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‘Happy Valley’ Creator Sally Wainwright Unveils Female-Led Cast for BBC Drama ‘Riot Women’
Sally Wainwright, creator of TV hits Happy Valley, Last Tango in Halifax, and Gentleman Jack, is turning her attention to a new BBC project, Riot Women. The six-episode series, from Drama Republic, on Thursday unveiled its cast as filming continues in West Yorkshire, England. Joanna Scanlan (After Love, The Thick of It) will lead the […]
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Producer Nicola Shindler on What Made ‘Happy Valley’ a Hit, Why ‘It’s a Sin’ Took “a Long Time”
British TV boss Nicola Shindler has explained why Channel 4’s It’s a Sin took “a long time” to get made — and the reason is creator Russell T. Davies‘ own genius. Shindler, executive producer and CEO of Quay Street Productions, spoke alongside Top Gear and Clarkson’s Farm producer Andy Wilman at The Royal Television Society’s […]
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David Beckham Says He Didn’t Enjoy Making Netflix Doc, Talks Victoria Beckham Series: “No One Sees the Amount of Work She Does”
Former soccer star and style icon David Beckham graced a London industry conference stage to discuss how nervous he was to film his Emmy-winning documentary Beckham and gush over his wife. He began by gifting Jane Featherstone, founder and co-CCO of production company Sister Pictures, a pot of marmalade. “I made this for our 25th […]
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‘Peaky Blinders’ Creator Steven Knight Talks “Mindblowing” Cast of New Film, ‘House of Guinness,’ Becoming Studio Mogul
Steven Knight has described the cast for his TV film of smash Netflix hit Peaky Blinders, starring Cillian Murphy as Birmingham gangster boss Tommy Shelby, as “mindblowing.” The film follows a six-season series met with critical acclaim after dropping on the streaming platform, with Oscar winner Murphy, Paul Anderson, Helen McCrory, Tom Hardy, and Joe […]
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Disney to Spend $1B a Year in Europe, Warner Bros. Discovery Exec Looks to 2026 Max Launch in U.K.
Everyone agrees: the U.K. is and will remain a production hotspot. TV bosses from Warner Bros. Discovery, Sky, Disney, and Paramount Global on Tuesday hailed the knock-on impact of investment in the British and wider European market at the Royal Television Society’s London Convention on Tuesday. The conversation, which included Disney’s Nami Patel, senior vp, […]
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‘Baby Reindeer’ Star and Emmy Winner Richard Gadd Signs Multi-Year, First-Look Deal With Netflix
Richard Gadd has signed a multi-year, first-look deal for scripted series with Netflix, the streamer’s co-CEO Ted Sarandos confirmed on Tuesday. At The Royal Television Society’s London Convention, Sarandos, taking part in a panel to kick off the day, said: “I can give you a bit of news this morning, we have finished our first-look […]
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Disgraced Ex-BBC Anchor Huw Edwards Handed 6-Month Suspended Prison Sentence Over Child Sex Abuse Images
Former BBC News presenter Huw Edwards has been handed a six-month prison sentence suspended for two years after pleading guilty to making indecent images of children. The 63-year-old said he was “profoundly sorry” for the “repugnant” images before he was sentenced Monday at London’s Westminster Magistrates’ Court in a case that has shocked the U.K. […]
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Michael Long Brings Liverpool to Oldenburg With ‘Baby Brother’: “My City Has Never Been Shown the Way It Should”
Michael Long is a proud Scouser, meaning a native of Liverpool, and wants the world to know it. The actor-turned-director’s debut feature film is getting its world premiere on Friday at Oldenburg Film Festival. It’s a big moment for Long, who admits to The Hollywood Reporter that it’s been a “rough” journey and he sometimes […]
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Harvey Weinstein Indecent Assault Charges in U.K. Dropped: “Unrealistic Prospect of Conviction”
Disgraced Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein has had two charges of indecent assault against him dropped by the U.K.‘s Crown Prosecution Service (CPS). In June 2022, the CPS authorized the charges against Weinstein for alleged offenses against a woman (now in her mid-50s) in 1996, according to the Metropolitan Police. On Thursday, it was confirmed that […]
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Louis Theroux-Produced Series ‘Boybands Forever’ With Simon Cowell, Robbie Williams Set for BBC
BBC Two will air a new series on the boy band mania of the 1990s and 2000s featuring interviews with Take That’s Robbie Williams, Westlife’s Brian McFadden, and music mogul Simon Cowell. Boybands Forever, a three-episode series, will air later in 2024. Produced by Mindhouse Productions (Louis Theroux Interviews, Lockerbie) and from producer/husband-and-wife pair Louis […]
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Rebecca Ferguson Joins Andrew Garfield, Claire Foy, Nicola Coughlan in ‘The Magic Faraway Tree’
Rebecca Ferguson, star of Dune and Mission: Impossible, will line up alongside Andrew Garfield, Claire Foy, Nicola Coughlan, Jessica Gunning and Jennifer Saunders in the film adaptation of Enid Blyton’s beloved children’s classic The Magic Faraway Tree. Ferguson has joined the cast in the role of Dame Snap, the story’s headmistress and one of Blyton’s […]
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Ex-Soccer Star David Beckham to Speak at Royal Television Society’s London Convention
Former soccer star David Beckham has joined the lineup of industry leaders speaking at the Royal Television Society’s (RTS) London Convention this year. On Sept. 17, Beckham will be joined in conversation by Jane Featherstone, co-founder and chief creative officer of content company Sister. The ex-sportsman, who is married to Spice Girl Victoria Beckham, captured […]
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