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Soumya Sriraman, the former BritBox CEO who joined Amazon to lead its Prime Video Channels business in the U.S., is stepping down after two years at the SVOD.
Sources indicate the executive is still at Amazon but will be leaving imminently for another role elsewhere.
Sriraman is best known for her work pioneering the best-of-British streaming service BritBox in the U.S., where she is based. The SVOD launched there in 2017 and quickly reached 250,000 subscribers in one year. By the time Sriraman departed, in October 2020, the service had more than 1.5 million subscribers. The successful U.S. launch allowed joint operators BBC Studios and ITV to expand the brand to other markets, including Australia and Canada.
As head of BritBox, Sriraman was responsible for commissioning and executive producing several shows, including “The Bletchley Circle: San Francisco” with Rachel Stirling and Julie Graham, and “There She Goes,” starring David Tennant and Jessica Hynes,...
Sources indicate the executive is still at Amazon but will be leaving imminently for another role elsewhere.
Sriraman is best known for her work pioneering the best-of-British streaming service BritBox in the U.S., where she is based. The SVOD launched there in 2017 and quickly reached 250,000 subscribers in one year. By the time Sriraman departed, in October 2020, the service had more than 1.5 million subscribers. The successful U.S. launch allowed joint operators BBC Studios and ITV to expand the brand to other markets, including Australia and Canada.
As head of BritBox, Sriraman was responsible for commissioning and executive producing several shows, including “The Bletchley Circle: San Francisco” with Rachel Stirling and Julie Graham, and “There She Goes,” starring David Tennant and Jessica Hynes,...
- 8/24/2022
- by Manori Ravindran
- Variety Film + TV
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Exclusive: Iman Benson (Alexa & Katie), Larsen Thompson (Boléro) William B. Davis (The X-Files), Crystal Balint (The Bletchley Circle: San Francisco) and Patricia Drake (The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants) have joined the cast of Netflix’s The Midnight Club, a 10-episode horror series from Mike Flanagan and Leah Fong, based on the creative works of bestselling author Christopher Pike. The series hails from Flanagan and Trevor Macy’s Intrepid Pictures, which has been under a deal with Netflix since 2019.
Pike’s The Midnight Club book was published by Simon and Schuster in 1994. It is set at Rotterdam Home, a hospice where teenagers with terminal illnesses went to die. The book revolves a group of five young men and women who met at midnight and told stories of intrigue and horror. One night they made a pact that the first of them to die would make every effort to contact the others from beyond the grave.
Pike’s The Midnight Club book was published by Simon and Schuster in 1994. It is set at Rotterdam Home, a hospice where teenagers with terminal illnesses went to die. The book revolves a group of five young men and women who met at midnight and told stories of intrigue and horror. One night they made a pact that the first of them to die would make every effort to contact the others from beyond the grave.
- 4/13/2021
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
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Exclusive: Here’s a biggie: House and The Night Manager star Hugh Laurie has signed up to write, direct, and executive produce an adaptation of Agatha Christie novel Why Didn’t They Ask Evans? for BritBox in North America.
The three-part limited series represents the BBC Studios and ITV-owned streamer’s biggest U.S. commission to date, and the project will be housed at Mammoth Screen, the Christie specialist behind recent adaptations of And Then There Were None and The ABC Murders, starring John Malkovich.
Laurie has been enamored with Why Didn’t They Ask Evans? since he was a child and the book, first published in 1934, tells the story Bobby Jones and his socialite friend Lady Frances Derwent, who discover a dying man while hunting for a golf ball.
Jones and Derwent turn amateur sleuths as they seek to unravel the mystery of the man, who has the picture of...
The three-part limited series represents the BBC Studios and ITV-owned streamer’s biggest U.S. commission to date, and the project will be housed at Mammoth Screen, the Christie specialist behind recent adaptations of And Then There Were None and The ABC Murders, starring John Malkovich.
Laurie has been enamored with Why Didn’t They Ask Evans? since he was a child and the book, first published in 1934, tells the story Bobby Jones and his socialite friend Lady Frances Derwent, who discover a dying man while hunting for a golf ball.
Jones and Derwent turn amateur sleuths as they seek to unravel the mystery of the man, who has the picture of...
- 4/12/2021
- by Jake Kanter
- Deadline Film + TV
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ITV executive Reemah Sakaan has been handed the reins to the international roll-out of BritBox, the BBC and ITV-backed SVOD service specializing in British content.
Sakaan will serve as CEO of BritBox International, overseeing the expansion of the service into 25 countries worldwide. She was previously group director of ITV SVOD, managing the launch of BritBox in the U.K., as well as chief brand and creative officer for BritBox Global, where she has been responsible for the editorial and marketing activities for BritBox internationally.
The BritBox international management team, including Moira Hogan, country manager for Australia, and Emily Powers, executive VP and head of BritBox North America, will both report into Sakaan. Set to start in April, Sakaan will lead a team of around 100.
BritBox first launched in North America in March 2017, and surpassed 1.5 million subscribers last fall. In the U.K., BritBox launched in November 2019, followed by Australia a year later,...
Sakaan will serve as CEO of BritBox International, overseeing the expansion of the service into 25 countries worldwide. She was previously group director of ITV SVOD, managing the launch of BritBox in the U.K., as well as chief brand and creative officer for BritBox Global, where she has been responsible for the editorial and marketing activities for BritBox internationally.
The BritBox international management team, including Moira Hogan, country manager for Australia, and Emily Powers, executive VP and head of BritBox North America, will both report into Sakaan. Set to start in April, Sakaan will lead a team of around 100.
BritBox first launched in North America in March 2017, and surpassed 1.5 million subscribers last fall. In the U.K., BritBox launched in November 2019, followed by Australia a year later,...
