’s Novel For TV; Smithsonian Channel To Spotlight Cassius Clay / Muhammad Ali Story; Abacus Media Rights Signs BBC Studios/UKTV’s Charalambous – Global Briefs
Dan Sefton To Adapt Ex-Genesis Drummer’s Novel For TV
Mallorca Files creator Dan Sefton is to adapt the story of ex-Genesis drummer Chris Stewart’s life for TV. Based on Stewart’s novel Driving Over Lemons, Sefton, along with a team including Simon Lupton, Nick Leese, Alvaro Alonso and Manuel Yebra, will turn the…
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Viaplay Strikes Banijay Scripted Deal On Eve Of U.S. Launch; Firebird Pictures Signs Duo; German Networks Order Fake News And Patisserie Formats; Dave Serves Up More ‘Big Zuu’ – Global Briefs
Viaplay Strikes Mega Banijay Scripted Deal On Eve Of U.S. Launch
Ahead of its U.S. launch, NENT-owned Scandi streamer Viaplay has struck a mega deal with Banijay Rights for 250 hours worth of premium scripted Nordic content. Viaplay subs in the U.S. will have access to the likes of Norwegian culture-clash comedy Countr…
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Lucy Prebble, Russell T Davies And Lucy Kirkwood Up For WGGB Awards; BBC Greenlights Farming And Autism Shows; ‘Superworm’ Trailer; UKTV Reveals WriterSlam Finalists – Global Briefs
Prebble, Davies And Kirkwood Up For WGGB Awards
Lucy Prebble’s I Hate Suzie, Russell T Davies’ It’s A Sin and Lucy Kirkwood’s Adult Material will battle it out for the Best Long Form TV Drama gong in February’s Writers’ Guild of Great Britain (WGGB) Awards, which is honoring two years’ worth of shows due to last…
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BBC Studios Seeks Global Acquisitions Manager For UKTV And Branded Channels
EXCLUSIVE: BBC Studios is seeking a Global Acquisitions Manager to buy shows for UKTV and its other global channels due to an overload of work.
The BBC issued the job advert last week for a “senior buyer with responsibility for sourcing and securing content” for UKTV channels such as Alibi, Dave and Gold along with…
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