5+ day, 29+ min ago   (675+ words) UK creative industries trade body Bectu has described public service broadcaster (PSB) Channel 4’s decision to axe 340 jobs as “deeply worrying” for a television industry already in a state of turmoil. As widely reported earlier this week, C4 CEO Priya Dogra…...

5+ day, 5+ hour ago   (272+ words) UK public service broadcaster Channel 4 is expected to make a major round of layoffs today, with staff fearing around 300 people will lose their jobs in a drive to cut costs. Sources suggest Channel 4 chief executive Priya Dogra will announce the…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (273+ words) Dafydd Llewelyn and Catrin Cooper Welsh-language pubcaster S4C has appointed experienced producer Dafydd Llewelyn as its new drama commissioner, with Catrin Cooper also joining as film commissioner. In the newly created role, Llewelyn will be responsible for ordering drama and soap…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (163+ words) Under Salt Marsh’s second season will have a different title UK pay TV broadcaster Sky has ordered a second season of crime drama Under Salt Marsh, starring Rafe Spall (The English, The Salisbury Poisonings). From creator, writer and director Claire…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (99+ words) C21media UK’s 5 greenlights drama-inspired doc Life Support Life Support comes from Brinkworth Productions NEWS BRIEF: UK broadcaster 5 has commissioned Life Support (working title), which it describes as “a pioneering reinvention” of the hospital access documentary, offering “the emotional intensity of scripted…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (572+ words) Clockwise from top left: Siena Kelly, Connor Swindells, Anthony Boyle and Sophie Wilde Production is underway on a “provocative” Sky drama about infidelity from Working Title Television and Story Films, in association with Universal Global Television and Sky Studios. Anthony…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (257+ words) BBC Studios (BBCS) Australia Productions and Tony Ayres (The Slap, Nowhere Boys) are in development on an adaptation of Australian author Peter Carey’s 1981 novel Bliss. The novel, which was Carey’s first and was turned into a feature film in 1985, tells…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (253+ words) Brooke Shields (left) and Amalia Williamson in You’re Killing Me Broadcasters in Europe, Australia and the Middle East and North Africa have acquired the first season of murder-mystery series You’re Killing Me, starring Brooke Shields, from Dynamic Television. The 6×60′ drama,…...

3+ week, 4+ hour ago   (1166+ words) The Chase breaks out of the studio and into the real world, as eight pairs battle it out in a global treasure hunt, using trivia-based clues to work out where to go next. The more they know, the further they…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (230+ words) Complicit is written and created by Caroline Carver UK public service broadcaster Channel 4 has acquired a new six-part murder mystery from ITV Studios’ Tall Story Pictures and Metropolitan Pictures. Complicit, written and created by Caroline Carver (The Bay, Grace), peers…...