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Ollie Madden Exiting Film4/Channel 4 To Join Netflix As Director Of UK Film; Farhana Bhula & Gwawr Lloyd Upped At UK Broadcaster
[ad_1] Ollie Madden, Director of Film4 and Channel 4 Drama, is leaving the broadcaster after an eight-year stint to join Netflix as Director Of UK Film. The news was relayed...
Israeli Army Stops Press Tour Of Oscar-Winning ‘No Other Land’ Villages
[ad_1] Israeli soldiers stopped international journalists from entering villages in the West Bank featured in the Oscar-winning documentary No Other Land, during a press tour on Monday organised by co-directors...
Channel 4 Boss Alex Mahon Hits Back At “Excitable” Wayne Garvie’s Criticism Of In-House Plan
[ad_1] A row has broken out between top execs at today’s Deloitte Conference, with departing Channel 4 boss Alex Mahon refusing to take Sony international chief Wayne Garvie’s criticism lying...
“Dramatic Shift In Commissioning” Could Be Problem For British TV Industry, Says Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy
[ad_1] A “dramatic shift in TV commissioning” has seen the UK become a world leader in high-end drama while the value of smaller shows plummets, according to Culture Secretary Lisa...
UK Agency The Partnership Group Takes Majority Stakes In Sayle Screen & Sara Putt Associates
[ad_1] EXCLUSIVE: The Partnership Group, the UK agency with clients including Emily Blunt and Idris Elba, has doubled down on its stakes in Sayle Screen and Sara Putt Associates. The...
Netflix EMEA Chief Puts ‘Mr Bates’ Debate To Bed: “We Absolutely Would Have Commissioned It In The UK”
[ad_1] Netflix EMEA boss Larry Tanz has put the Mr Bates vs the Post Office debate to bed. That debate over whether a streamer would have commissioned a local show...
Sony’s Wayne Garvie Roasts “Ridiculous” Channel 4 In-House Plan: “It Could Be Potentially Disastrous”
[ad_1] The new Channel 4 in-house productions biz is “preposterous,” “ridiculous” and “potentially disastrous” for the nation’s irreverent public broadcaster, according to Sony international boss Wayne Garvie. Garvie did not...
Karlovy Vary Unveils Competition Lineup & Jury Members Including ‘Roma’ Producer Nicolás Celis & Filmmaker Babak Jalali
[ad_1] The Karlovy Vary International Film Festival has unveiled its official selection and jury members for the upcoming 59th edition of the upcoming festival. It has announced 11 titles from...
BBC Director General Floats Concerning Vision Of Future Where “People Don’t Care” About Nation’s Oldest Public Broadcaster
[ad_1] The BBC makes the UK front pages almost every day but Director General Tim Davie isn’t so worried about that. Instead, he floated a more worrying vision of the...
‘Flight 149’ Director Hopes Evidence Uncovered During Filming Will Help Hostages Win Legal Case Against UK Government & British Airways
[ad_1] EXCLUSIVE: The director of Sky‘s Flight 149: Hostage of War about one of the darkest events of the Gulf War hopes the doc will help a group of former...
Spotify Signs Dua Lipa Podcast ‘Service95 Book Club’
[ad_1] EXCLUSIVE: Spotify has scored a coup by signing pop star Dua Lipa‘s Service95 Book Club podcast. From 10 June, 2025, the music streamer will make episodes of the author...
Breaking Baz: ‘Outlander’s’ Sam Heughan Set For Murderous Reign As ‘Macbeth’ In Royal Shakespeare Company Debut
[ad_1] EXCLUSIVE: Outlander star Sam Heughan will star as the murderous tyrant in Macbeth, marking his debut with the Royal Shakespeare Company, and he tells Deadline that returning to the stage for the first...