The 2024 BAFTA TV Awards very much celebrated the best of British TV tonight as the majority of big-name stars and more recognizable shows fell away to British shows and stars. The likes of “Succession” and “The Last of Us” went home empty-handed at the Royal Festival Hall. “Top Boy,” “The Sixth Commandment,” and “Such Brave Girls” claimed the three big prizes at the ceremony hosted by comedians Romesh Ranganathan and Rob Beckett.
“Top Boy,” Netflix’s hit show about two London drug dealers dealing with gang violence in East London, won Best Drama Series over “The Gold,” “Happy Valley,” and Emmy hopeful “Slow Horses.” Producers Charles Steel and Alasdair Flind came backstage to discuss their victory, which came for the fifth and final season of the fan favorite.
“The talent in front of the camera and behind the camera feels like a family. A lot of them started on ‘Top Boy...
“Top Boy,” Netflix’s hit show about two London drug dealers dealing with gang violence in East London, won Best Drama Series over “The Gold,” “Happy Valley,” and Emmy hopeful “Slow Horses.” Producers Charles Steel and Alasdair Flind came backstage to discuss their victory, which came for the fifth and final season of the fan favorite.
“The talent in front of the camera and behind the camera feels like a family. A lot of them started on ‘Top Boy...
- 5/13/2024
- by Jacob Sarkisian
- Gold Derby
‘The Woman King’ & ‘Aftersun’ Dominate Girls On Film Awards
The Woman King and Aftersun dominated the main awards at the second annual Girls On Film Awards. The Woman King picked up Best Ensemble, sponsored by Netflix, and Best Female Friendship On Screen. Woman King star Viola Davis was also awarded the Feminist Superhero award. Woman King lead Sheila Atim was there in person to accept the awards. Aftersun nabbed Best Feature Film Sponsored by Eon Productions, while the film’s publicity team also won Best Publicity Campaign. Other big winners included Sebastián Lelio’s The Wonder, which took home Best Cinematography and the Sinéad O’Connor pic Nothing Compares (Best Documentary). Nominees for the awards were chosen by a selection of critics and journalists. Girls On Film was launched by Deadline critic and broadcaster Anna Smith and producer Hedda Archbold with the aim of rewarding excellence in the field of feminism,...
The Woman King and Aftersun dominated the main awards at the second annual Girls On Film Awards. The Woman King picked up Best Ensemble, sponsored by Netflix, and Best Female Friendship On Screen. Woman King star Viola Davis was also awarded the Feminist Superhero award. Woman King lead Sheila Atim was there in person to accept the awards. Aftersun nabbed Best Feature Film Sponsored by Eon Productions, while the film’s publicity team also won Best Publicity Campaign. Other big winners included Sebastián Lelio’s The Wonder, which took home Best Cinematography and the Sinéad O’Connor pic Nothing Compares (Best Documentary). Nominees for the awards were chosen by a selection of critics and journalists. Girls On Film was launched by Deadline critic and broadcaster Anna Smith and producer Hedda Archbold with the aim of rewarding excellence in the field of feminism,...
- 2/24/2023
- by Zac Ntim, Max Goldbart and Jesse Whittock
- Deadline Film + TV
Casey Bloys, chairman and CEO, HBO and HBO Max Content will deliver a keynote at Series Mania’s Lille Dialogues whose one-day summit looks set to take the pulse on a global content industry as content investment flattens and ask how to build a more responsible industry in the future.
Marking an early opportunity to hear from streaming platforms after both Warner Bros. Discovery and Disney have announced multi-billion dollar cuts in content investment, the Lille Dialogues also count on a keynote from James Farrell, head of local originals, Prime Video.
Further keynotes will be delivered by top execs at France’s biggest free-to-air service, TF1, as well as its energetic public broadcaster France Télévisions and Europe’s biggest pay TV operator, Sky. Jan Mojto, CEO, Beta Film, can be expected to deliver a wide-angled vision of how stories made in Europe can find a market worldwide.
“With the theme...
Marking an early opportunity to hear from streaming platforms after both Warner Bros. Discovery and Disney have announced multi-billion dollar cuts in content investment, the Lille Dialogues also count on a keynote from James Farrell, head of local originals, Prime Video.
Further keynotes will be delivered by top execs at France’s biggest free-to-air service, TF1, as well as its energetic public broadcaster France Télévisions and Europe’s biggest pay TV operator, Sky. Jan Mojto, CEO, Beta Film, can be expected to deliver a wide-angled vision of how stories made in Europe can find a market worldwide.
“With the theme...
- 2/24/2023
- by John Hopewell
- Variety Film + TV
Back in November, Amazon ordered two more seasons of their “spectacularly dark” thriller series The Devil’s Hour, and now they have renewed another one of their UK thriller Originals. This time, they have ordered a second season of the supernatural thriller series The Rig! The Rig season 2 will begin filming at FirstStage Studios in Edinburgh later this year with several season 1 cast members returning, including Iain Glen (Game of Thrones), Martin Compston (Line of Duty), Emily Hampshire (Schitt’s Creek), Rochenda Sandall (Criminal: UK), Owen Teale (Game of Thrones), Mark Addy (Game of Thrones), Molly Vevers (The Spanish Princess), Abraham Popoola (Cruella), and Stuart McQuarrie (Des).
Created by David Macpherson, the six episode first season was set on the Kishorn Bravo oil rig, stationed off the Scottish coast in the dangerous waters of the North Sea. When the crew is due to return to the mainland, a mysterious and all-enveloping fog rolls through.
Created by David Macpherson, the six episode first season was set on the Kishorn Bravo oil rig, stationed off the Scottish coast in the dangerous waters of the North Sea. When the crew is due to return to the mainland, a mysterious and all-enveloping fog rolls through.
- 2/23/2023
- by Cody Hamman
- JoBlo.com
Here is a wrap-up of the news you need to know from Wednesday, February 22, 2023.
