The BBC has confirmed the appointment of Tom Fussell as CEO of BBC Studios, the BBC’s commercial production and distribution arm. Fussell will also be a member of the BBC’s Executive Committee. Fussell has held the post of interim CEO since September 2020, overseeing BBC Studios’ global delivery of strategy and performance alongside its response […]
Sky Studios and DBK Studios are partnering for a series of short films to air on Sky Arts that nurture talent from Black and other diverse backgrounds. The initiative looks to increase and develop the representation of the Black community and empower up and coming creatives to tell their stories from an authentic perspective. Unearthed […]
For the first time in British television history, the country’s soaps and continuing dramas have joined forces to highlight the issue of climate change and environmental issues. Casualty, Coronation Street, Doctors, EastEnders, Emmerdale, Holby City and Hollyoaks have each filmed scenes, or have references, to cover different aspects of climate change and, in a soap […]
Prince William will talk climate change with BBC Newscast’s Adam Fleming at Kensington Palace, ahead of the inaugural Earthshot Prize Ceremony – the prestigious environmental awards aiming to find solutions to the biggest challenges facing our planet. The TV and podcast interview will be broadcast on October 14th and consists of a thirty minute, one-to-one […]
Rock band, Foals, have joined forces with Hans Zimmer’s critically acclaimed film and TV music scoring company, Bleeding Fingers, to record an exclusive and unique new version of their seminal single, Neptune. The piece will feature as the title track for the forthcoming BBC Studios Science Unit landmark TV series Universe, which premieres globally on […]
Pluto TV, the free streaming television service, has announced a partnership with BBC Studios that brings three new channels to the streaming service across the five European countries of Germany, Switzerland, Austria (GSA), France and Spain. In France, audiences can now enjoy a new Doctor Who channel, which features the first 10 seasons of the BBC action-adventure […]
BritBox UK, The Format Factory and Anderson Entertainment announced today a new and exclusive documentary. Gerry Anderson: A Life Uncharted is in production and will be launched on BritBox on 14th April 2022. A national treasure, Gerry Anderson’s career spanned 60 years, and he created some of the world’s most beloved children’s television series including […]
Rights body PRS for Music, which represents over 155,000 songwriters, composers, and music publishers, has agreed a new five-year music licence deal with the BBC. Offering the broadest range of music rights possible, the new licence covers the BBC’s full suite of services including, television, radio, iPlayer, and Sounds in the UK, as well as […]
Mindhouse Productions, the brainchild of film-makers, Louis Theroux, Arron Fellows and Nancy Strang, has appointed Barnaby Coughlin as its new Head of Popular Factual. Coughlin, formerly Head of Factual Entertainment at Label 1, has been brought in to expand the popular factual and factual entertainment division. Reporting directly to Mindhouse founders Louis Theroux, Arron Fellows and Nancy Strang, Coughlin will be responsible for developing […]
Vigil is UK television’s most watched new drama launch in three years, 30-day viewing data has revealed. The six-part submarine thriller’s first episode – made for the BBC by World Productions – attracted an audience of 13.4 million viewers, making it the highest rated new drama launch across all UK channels since Bodyguard back in […]