All posts tagged 'BBC'

BBC Orders Trio Of Dramas From Nicole Taylor, Michaela Coel & Sally Rooney

By Patrick Munn | August 22, 2018 - 9:28 am | No Comments

Three female authored dramas are coming to the BBC. The PSB has commissioned three new dramas from Nicole Taylor, Michaela Coel (pictured, right) and Sally Rooney. The announcement comes on the same day that Coel is set ti deliver the McTaggart lecture at the Edinburgh TV Festival. The three series will go out on BBC One, BBC Two and BBC Three, respectively. “I am honoured to be today announcing three brand new and contrasting dramas for BBC One, Two and Three", said the BBC's Controller of Drama Piers Wenger.

STV Productions Scores Multi-Season ‘Antiques Road Trip’ Renewal From BBC

By Patrick Munn | August 17, 2017 - 11:16 am | No Comments

STV Productions has scored a multi-season renewal from the BBC for both Antiques Road Trip and Celebrity Antiques Road Trip. BBC One's Antiques Road Trip will return for fourth further seasons, for a total of 80 episodes; while BBC Two's Celebrity Antiques Road Trip will be back for another season of 20 episodes.

EXCLUSIVE: ‘The Portrait Of A Lady’ Adaptation Lands At BBC

By Patrick Munn | May 15, 2017 - 7:10 pm | No Comments

EXCLUSIVE: The Portrait Of A Lady is inching closer to the small screen. I'm hearing that the TV adaptation of the Henry James novel, which Red Production Company and Number 9 Films announced they were developing close to a year ago, has now landed at the BBC. It's not immediately clear if it's eyed for a spot on BBC One or BBC Two. In addition to landing at the Beeb for further development, my sources tell me that Secret Diary Of A Call Girl scribe Rebecca Lenkiewicz has also come on-board to pen the script for this adaptation.

Piers Wenger Defects To BBC For Drama Role, C4 Promotes Beth Willis To Head Of Drama

By Patrick Munn | June 28, 2016 - 12:36 pm | No Comments

After a months long search to replace Poly Hill, the BBC has poached Channel 4's Head of Drama Piers Wenger to serve as their new Controller of Drama Commissioning, TVWise has learned. Meanwhile, over at Channel 4, the broadcaster has tapped Wenger's number two, Deputy Head of Drama Beth Willis, to succeed him as their Head of Drama when he departs later this year.

Sky1 Poaches ‘Don’t Tell The Bride’ From BBC

By Patrick Munn | December 1, 2015 - 6:25 pm | 1 Comment

The BBC is losing another one of its well known programs as a result of the recently approved plans to move BBC Three online. Sky1 has swooped in, poaching hit format Don't Tell The Bride in a deal with the Warner Bros. owned indie Renegade Pictures, TVWise has learned.

BBC Trust Approves BBC Three Plans, Channel To Move Online By March 2016

By Patrick Munn | November 26, 2015 - 1:42 pm | No Comments

And The verdict is in. The BBC Trust, after an extended consultation and review process, has issued their final decison on the BBC's plans to shut down BBC Three as linear channel and move it online. The Trust has broadly approved the plans, which will see BBC Three move online by March 2016.

ITV’s Arguments For Banning Formats & U.S. Acquisitions On BBC Do Not Hold Water

By Patrick Munn | November 2, 2015 - 2:02 pm | 7 Comments

These are purely self-serving statements coming from a broadcaster who are still throwing a tantrum, like a petulant child, over the fact that they lost The Voice to the BBC back in 2011, says TVWise Editor Patrick Munn.

ITV Calls For Ban On BBC Acquiring Formats, U.S. Drama & Comedy Series

By Patrick Munn | October 29, 2015 - 3:23 pm | 2 Comments

ITV has made the case that the BBC should be banned from acquiring international formats as well as U.S. drama and comedy series and films. In a submission to the Culture, Media and Sport Select Committee for their review of the BBC Charter, ITV said that the BBC should not be acquiring U.S. content - ranging from feature films to drama and comedy series, "under any circumstance".