Country Music Hall of Fame inductee Reba McEntire will serve as Mega Mentor on Season 23 of NBC's four-time Emmy Award-winning musical competition series The Voice.
The new season premieres Monday, March 6 (8-10 p.m. Et/Pt).
Reba joins superstar coaches Chance the Rapper, Kelly Clarkson, Niall Horan, and Blake Shelton to mentor the remaining artists who have made it through the Battle Rounds as each team prepares for the Knockouts that begin April 17.
"Having served as Battle Advisor to Team Blake during the show's inaugural season, it's most fitting Reba returns as Blake coaches his final group of artists and bids farewell to the competition," NBC says in a press release.
With a career spanning music, television, film, and theater, Reba has celebrated unprecedented success with 35 career #1 singles and over 58 million albums sold worldwide.
She...
Country Music Hall of Fame inductee Reba McEntire will serve as Mega Mentor on Season 23 of NBC's four-time Emmy Award-winning musical competition series The Voice.
The new season premieres Monday, March 6 (8-10 p.m. Et/Pt).
Reba joins superstar coaches Chance the Rapper, Kelly Clarkson, Niall Horan, and Blake Shelton to mentor the remaining artists who have made it through the Battle Rounds as each team prepares for the Knockouts that begin April 17.
"Having served as Battle Advisor to Team Blake during the show's inaugural season, it's most fitting Reba returns as Blake coaches his final group of artists and bids farewell to the competition," NBC says in a press release.
With a career spanning music, television, film, and theater, Reba has celebrated unprecedented success with 35 career #1 singles and over 58 million albums sold worldwide.
She...
- 2/22/2023
- by Paul Dailly
- TVfanatic
Exclusive: Amazon is returning to The Rig for a second season.
Prime Video’s supernatural thriller will begin shooting again later this year in Edinburgh, Scotland, with Martin Compston (Line of Duty), Iain Glen (Game of Thrones) and Emily Hampshire (Schitt’s Creek) among the cast reprising their roles.
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The first season premiered in January and told the story of the Kishorn Bravo oil rig, stationed off the Scottish coast, which is enveloped in a mysterious fog that cuts off all lines of communication.
Season 2 will follow the surviving Kinloch Bravo crew as they are helicoptered off the rig and taken to a new location, where fresh danger awaits. They must contend with swirling conspiracies,...
Prime Video’s supernatural thriller will begin shooting again later this year in Edinburgh, Scotland, with Martin Compston (Line of Duty), Iain Glen (Game of Thrones) and Emily Hampshire (Schitt’s Creek) among the cast reprising their roles.
Related Story We’ll Be Back: Photo Gallery Of TV Series Renewed In 2023 Related Story Amazon, Disney Employees Petition Against Returning To Office Related Story Starz To Launch Bundle With MGM+ On Prime Video in the U.S.
The first season premiered in January and told the story of the Kishorn Bravo oil rig, stationed off the Scottish coast, which is enveloped in a mysterious fog that cuts off all lines of communication.
Season 2 will follow the surviving Kinloch Bravo crew as they are helicoptered off the rig and taken to a new location, where fresh danger awaits. They must contend with swirling conspiracies,...
- 2/22/2023
- by Jake Kanter
- Deadline Film + TV
Amazon’s Prime Video has announced a January 6th premiere date for the supernatural thriller series The Rig, and along with that announcement comes the release of a trailer for the show! You can check it out in the embed above. John Strickland and Alex Holmes directed the six-part show from scripts by Meg Salter, Matthew Jacobs Morgan, and series creator David Macpherson.
The Rig is set on the Kishorn Bravo oil rig, stationed off the Scottish coast in the dangerous waters of the North Sea. When the crew is due to return to the mainland, a mysterious and all-enveloping fog rolls through. The rig is hit by massive tremors, and they find themselves cut off from all communication with the shore and the outside world. As the crew endeavor to discover what’s driving this unknown force, a major accident forces them to ask questions about who they can really trust.
The Rig is set on the Kishorn Bravo oil rig, stationed off the Scottish coast in the dangerous waters of the North Sea. When the crew is due to return to the mainland, a mysterious and all-enveloping fog rolls through. The rig is hit by massive tremors, and they find themselves cut off from all communication with the shore and the outside world. As the crew endeavor to discover what’s driving this unknown force, a major accident forces them to ask questions about who they can really trust.
- 11/29/2022
- by Cody Hamman
- JoBlo.com
Veteran British actor Timothy Spall (Mr Turner) is to lead The Sixth Commandment, Sarah Phelps’ BBC factual drama about the deaths of Peter Farquhar and Ann Moore-Martin in the village of Maids Moreton, Buckinghamshire, and the extraordinary events that unfolded over the following years.
Filming has begun on the four-parter and Spall, who plays lead Farquhar, is joined by Anne Reid (Last Tango in Halifax), Éanna Hardwicke (Normal People), Annabel Scholey (The Split), Sheila Hancock (Unforgotten), Ben Bailey Smith (The Split), Conor MacNeill (Industry), Adrian Rawlins (Baptiste) and Amanda Root (Summerland).
The show from Banijay-backed Wild Mercury Productions and True Vision Productions tells the story of how the meeting of an inspirational teacher and charismatic student Ben Field (Hardwicke) set the stage for one of the most complex and confounding criminal cases in recent memory. It also focuses on how suspicions around Field’s relationship with Ann Moore-Martin (Reid), Farquhar’s deeply religious neighbor,...
Filming has begun on the four-parter and Spall, who plays lead Farquhar, is joined by Anne Reid (Last Tango in Halifax), Éanna Hardwicke (Normal People), Annabel Scholey (The Split), Sheila Hancock (Unforgotten), Ben Bailey Smith (The Split), Conor MacNeill (Industry), Adrian Rawlins (Baptiste) and Amanda Root (Summerland).
