Following the success of Eric Ravilious – Drawn To War, Foxtrot Films, led by BAFTA award winning Writer/Director/Producer Margy Kinmonth and Emmy Award winning Producer/Executive Producer Maureen Murray, is in production on a new Sky Original feature documentary: Women at War – The Invisible Army. The film will open theatrically internationally and then air on […]
The rights to hit novel 29 Seconds, written by ‘Master of the up-all-night thriller’ T.M. Logan, have been snapped up by Big Light Productions. The Leonardo producer, founded by award-winning writer and producer Frank Spotnitz (Devils, Medici, The Man in the High Castle, The X-Files), will develop the thriller into a limited drama series, as part of their first look deal with Tomorrow Studios, an […]
Paramount+ has released a series of teaser images, giving the first glimpse of Annabel Scholey, Jack Farthing and Luke Treadaway in their lead roles in new original UK drama series The Serial Killer’s Wife. Angela Griffin (Waterloo Road, Crime, The Suspect) is also seen for the first time as DI Aline Edgeworth, someone deeply driven to […]
Brtiain’s Human Zoos (1 x 60”), a docu-series from new independent production company, Red Bicycle, has been commissioned by Channel 4. Fronted by acclaimed Somali-British author Nadifa Mohamed – Booker Prize shortlisted for her most recent novel, The Fortune Men – the film pulls back the curtain on one of Victorian Britain’s most scandalous, yet […]
West Midlands based production company Checklist Films has secured the rights to the pre-published historical novel, The Iron Rose, written by Keith Thomas, which chronicles the dramatic life of iron and steel pioneer Robert Forester Mushet during Britain’s Industrial Revolution. Created by Keith Thomas, with the screenplay written by John F. McDonald (The Traveller), the […]
Sky Sports has announced partnerships with ten content creators selected for the New Focus Fund, a new project launched through a selection process in July, designed to uncover fresh talent in sports content creation. The successful finalists are Beno Obano; Damilola Oluokun; Danielle Sellwood; Geoff Small; Michael Gunning; Mordecai Attoh; Nelson Adeosun in a creative […]
In a concerted effort to promote a more inclusive and diverse British film and television industry, the National Film and Television School (NFTS) has announce the launch of a new UK writers development programme, in partnership with Left Bank Pictures. Kicking off from March 2024, the newly formed NFTS Diverse Writers Development Programme will select […]
Crackit Productions has been commissioned by Channel 5 to produce a new hi-octane police series, Police 999: Clear & Present Danger (working title). The new 6 x 60 part series takes viewers into the heart of modern-day policing in Britain. With access to shocking bodycam footage, the series steps into the shoes of officers on the frontline to get a unique understanding of the most extreme incidents police officers face on the streets […]
Channel 5 has ordered a new 3 x 60’ part series which reveals the incredible way bodies work in Wonders of the Human Body, produced by Glasgow production company Storyboard Studios. The three-part series will be presented by health guru and science journalist Dr Michael Mosley as he sets out to decode the marvel of design and engineering […]
Wes Anderson’s latest film, The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar chose to shoot at Maidstone Studios throughout 2022. This new 39-minute adaption is the second Roald Dahl to be directed by Anderson and is shot entirely in Kent. The short film is faithfully adapted from an anthology of short stories contained in the 1977 collection […]