Sky One Sets UK Premiere Date For ‘S.W.A.T.’
Electric Ray’s Karl Warner Named Controller Of E4
Karl Warner, Co-Managing Director of Electric Ray, is exiting the Sony owned indie he co-founded to become the Controller of E4. Channel 4 announced the creation of the role last month at the same time they handed the channel a £10 million commissioning budget increase. Read More
BBC Two Acquires FX’s John Paul Getty III Kidnap Drama ‘Trust’
Beth Willis Exits Channel 4, Joins The Forge As Partner
Channel 4 is losing their Head of Drama. Beth Willis is exiting the broadcaster to take up a partnership position and independent production company The Forge. Willis first joined Channel 4 in 2012 as Deputy Head of Drama. She was promoted to the top job two years later in 2016 when Piers Wenger left for the BBC to become Controller of Drama Commissioning. Read More
Hugo Speer, Sharon Small, Bailey Patrick & Tori Allen-Martin Set As Leads In ‘London Kills’
UKTV’s Dave Channel Orders Game Show ‘Beat The Internet With John Robins’ From Vice Studios
UKTV's Dave channel has given the greenlight to Beat The Internet With John Robins, a twenty episode game show fronted by the 2017 Edinburgh Comedy Award winner which hails from Vice Studios. Beat The Internet with John Robins pits members of the public against each other in a quest to predict how search engines respond to a series of questions - from images to wordplay, the results are both unpredictable and hilarious. Read More
Nevision Options M.G. Leonard’s Beetle Trilogy For TV Adaptation
Nevision has optioned the rights to M.G. Leonard's trilogy of Beetle children's books (Beetle Boy, Beetle Queen and Battle Of The Beetles) with plans to adapt them as a live-action TV series. The deal was brokered by Kirsty McLachlan at literary agency DGA, who represent Leonard. The trilogy begins with thirteen-year-old Darkus Cuttle’s search for his kidnapped father, leading him to discover a mountain of extraordinary beetles and pitting him against the mad-scientist of the fashion world Lucretia Cutter, an haute-couture villainess with an alarming interest in insects. Read More
Sky One Releases Trailer For ‘A Discovery Of Witches’
Sky One has released the trailer for their Deborah Harkness adaptation A Discovery Of Witches, starring Matthew Goode (The Good Wife) and Teresa Palmer (Hacksaw Ridge), which is set to premiere later this year. Read More