The show from Banijay-backed Wild Mercury Productions and True Vision Productions tells the story of how the meeting of an inspirational teacher and charismatic student Ben Field (Hardwicke) set the stage for one of the most complex and confounding criminal cases in recent memory. It also focuses on how suspicions around Field’s relationship with Ann Moore-Martin (Reid), Farquhar’s deeply religious neighbor,...
- 6/9/2022
- by Max Goldbart
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: The explosion in factual TV drama is set to continue after BBC One commissioned a miniseries on the extraordinary and complex death of British teacher Peter Farquhar.
The British broadcaster has commissioned Banijay-owned Wild Mercury Productions and documentary outfit True Vision Productions to make The Sixth Commandment (working title), with A Very English Scandal and And Then There Were None scribe Sarah Phelps attached to write.
The series tells the story of how 69-year-old Farquhar’s relationship with a charismatic young student, Ben Field, set the stage for one of the most complex and confounding criminal cases in recent English history. Field was found guilty of murdering Farquhar in 2019, four years after gaslighting, drugging, and eventually suffocating the former teacher.
The Sixth Commandment captures the initial seductions, the extreme manipulation, the gripping police investigation, and Field finally being brought to justice after Farquhar’s untimely death. It also focuses...
The British broadcaster has commissioned Banijay-owned Wild Mercury Productions and documentary outfit True Vision Productions to make The Sixth Commandment (working title), with A Very English Scandal and And Then There Were None scribe Sarah Phelps attached to write.
The series tells the story of how 69-year-old Farquhar’s relationship with a charismatic young student, Ben Field, set the stage for one of the most complex and confounding criminal cases in recent English history. Field was found guilty of murdering Farquhar in 2019, four years after gaslighting, drugging, and eventually suffocating the former teacher.
The Sixth Commandment captures the initial seductions, the extreme manipulation, the gripping police investigation, and Field finally being brought to justice after Farquhar’s untimely death. It also focuses...
- 11/9/2020
- by Jake Kanter
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Amazon has given the green light to supernatural thriller series The Rig, with John Strickland set to helm the six-part show.
The project comes from new writer David Macpherson and UK producer Wild Mercury Productions, which has credits including Troy: Fall Of A City and Humans season three.
The Rig will become the first Amazon Original filmed exclusively in Scotland when it shoots at FirstStage Studios, the new film and TV studio space in Edinburgh, next year.
Cast is currently being confirmed for the series, which is set onboard the Kishorn Bravo oil rig, stationed off the Scottish coast in the dangerous waters of the North Sea. When the crew is due to return to the mainland, a mysterious and all-enveloping fog rolls through and they find themselves cut off from all communication with the shore and the outside world. As they endeavor to discover what’s driving this force,...
The project comes from new writer David Macpherson and UK producer Wild Mercury Productions, which has credits including Troy: Fall Of A City and Humans season three.
The Rig will become the first Amazon Original filmed exclusively in Scotland when it shoots at FirstStage Studios, the new film and TV studio space in Edinburgh, next year.
Cast is currently being confirmed for the series, which is set onboard the Kishorn Bravo oil rig, stationed off the Scottish coast in the dangerous waters of the North Sea. When the crew is due to return to the mainland, a mysterious and all-enveloping fog rolls through and they find themselves cut off from all communication with the shore and the outside world. As they endeavor to discover what’s driving this force,...
- 11/3/2020
- by Tom Grater
- Deadline Film + TV
The BBC is looking to kick out against the “crushing competition” of global Svod services including Netflix and Amazon as it eyes a reboot of its aborted digital service Project Kangaroo and steps up its PR war against Silicon Valley.
It has emerged that the British public broadcaster is once again in talks with rival broadcasters including ITV and Channel 4, as well as Hollywood studio NBC Universal, to launch its own UK streaming service to fight back against the deep-pocketed digital players.
The move comes nearly ten years after Project Kangaroo, a planned video-on-demand between the broadcasters and the BBC’s commercial arm, was blocked by the British Competition Commission.
However, with Netflix now having over 8M subscribers in the country and Amazon Prime Video over 4M, and with the looming launch of Apple’s A-list original programming plans, the broadcasters are looking to bounce back.
This is merely...
It has emerged that the British public broadcaster is once again in talks with rival broadcasters including ITV and Channel 4, as well as Hollywood studio NBC Universal, to launch its own UK streaming service to fight back against the deep-pocketed digital players.
The move comes nearly ten years after Project Kangaroo, a planned video-on-demand between the broadcasters and the BBC’s commercial arm, was blocked by the British Competition Commission.
However, with Netflix now having over 8M subscribers in the country and Amazon Prime Video over 4M, and with the looming launch of Apple’s A-list original programming plans, the broadcasters are looking to bounce back.
This is merely...
- 5/8/2018
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
All eight episodes of <em>Troy: Fall of a City </em>landed on Netflix in the U.S. over the weekend, giving viewers the chance to enjoy the famed exploits of Achilles, Agamemnon, Aeneas, Menelaus, Priam, Odysseus and company, while witnessing the love affair between Paris and Helen that started the whole bloody mess in the first place.
A co-production with the BBC (the U.K. got to witness the concluding episode on Saturday), <em>Troy</em> comes from <em>The Night Manager</em> writer David Farr and executive producer Derek Wax (<em>Humans</em>) for his new label Wild Mercury in associationupgr with Kudos, and is among ...
A co-production with the BBC (the U.K. got to witness the concluding episode on Saturday), <em>Troy</em> comes from <em>The Night Manager</em> writer David Farr and executive producer Derek Wax (<em>Humans</em>) for his new label Wild Mercury in associationupgr with Kudos, and is among ...
If you're a fan of the eerie artificial intelligence featured on the TV series Humans, then you'll be pleased to know that AMC, Channel 4, and Kudos have renewed the series for an eight-episode third season that will premiere in 2018 and begin filming this fall.
