BBC Director General Tony Hall To Step Down This Summer
Posted on Monday January 20, 2020

BBC director general Tony Hall is stepping down this summer after seven years leading the British broadcaster. Hall was appointed by the BBC in November 2012, but did not take up the role until April 2013, when he joined from the Royal Opera House. A small circle of top BBC executives have known about his […]

Frank Spotnitz’s Big Light Productions Hires Third Writing Apprentice
Posted on Monday January 20, 2020

EXCLUSIVE: Frank Spotnitz’s Big Light Productions has continued its writing apprenticeship scheme into its third year, providing a two-month paid placement for Macedonian writer and director Eleonora Veninova. Veninova will go to work in Big Light’s London office, observing its writers’ room and working alongside Spotnitz and creative director Emily Feller. Big Light is currently […]

‘Murder Mystery’s Luke Evans To Lead ITV Drama ‘The Pembrokeshire Murders’ From ‘Bodyguard’ Producer World
Posted on Monday January 20, 2020

EXCLUSIVE: Murder Mystery and The Alienist star Luke Evans is to lead an ITV crime drama from Bodyguard producer World Productions. The actor, who also starred in The Fate of the Furious, will play police officer Steve Wilkins in The Pembrokeshire Murders. The three-part series, which depicts the pursuit of a cold-blooded serial killer, is […]

Channel 5 Gets Access To Meghan Markle’s Father Thomas Markle For Feature-Length Documentary
Posted on Monday January 20, 2020

ViacomCBS’s UK broadcaster Channel 5 has secured access to Meghan Markle’s father Thomas Markle for feature-length documentary Thomas Markle: My Story. Producer Alaska TV spent six days with Markle at a time when his daughter and her husband, Prince Harry, have taken the extraordinary decision to step away from the British royal family. The film […]

UK Producer Two Rivers Media Breaks Away From Trouble-Hit Kew Media
Posted on Monday January 20, 2020

Two Rivers Media, the UK production outfit founded by former STV Productions chief Alan Clements, has broken away from Kew Media just a year after taking investment from the beleaguered Canadian company. Two Rivers’ other backers, Channel 4 and Scottish media bank Noble Grossart, funded the buyout of Kew’s stake, meaning they have increased their […]