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ITV Buys UK Production Company Big Talk
The shopping spree by the production company of the UK's leading private broadcaster continues with the acquisition of Big Talk, the producer of such award-winning comedy series as Rev for the BBC,...
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ITV Revenues Up 11% To $871M; Boss Downplays Nordic Acquisition Chatter
UPDATE, TUESDAY AM: ITV has been on a shopping spree this year with its most recent acquisition, Britain's Big Talk Productions, announced just last Friday. But ITV chief Adam Crozier told reporters on...
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Comedy Central Int’l Moves Ahead With ‘Brotherhood’ Sitcom From UK’s Big Talk
As part of Comedy Central International's initiative to commission multi-camera sitcoms for a global audience, the Viacom-owned broadcaster is going into production on UK series Brotherhood, the first...
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ITV Reheats ‘Cold Feet’ With Original Cast, Orders Hospital & Supernatural...
Among a trio of new series orders by ITV is the revival of BAFTA-winning comedy Cold Feet. The story of three couples that was a critical and ratings hit for ITV from 1997-2003 will reunite stars James...
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Courteney Cox Comedy ‘Truthing’ In Development At ITV With UK’s Big Talk
EXCLUSIVE: Courteney Cox is teaming with UK producer Big Talk and leading commercial broadcaster ITV on a new comedy project, Truthing. I’ve learned that while this is in the early stages, the plan...
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ITV Predicts 7% Q4 Ad Drop Due To “Political And Economic Uncertainty”
British commercial broadcaster ITV, the home of shows like The Voice and and The X Factor, said it's expecting a 7% year-on-year drop in fourth-quarter ad revenues due to increasingly cautious...
View ArticleWorking Title Boards Satirical Novel ‘My Sister The Serial Killer’
EXCLUSIVE: UK production dynamo Working Title has optioned slasher satire My Sister The Serial Killer with a view to turning the upcoming book into a feature, I understand. The debut novel of Nigerian...
View Article‘Back’&‘Mum’ Producer Big Talk Productions Adapting ‘Amaka’ Crime Novels From...
EXCLUSIVE: Back and Mum producer Big Talk Productions is adapting a series of crime novels from Nigerian author Leye Adenle for the small-screen. The ITV-backed producer has optioned the Amaka in...
View ArticleThe Brit List TV 2019: Projects From Big Talk, Warp Films & NBCU-Backed...
Drama projects from The Young Offenders writer Karen Cogan, Mum producer Big Talk, The Virtues producer Warp Films and NBCUniversal-backed Heyday Television lead the Brit List: TV 2019, the UK...
View Article‘Mum’ Producer Big Talk &‘Ray Donovan’ Writer Sean Conway To Adapt Tade...
EXCLUSIVE: Mum producer Big Talk and Ray Donovan writer Sean Conway are to adapt Tade Thompson’s African noir novel Making Wolf for television. The ITV-owned producer and the British writer are working...
View ArticleAmazon & BBC Team On ‘The Offenders’ From ‘The Office’ Co-Creator Stephen...
EXCLUSIVE: Amazon has partnered with the BBC on a British comedy drama created by The Office co-creator Stephen Merchant and Mayans M.C. co-creator Elgin James. The SVOD service and the British public...
View ArticleChristopher Walken Paints Over Real Banksy Graffiti Work In ‘The Outlaws’ Finale
Christopher Walken deliberately painted over a Banksy graffiti piece in the final episode of The Outlaws, a spokesperson for the BBC/Amazon show has confirmed. The finale of Big Talk’s six-parter aired...
View Article‘The Outlaws’ Producer Big Talk Lands UKTV Alien Drama From ‘Ghosts’ Stars...
EXCLUSIVE: The Outlaws producer Big Talk has secured a two-hour UKTV feature about aliens invading the Earth from Ghosts’ Laurence Rickard and Ben Willbond. Airing next year on Dave, We Are Not Alone...
View ArticleArrow International Media Creates Heads Of Production; BossaNova Unveils...
Arrow International Media Creates Head Of Production Posts American Monster producer Arrow Media has promoted Stephanie Mavropoulos and Carrie Pennifer to joint Heads Of Production posts. Reporting to...
View ArticleAmazon Freevee Hands Straight-To-Series Order To U.S. Remake Of British...
EXCLUSIVE: Friday Night Dinner is coming to the U.S. Amazon Freevee has handed a straight-to-series order to Dinner with the Parents, a remake of the long-running British comedy, which comes from...
View Article‘The Outlaws’ Producer Big Talk Developing Debut TV Thriller About...
EXCLUSIVE: The Outlaws producer Big Talk Studios is developing its first TV thriller, a high-stakes series about a drug-smuggling submarine. Big Talk boss Kenton Allen described Vulture as a cross...
View ArticleSky Studios Developing Medieval Essex Comedy ‘Welcome To England’ From ‘The...
EXCLUSIVE: Sky Studios has put in development a comedy series about medieval Essex from The Great writer Ava Pickett and Big Talk Studios. Pickett, who is also penning the BBC’s Prêt-à-Porter...
View Article‘The Crown’&‘Doctor Who’ Producers Developing Lower-Budget Slates In Response...
EXCLUSIVE: Some of the biggest UK drama production houses have started developing lower-budget slates in response to a depleted market and the success of local stories such as Mr Bates vs the Post...
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