Press Release: New York/London – March 28, 2017 – AMC, Channel 4 and Kudos today announced that the critically acclaimed drama series “Humans,” has been picked up for a third season. The series will return with eight new episodes in 2018. Production will begin in fall 2017 with key cast set to return.
“Humans” is written by Sam Vincent and Jonathan Brackley (Humans S1, Spooks: The Greater Good), and based on the award-winning Swedish sci-fi drama “Real Humans” created by Lars Lundstrom and produced by Svt and Matador Film. The new season is executive produced by Derek Wax, Emma Kingsman-Lloyd, Sam Vincent and Jonathan Brackley for Kudos in association with Wild Mercury Productions,...
Press Release: New York/London – March 28, 2017 – AMC, Channel 4 and Kudos today announced that the critically acclaimed drama series “Humans,” has been picked up for a third season. The series will return with eight new episodes in 2018. Production will begin in fall 2017 with key cast set to return.
“Humans” is written by Sam Vincent and Jonathan Brackley (Humans S1, Spooks: The Greater Good), and based on the award-winning Swedish sci-fi drama “Real Humans” created by Lars Lundstrom and produced by Svt and Matador Film. The new season is executive produced by Derek Wax, Emma Kingsman-Lloyd, Sam Vincent and Jonathan Brackley for Kudos in association with Wild Mercury Productions,...
- 3/28/2017
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
Troy: Fall Of A City, from The Night Manager writer David Farr, likely to be among BBC1’s most expensive dramas; service also boards thriller from Homeland writer.
Netflix has become a co-production partner on two of the BBC’s highest profile forthcoming dramas, Troy: Fall Of A City and Black Earth Rising.
The Crown financier Netflix revealed the partnerships at a major event in Berlin to highlight its investment in European production, where it also formally announced Tiger Aspect’s Jack Whitehall travelogue Travels With My Father.
But high profile drama remains the SVoD service’s calling card, and it will help finance Troy, which is likely to be among BBC1’s most expensive dramas.
Announced in September 2015, it is produced by Derek Wax’s new indie Wild Mercury in association with his former employer Kudos. Both companies are Endemol Shine Group owned.
More from Netflix’s Berlin event: Netflix reveals release date, first teaser...
Netflix has become a co-production partner on two of the BBC’s highest profile forthcoming dramas, Troy: Fall Of A City and Black Earth Rising.
The Crown financier Netflix revealed the partnerships at a major event in Berlin to highlight its investment in European production, where it also formally announced Tiger Aspect’s Jack Whitehall travelogue Travels With My Father.
But high profile drama remains the SVoD service’s calling card, and it will help finance Troy, which is likely to be among BBC1’s most expensive dramas.
Announced in September 2015, it is produced by Derek Wax’s new indie Wild Mercury in association with his former employer Kudos. Both companies are Endemol Shine Group owned.
More from Netflix’s Berlin event: Netflix reveals release date, first teaser...
- 3/1/2017
- ScreenDaily
An eerie artificial intelligence awakening takes place in the official trailer for Humans Season 2, premiering in February on AMC.
"The next big leap is here. Get a look at what’s to come in the second season of AMC’s Humans, premiering February 2017."
From the Previous Press Release: "AMC, Channel 4 and Kudos today announced that the critically acclaimed drama series “Humans” has been renewed for a second season. The series will return for eight new episodes, with production starting next year.
Co-produced by AMC and Channel 4 with Kudos, the makers of “Utopia” and “Broadchurch,” the first season tapped into society’s preoccupation with and mistrust of advancing technology and artificial intelligence. What does it mean to be human? Can the very traits through which we define humanity (love, trust, loyalty, friendship, sacrifice) be taught? What really is family? Exploring humans’ inherent fear of the unknown and the possible implications of granting machines consciousness,...
"The next big leap is here. Get a look at what’s to come in the second season of AMC’s Humans, premiering February 2017."
From the Previous Press Release: "AMC, Channel 4 and Kudos today announced that the critically acclaimed drama series “Humans” has been renewed for a second season. The series will return for eight new episodes, with production starting next year.
Co-produced by AMC and Channel 4 with Kudos, the makers of “Utopia” and “Broadchurch,” the first season tapped into society’s preoccupation with and mistrust of advancing technology and artificial intelligence. What does it mean to be human? Can the very traits through which we define humanity (love, trust, loyalty, friendship, sacrifice) be taught? What really is family? Exploring humans’ inherent fear of the unknown and the possible implications of granting machines consciousness,...
- 12/8/2016
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
"They're waking up, more and more every day." A widespread AI awakening is featured in the official teaser trailer for the second season of Humans, premiering in February on AMC.
"Reboot. Recharge. Rebel. Get a first look at what's in store on the second season of AMC's Humans, premiering in February 2017."
From the Previous Press Release: "AMC, Channel 4 and Kudos today announced that the critically acclaimed drama series “Humans” has been renewed for a second season. The series will return for eight new episodes, with production starting next year.
Co-produced by AMC and Channel 4 with Kudos, the makers of “Utopia” and “Broadchurch,” the first season tapped into society’s preoccupation with and mistrust of advancing technology and artificial intelligence. What does it mean to be human? Can the very traits through which we define humanity (love, trust, loyalty, friendship, sacrifice) be taught? What really is family? Exploring...
"Reboot. Recharge. Rebel. Get a first look at what's in store on the second season of AMC's Humans, premiering in February 2017."
From the Previous Press Release: "AMC, Channel 4 and Kudos today announced that the critically acclaimed drama series “Humans” has been renewed for a second season. The series will return for eight new episodes, with production starting next year.
Co-produced by AMC and Channel 4 with Kudos, the makers of “Utopia” and “Broadchurch,” the first season tapped into society’s preoccupation with and mistrust of advancing technology and artificial intelligence. What does it mean to be human? Can the very traits through which we define humanity (love, trust, loyalty, friendship, sacrifice) be taught? What really is family? Exploring...
