BBC Three Mops Up Tidying Competition Format ‘Fight Dirty’ From Banijay’s Fizz – Edinburgh
Posted on Wednesday August 21, 2019

The Brits have long cooked up food competition formats and tended to gardening battles, now cleaning the house is set to make it to the small screen. BBC Three, the British public broadcaster’s youth-skewing network, has commissioned Fight Dirty from production company Fizz, which is part of Banijay’s RDF and Northern Irish indie Nice One. […]

‘Madam CJ Walker’: Bill Bellamy Joins Netflix Limited Series
Posted on Wednesday August 21, 2019

Bill Bellamy (Def Comedy Jam, Insecure) has joined the cast of Madam CJ Walker, a four-part limited series starring and executive produced by Oscar winner Octavia Spencer and executive produced by LeBron James. It’s slated for premiere in 2020. Written by Janine Sherman Barrois, Elle Johnson and Nicole Jefferson Asher, Madam CJ Walker tells the […]

Netflix Will See Some Erosion As Streaming Rivals Come Online, Study Predicts
Posted on Wednesday August 21, 2019

While it remains the dominant force in streaming, Netflix has seen its market share erode slightly in a trend that is likely to continue, research firm eMarketer predicts. In a new forecast issued Wednesday, the firm said Netflix’s U.S. viewership is currently 55.3% of the population, or 182.5 million people. The viewership figure is an […]

Simon Pegg & Nick Frost’s Stolen Picture To Produce Sara Pascoe Sitcom For BBC Two – Edinburgh
Posted on Wednesday August 21, 2019

Simon Pegg and Nick Frost are to produce a sitcom for the BBC starring British comedian Sara Pascoe. The pair’s Stolen Picture banner, which is backed by Sony Pictures Television is behind the untitled six-part series for BBC Two. It is their latest TV commission since forming the production company, after Deadline revealed that they […]

‘Doctor Who’s Peter Capaldi To Star In BBC Ghost Story ‘Martin’s Close’ From ‘Sherlock’s Mark Gatiss – Edinburgh
Posted on Wednesday August 21, 2019

Peter Capaldi is to star in a Mark Gatiss-penned ghost story for the BBC. The Doctor Who star is to feature in Martin’s Close, an adaptation of the M.R. James story, for BBC Four alongside Wilf Scolding, Simon Williams, Sara Crowe, Fisayo Akinade and Elliot Levey. Written by Doctor Who and Sherlock writer Gatiss, who […]