- 11/7/2016
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
Netflix enters Versailles; BBC One drama Capitol inks deals; Roots world premiere; Walter Presents buys Spanish drama for UK; Hulu reads The Book Of Negroes; Olivier Megaton doc gets sales deal.
Fremantle inks deals for BBC One drama Capital
FremantleMedia has struck three deals for three-part drama Capital, which is produced by Kudos, part of Endemol Shine Group, for BBC One. Participant Media’s Pivot has taken Us rights, Shaw has taken Canada rights, and BBC Worldwide will air the programme in Australia and New Zealand.
Toby Jones, Rachael Stirling and Gemma Jones star in the series, which Peter Bowker adapted from John Lanchester’s novel. Matt Strevens produced, executive producers were Derek Wax and Lucy Richer.
Walter Presents takes Spanish drama Locked Up for UK
Foreign-language drama Svod brand Walter Presents, which is available in the UK exclusively on Channel 4’s All Four streaming platform, has taken rights to Globomedia’s Spanish-language women prison series...
Fremantle inks deals for BBC One drama Capital
FremantleMedia has struck three deals for three-part drama Capital, which is produced by Kudos, part of Endemol Shine Group, for BBC One. Participant Media’s Pivot has taken Us rights, Shaw has taken Canada rights, and BBC Worldwide will air the programme in Australia and New Zealand.
Toby Jones, Rachael Stirling and Gemma Jones star in the series, which Peter Bowker adapted from John Lanchester’s novel. Matt Strevens produced, executive producers were Derek Wax and Lucy Richer.
Walter Presents takes Spanish drama Locked Up for UK
Foreign-language drama Svod brand Walter Presents, which is available in the UK exclusively on Channel 4’s All Four streaming platform, has taken rights to Globomedia’s Spanish-language women prison series...
- 4/6/2016
- ScreenDaily
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Pivot has acquired the Us rights for the south London-set Capital TV series. Watch a trailer, below. Shaw Media has acquired the Canadian rights, and BBC Worldwide has acquired the rights for Australia and New Zealand. The three part series is an adaptation of John Lanchester's novel of the same name. Capital originally premiered on BBC One in November, 2015.
The cast of Capital includes: Toby Jones, Rachael Stirling, Radoslaw Kaim, Wunmi Mosaku, Adeel Akhtar, and Gemma Jones. Written by Peter Bowker, Capital is executive produced by Derek Wax and Peter Bowker for Kudos. Lucy Richer executive prodcudes for the BBC, with Matt Strevens producing.
Watch the Capital TV show trailer.
Get more details from this Fremantle Media press release.
Pivot has acquired the Us rights for the south London-set Capital TV series. Watch a trailer, below. Shaw Media has acquired the Canadian rights, and BBC Worldwide has acquired the rights for Australia and New Zealand. The three part series is an adaptation of John Lanchester's novel of the same name. Capital originally premiered on BBC One in November, 2015.
The cast of Capital includes: Toby Jones, Rachael Stirling, Radoslaw Kaim, Wunmi Mosaku, Adeel Akhtar, and Gemma Jones. Written by Peter Bowker, Capital is executive produced by Derek Wax and Peter Bowker for Kudos. Lucy Richer executive prodcudes for the BBC, with Matt Strevens producing.
Watch the Capital TV show trailer.
Get more details from this Fremantle Media press release.
- 4/5/2016
- by TVSeriesFinale.com
- TVSeriesFinale.com
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Troy: Fall Of A City is a new ‘visceral multi-part series’ from Spooks and Humans' behind-the-scenes talent...
The sacking of the city Troy – and the Ancient Greek conflict, the Trojan War, that preceded it - has been adapted for the screen before. Most recently, it was the focus of the 2004 Brad Pitt movie Troy.
BBC One has now ordered a new, televised take on this epic ten-year siege, under the name Troy: Fall Of A City. It’s been described as a “visceral multi-part series,” and has been created by Spooks and Hanna writer David Farr.
Kudos, the production company behind Broadchurch and Humans, are involved as well. Humans, The Hour and Lip Service executive producer Derek Wax will executive produce alongside David Farr.
Here’s a synopsis:
“The story of the war between Greece and Troy is an epic tale of love, revenge, intrigue and bloodshed.
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Troy: Fall Of A City is a new ‘visceral multi-part series’ from Spooks and Humans' behind-the-scenes talent...
The sacking of the city Troy – and the Ancient Greek conflict, the Trojan War, that preceded it - has been adapted for the screen before. Most recently, it was the focus of the 2004 Brad Pitt movie Troy.
BBC One has now ordered a new, televised take on this epic ten-year siege, under the name Troy: Fall Of A City. It’s been described as a “visceral multi-part series,” and has been created by Spooks and Hanna writer David Farr.
Kudos, the production company behind Broadchurch and Humans, are involved as well. Humans, The Hour and Lip Service executive producer Derek Wax will executive produce alongside David Farr.
Here’s a synopsis:
“The story of the war between Greece and Troy is an epic tale of love, revenge, intrigue and bloodshed.
- 11/19/2015
- by rleane
- Den of Geek
The Night Manager writer David Farr is teaming up with the BBC on a mythological prestige drama.
Troy: Fall of A City will bring the majesty and wonder of the Trojan War to a whole new generation as a multi-part series.
Farr's drama will re-examine the Judgement of Paris, a key event in the ancient world's most prominent tales.
Troy: Fall of A City will be shown through the eyes of a Trojan family, who become entangled in the conflict as war with Greece breaks out.
BBC One controller Charlotte Moore said today: "David Farr's bold and visceral rendition of the 3,000-year-old story, told across multiple parts and for the first time from the Trojan point of view will be unlike anything we've ever seen on BBC One before."
"The story of Ilium, the ancient city of Troy, has always gripped me," Farr added. "Fall of A City aims...
Troy: Fall of A City will bring the majesty and wonder of the Trojan War to a whole new generation as a multi-part series.
Farr's drama will re-examine the Judgement of Paris, a key event in the ancient world's most prominent tales.
Troy: Fall of A City will be shown through the eyes of a Trojan family, who become entangled in the conflict as war with Greece breaks out.
BBC One controller Charlotte Moore said today: "David Farr's bold and visceral rendition of the 3,000-year-old story, told across multiple parts and for the first time from the Trojan point of view will be unlike anything we've ever seen on BBC One before."
"The story of Ilium, the ancient city of Troy, has always gripped me," Farr added. "Fall of A City aims...
- 9/22/2015
- Digital Spy
BBC One is already partnered with David Farr on its star-studded upcoming AMC co-production, The Night Manager. The network is again teaming with Farr for an ambitious new drama, Troy – Fall Of A City. Produced by Humans maker Kudos for the BBC, the multi-part series will retell the fall of Troy from the perspective of one family. Derek Wax (Humans) and Farr will exec produce for Kudos; Matthew Read is exec producer for the BBC. Casting ist still to come in…...
- 9/22/2015
- Deadline TV
Fans of AMC's artificial intelligence-centric thriller, Humans, will be pleased to know that the network has renewed the series for a second season:
Press Release: "New York / London – July 31, 2015 – AMC, Channel 4 and Kudos today announced that the critically acclaimed drama series “Humans” has been renewed for a second season. The series will return for eight new episodes, with production starting next year.
Penned by British writing partners Sam Vincent and Jonathan Brackley (“Spooks,” Spooks: The Greater Good) and based on the award-winning Swedish sci-fi drama “Real Humans” from Matador Films, the series stands as a top five cable drama launch among adults 25-54 in the U.S. this season and has averaged 2.0 million viewers and 1.0 million adults 25-54 through its first four episodes in live+3 ratings. The first episode was Channel 4’s highest rated originated drama in 20 years; season one has attracted an 18.0% share of the UK...
Press Release: "New York / London – July 31, 2015 – AMC, Channel 4 and Kudos today announced that the critically acclaimed drama series “Humans” has been renewed for a second season. The series will return for eight new episodes, with production starting next year.
Penned by British writing partners Sam Vincent and Jonathan Brackley (“Spooks,” Spooks: The Greater Good) and based on the award-winning Swedish sci-fi drama “Real Humans” from Matador Films, the series stands as a top five cable drama launch among adults 25-54 in the U.S. this season and has averaged 2.0 million viewers and 1.0 million adults 25-54 through its first four episodes in live+3 ratings. The first episode was Channel 4’s highest rated originated drama in 20 years; season one has attracted an 18.0% share of the UK...
- 7/31/2015
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
"I helped create you." The sinister side of artificial intelligence is teased in the first trailer for AMC's sci-fi series, Humans, premiering Sunday, June 28th at 9:00pm Est:
Press Release (via TV By the Numbers) -- New York, NY – May 14, 2015 – "AMC today announced its new eight-part drama series “Humans” will premiere Sunday, June 28th at 9:00 p.m. Et/Pt. Set in suburban London, “Humans” takes place in a parallel present where the latest must-have gadget for any busy family is a Synth – a highly developed, artificially intelligent servant eerily similar to its living counterpart. Penned by British writing partners Sam Vincent and Jonathan Brackley (“Spooks,” Spooks: The Greater Good) and based on the award-winning Swedish sci-fi drama “Real Humans,” the series explores the emotional impact that comes as the lines between humans and machines become increasingly blurred. This bold new series is produced in conjunction with the...
Press Release (via TV By the Numbers) -- New York, NY – May 14, 2015 – "AMC today announced its new eight-part drama series “Humans” will premiere Sunday, June 28th at 9:00 p.m. Et/Pt. Set in suburban London, “Humans” takes place in a parallel present where the latest must-have gadget for any busy family is a Synth – a highly developed, artificially intelligent servant eerily similar to its living counterpart. Penned by British writing partners Sam Vincent and Jonathan Brackley (“Spooks,” Spooks: The Greater Good) and based on the award-winning Swedish sci-fi drama “Real Humans,” the series explores the emotional impact that comes as the lines between humans and machines become increasingly blurred. This bold new series is produced in conjunction with the...
- 5/14/2015
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
We recently reported that AMC has teamed up with Kudos and Channel 4 for a drama series called Humans that takes place in an alternate reality in which families own advanced robotic servants, one of whom begins to act of its own will—a premise that might call to mind images of I, Robot or Bicentennial Man. Now the cast of Humans has been revealed and fans of Dark City and Kill List should be pleased.
Press Release – “William Hurt (A History of Violence, Damages), Katherine Parkinson (The It Crowd, The Honourable Woman), Tom Goodman-Hill (The Devil’s Whore, Mr Selfridge), Colin Morgan (Merlin, The Fall), Rebecca Front (The Thick Of It, Just William), Neil Maskell (Utopia, The Mimic) and Gemma Chan (Dates, Fresh Meat) are to star in Humans – the ambitious new co-production from Channel 4, AMC and Kudos.
Humans is set in a parallel present where the latest...
Press Release – “William Hurt (A History of Violence, Damages), Katherine Parkinson (The It Crowd, The Honourable Woman), Tom Goodman-Hill (The Devil’s Whore, Mr Selfridge), Colin Morgan (Merlin, The Fall), Rebecca Front (The Thick Of It, Just William), Neil Maskell (Utopia, The Mimic) and Gemma Chan (Dates, Fresh Meat) are to star in Humans – the ambitious new co-production from Channel 4, AMC and Kudos.
Humans is set in a parallel present where the latest...
- 10/15/2014
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
Wouldn’t you like a robot to take care of the tasks you don’t want to? AMC, Kudos, and Channel 4 announced a co-production deals for Humans, a new series where families own advanced robotic servants, but we have a feeling that all is not what it seems…
“Kudos, Channel 4 and AMC today announce a new co-production deal for the bold and ambitious drama series Humans, which is set to start filming this Autumn.
Humans” is set in a parallel present where the latest must-have gadget for any busy family is a ‘Synth’ – a highly-developed robotic servant eerily similar to its live counterpart. In the hope of transforming the way they live, one strained suburban family purchases a refurbished synth only to discover that sharing life with a machine has far-reaching and chilling consequences.
The new deal is brokered by Dan Isaacs COO Kudos, Kerry Ball Senior Vice President of digital Business Development,...
“Kudos, Channel 4 and AMC today announce a new co-production deal for the bold and ambitious drama series Humans, which is set to start filming this Autumn.
Humans” is set in a parallel present where the latest must-have gadget for any busy family is a ‘Synth’ – a highly-developed robotic servant eerily similar to its live counterpart. In the hope of transforming the way they live, one strained suburban family purchases a refurbished synth only to discover that sharing life with a machine has far-reaching and chilling consequences.
The new deal is brokered by Dan Isaacs COO Kudos, Kerry Ball Senior Vice President of digital Business Development,...
- 9/22/2014
- by Jonathan James
- DailyDead
You knew it was only a matter of time. After Netflix scored with original programming like "Orange Is the New Black" and "Arrested Development," Amazon quickly jumped into the game -- and now Xbox is, too. Pretty soon, look forward to new shows from your microwave and blender. Xbox will launch Xbox: Originals this June with 12 projects. They will be available on Xbox 360, Xbox One, and other Microsoft devices, and, of course, the shows will offer "interactive capabilities." To prove they're not kidding around, Xbox Entertainment Studios has attracted names like Steven Spielberg and Ridley Scott, who are attached to two separate scripted projects based on the “Halo” franchise. Because hey, you can never get enough "Halo." Other shows in production include an unscripted series about international street soccer, an original drama about robotic servants in a dystopian world, and a documentary about the search for discarded Atari games in...
- 4/28/2014
- by Liane Bonin Starr
- Hitfix
"Great LezBritian" is a fortnightly stroll through the very best of British lesbo-centric entertainment and culture. Plus there will be some jolly good interviews with the top ladies who are waving the flag for gay UK.
Hands up — who's missing Lip Service? We feel your pain. You've most likely watched the DVD a fair few times, you're currently stalking/going to see Heather Peace gigging around the UK, Frankie is still your computer screen-saver and every now and then you still press play on your download of Roxanne McKee saying "Turn over." But try as you might, you can't shake off these Tuesday Blues. Even Gillian McKeith's pseudo fainting episode and Saturday night fixes of Minogue and Cole can’t stop you wondering: "For goodness sake, what happens next?"
Unfortunately, we can't help you with any of that. Instead, we suggest you just pull yourself together until Series Two...
Hands up — who's missing Lip Service? We feel your pain. You've most likely watched the DVD a fair few times, you're currently stalking/going to see Heather Peace gigging around the UK, Frankie is still your computer screen-saver and every now and then you still press play on your download of Roxanne McKee saying "Turn over." But try as you might, you can't shake off these Tuesday Blues. Even Gillian McKeith's pseudo fainting episode and Saturday night fixes of Minogue and Cole can’t stop you wondering: "For goodness sake, what happens next?"
Unfortunately, we can't help you with any of that. Instead, we suggest you just pull yourself together until Series Two...
- 12/6/2010
- by Sarah and Lee
- AfterEllen.com
"Great LezBritian" is a fortnightly stroll through the very best of British lesbo-centric entertainment and culture. Plus there will be some jolly good interviews with the top ladies who are waving the flag for gay UK.
As the co-creator of the excellent Attachments and writer of Mistresses, Harriet Braun already knows what it feels like to have a hit show on her hands. But with the entire lesbian population of the UK — and their lesbi-friends around the world — waiting with increasing giddy impatience for her new lesbian drama Lip Service to air, she may be about to enter a whole new realm of fandom.
As well as being the show’s creator and writer, Braun is also the co-producer and she spent most days on set watching the filming and giving notes. We went to meet her on the last day of filming last winter — on possibly the coldest day...
As the co-creator of the excellent Attachments and writer of Mistresses, Harriet Braun already knows what it feels like to have a hit show on her hands. But with the entire lesbian population of the UK — and their lesbi-friends around the world — waiting with increasing giddy impatience for her new lesbian drama Lip Service to air, she may be about to enter a whole new realm of fandom.
As well as being the show’s creator and writer, Braun is also the co-producer and she spent most days on set watching the filming and giving notes. We went to meet her on the last day of filming last winter — on possibly the coldest day...
- 10/4/2010
- by Sarah and Lee
- AfterEllen.com
The winners of the BAFTA TV awards held on Sunday, June 6th include Northern Irish born actor, Kenneth Branagh, Northern Ireland filmed drama 'Occupation' and other productions with strong Irish connections such as Julie Walters for her role in BBC One's 'Mo' and Channel 4's 'Misfits'. Sunday evening saw BBC One and Kudos Film and Television walk away with the BAFTA TV award for Drama Serial for 'Occupation'. The drama from Peter Bowker, Derek Wax, Nick Murphy and Laurie Borg was shot on location in Northern Ireland and Iraq in 2008 and stars James Nesbitt (Five Minutes of Heaven, Bloody Sunday), Stephen Graham and Warren Brown.
- 6/8/2010
- IFTN
From halfway around the world, it's hard to grasp the enormity of the 2004 tsunami. Striking without warning, the giant wave claimed more than 227,000 lives. About one-fourth of the victims never were found. Those who somehow survived had their own versions of hell as they tried to find loved ones while fending for themselves amid unimaginable devastation.
No film can hope to capture the entire disaster, but Abi Morgan's teleplay and Bharat Nalluri's direction provide a palpable sense of the human misery. The miniseries traces the lives of about a half-dozen individuals in the days after the tsunami. Despite obvious and admirable efforts to replicate the devastation, confusion, desperation and bitterness, you still get the feeling that this production has been sanitized for your protection. Nalluri directs the camera away from most of the ugliness of decaying corpses and gaping wounds and simply can't convey the terrific stench.
Urgent but mundane needs for food, water, clothing and sanitary facilities get short shrift compared to the more theatrical drama of searching for a lost child or discovering that predictions of such an event made years earlier had been ignored. In fact, Morgan designates only a few of his fictional characters to represent the hundreds of thousands of tourists and natives who bore the brunt of the suffering. The rest are journalists, aid workers, government officials and resort executives.
The story given the most attention is that of vacationers Ian Carter (Chiwetel Ejiofor) and his wife, Susie (Sophie Okonedo). When the tsunami strikes, she's in scuba gear and completely oblivious. He's ashore with no time to escape. When the wave hits, he clings to their 6-year-old daughter but can't hold on. He sees her grab high on a palm tree and can only hope she saved herself.
Gina McKee plays another vacationer, Kim Peabody, who loses her husband and then fights British bureaucracy to get an injured son evacuated to the U.K. Representing the native population is Than (Samrit Machielsen), a Thai waiter whose entire small village is destroyed and whose family perishes.
To provide more perspectives, journalist Nick Fraser (Tim Roth) uncovers several scandals, including plans by resorts to rebuild along fault lines, adding to their properties the land that had belonged to the villagers. That should evoke anger, but compared to the pain and loss of the survivors, it seems like more of a distraction.
The first half of the miniseries plods a bit, weighted down with scenes depicting the impact of the disaster. The second night is more gripping and filled with memorable confrontations and conflicts. Performances are uniformly excellent, particularly those by Ejiofor and Okonedo. The film was shot on location in Bangkok and the formerly ravaged areas of Phuket and Khao Lak in Thailand, lending even greater authenticity to the production design.
TSUNAMI: THE AFTERMATH
HBO
Kudos in association with HBO Films and the BBC
Credits:
Executive producers: Jane Featherstone, Derek Wax, Abi Morgan
Producer: Finola Dwyer
Director: Bharat Nalluri
Teleplay: Abi Morgan
Director of photography: John de Borman
Production designer: Richard Bridgland
Editor: Barney Pilling
Music: Alex Heffes
Set designer: Peter Walpole
Casting: Suzanne Crowley, Gilly Poole, Christine King
Cast:
Nick Fraser: Tim Roth
Ian Carter: Chiwetel Ejiofor
Susie Carter: Sophie Okonedo
Tony Whittaker: Hugh Bonneville
Kim Peabody: Gina McKee
Than: Samrit Machielsen
Kathy Graham: Toni Collette
Ellen Webb: Kate Ashfield
Chai: Will Yun Lee
Pravat Meeko: Grirggiat Punpiputt...
No film can hope to capture the entire disaster, but Abi Morgan's teleplay and Bharat Nalluri's direction provide a palpable sense of the human misery. The miniseries traces the lives of about a half-dozen individuals in the days after the tsunami. Despite obvious and admirable efforts to replicate the devastation, confusion, desperation and bitterness, you still get the feeling that this production has been sanitized for your protection. Nalluri directs the camera away from most of the ugliness of decaying corpses and gaping wounds and simply can't convey the terrific stench.
Urgent but mundane needs for food, water, clothing and sanitary facilities get short shrift compared to the more theatrical drama of searching for a lost child or discovering that predictions of such an event made years earlier had been ignored. In fact, Morgan designates only a few of his fictional characters to represent the hundreds of thousands of tourists and natives who bore the brunt of the suffering. The rest are journalists, aid workers, government officials and resort executives.
The story given the most attention is that of vacationers Ian Carter (Chiwetel Ejiofor) and his wife, Susie (Sophie Okonedo). When the tsunami strikes, she's in scuba gear and completely oblivious. He's ashore with no time to escape. When the wave hits, he clings to their 6-year-old daughter but can't hold on. He sees her grab high on a palm tree and can only hope she saved herself.
Gina McKee plays another vacationer, Kim Peabody, who loses her husband and then fights British bureaucracy to get an injured son evacuated to the U.K. Representing the native population is Than (Samrit Machielsen), a Thai waiter whose entire small village is destroyed and whose family perishes.
To provide more perspectives, journalist Nick Fraser (Tim Roth) uncovers several scandals, including plans by resorts to rebuild along fault lines, adding to their properties the land that had belonged to the villagers. That should evoke anger, but compared to the pain and loss of the survivors, it seems like more of a distraction.
The first half of the miniseries plods a bit, weighted down with scenes depicting the impact of the disaster. The second night is more gripping and filled with memorable confrontations and conflicts. Performances are uniformly excellent, particularly those by Ejiofor and Okonedo. The film was shot on location in Bangkok and the formerly ravaged areas of Phuket and Khao Lak in Thailand, lending even greater authenticity to the production design.
TSUNAMI: THE AFTERMATH
HBO
Kudos in association with HBO Films and the BBC
Credits:
Executive producers: Jane Featherstone, Derek Wax, Abi Morgan
Producer: Finola Dwyer
Director: Bharat Nalluri
Teleplay: Abi Morgan
Director of photography: John de Borman
Production designer: Richard Bridgland
Editor: Barney Pilling
Music: Alex Heffes
Set designer: Peter Walpole
Casting: Suzanne Crowley, Gilly Poole, Christine King
Cast:
Nick Fraser: Tim Roth
Ian Carter: Chiwetel Ejiofor
Susie Carter: Sophie Okonedo
Tony Whittaker: Hugh Bonneville
Kim Peabody: Gina McKee
Than: Samrit Machielsen
Kathy Graham: Toni Collette
Ellen Webb: Kate Ashfield
Chai: Will Yun Lee
Pravat Meeko: Grirggiat Punpiputt...
- 12/7/2006
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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