- 2/24/2021
- by Manori Ravindran
- Variety Film + TV
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Soumya Sriraman, after stepping down as president and CEO of streaming service BritBox, is joining tech giant Amazon as head of its U.S. Prime Video Channels business.
Earlier this month, it was announced that Sriraman would leave BritBox, a joint venture of BBC Studios and ITV, at the end of October. Amazon’s hire of Srirman was first reported by Deadline.
Amazon offers Prime members the option to subscribe to multiple live TV services through Prime Video Channels, which in the U.S. include HBO, Showtime, Starz, AMC Plus, BET Plus and CBS All Access, which first launched on Prime more than two years ago. Amazon’s video entertainment business is overseen by Mike Hopkins, former Sony Pictures Television chairman who joined the company as senior VP of Prime Video and Amazon Studios in February.
BritBox, launched in 2017, now counts more than 1.5 million subscribers for the streaming service stocked with British TV programming.
Earlier this month, it was announced that Sriraman would leave BritBox, a joint venture of BBC Studios and ITV, at the end of October. Amazon’s hire of Srirman was first reported by Deadline.
Amazon offers Prime members the option to subscribe to multiple live TV services through Prime Video Channels, which in the U.S. include HBO, Showtime, Starz, AMC Plus, BET Plus and CBS All Access, which first launched on Prime more than two years ago. Amazon’s video entertainment business is overseen by Mike Hopkins, former Sony Pictures Television chairman who joined the company as senior VP of Prime Video and Amazon Studios in February.
BritBox, launched in 2017, now counts more than 1.5 million subscribers for the streaming service stocked with British TV programming.
- 10/29/2020
- by Todd Spangler
- Variety Film + TV
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Amazon has hired former BritBox CEO Soumya Sriraman to head up its Prime Video Channels business in the United States.
Prime Video Channels is the subscription service from Amazon that offers access to other streaming services, like HBO Now (but not HBO Max), Showtime, Starz, PBS and CBS All Access. It is separate from Amazon Studios. Sriraman replaces Daniel Brown, who ran the Prime Video Channels (U.S.) unit for the past two years. He has since moved up to a role with Amazon corporate in September.
One of her first orders of business for Amazon will be working to cut a deal to carry HBO Max; Amazon and Roku remain the two major platforms that do not have an app for the WarnerMedia streaming service.
Sriraman stepped down as president and CEO of BritBox, the BBC Studios- and ITV-owned North American streaming service, earlier this month. She...
Prime Video Channels is the subscription service from Amazon that offers access to other streaming services, like HBO Now (but not HBO Max), Showtime, Starz, PBS and CBS All Access. It is separate from Amazon Studios. Sriraman replaces Daniel Brown, who ran the Prime Video Channels (U.S.) unit for the past two years. He has since moved up to a role with Amazon corporate in September.
One of her first orders of business for Amazon will be working to cut a deal to carry HBO Max; Amazon and Roku remain the two major platforms that do not have an app for the WarnerMedia streaming service.
Sriraman stepped down as president and CEO of BritBox, the BBC Studios- and ITV-owned North American streaming service, earlier this month. She...
- 10/28/2020
- by Tim Baysinger
- The Wrap
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Exclusive: Soumya Sriraman, who stepped down as President and CEO of BritBox this month, is joining another streamer. Sriraman has been named Head of Amazon’s Prime Video Channels in the US.
She will overseeing the division of Prime Video that offers U.S. Prime members access to channels like HBO, Showtime, Starz, PBS and CBS All Access. Sriraman replaces Daniel Brown who ran the Prime Video Channels (US) unit for two years before segueing to a job at parent Amazon in September.
On Oct. 6, BritBox announced that Sriraman will leave the North American streamer at the end of this month. Her departure comes as the service, which is jointly operated by BBC Studios and ITV, hit 1.5M subscribers.
Sriraman was named President and CEO of BritBox in February 2017, having previously been EVP Franchise and Digital Enterprises at BBC Studios – Americas.
She was responsible for commissioning and executive producing several shows for the platform,...
She will overseeing the division of Prime Video that offers U.S. Prime members access to channels like HBO, Showtime, Starz, PBS and CBS All Access. Sriraman replaces Daniel Brown who ran the Prime Video Channels (US) unit for two years before segueing to a job at parent Amazon in September.
On Oct. 6, BritBox announced that Sriraman will leave the North American streamer at the end of this month. Her departure comes as the service, which is jointly operated by BBC Studios and ITV, hit 1.5M subscribers.
Sriraman was named President and CEO of BritBox in February 2017, having previously been EVP Franchise and Digital Enterprises at BBC Studios – Americas.
She was responsible for commissioning and executive producing several shows for the platform,...
- 10/28/2020
- by Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
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New leadership for the service will be announced in the coming weeks.
BritBox CEO Soumya Sriraman is stepping down from her role as president and CEO for US and Canada at the end of the month.
New York-based Sriraman has built the joint venture that is 50%-owned by each of BBC Studio and ITV to more than 1.5m subscribers and had been focusing on original commissioning, co-productions, and international expansion.
New leadership for the service will be announced in the coming weeks.
Sriraman has been responsible for commissioning and serving as executive producer on several shows for the service, including...
BritBox CEO Soumya Sriraman is stepping down from her role as president and CEO for US and Canada at the end of the month.
New York-based Sriraman has built the joint venture that is 50%-owned by each of BBC Studio and ITV to more than 1.5m subscribers and had been focusing on original commissioning, co-productions, and international expansion.
New leadership for the service will be announced in the coming weeks.
Sriraman has been responsible for commissioning and serving as executive producer on several shows for the service, including...
- 10/6/2020
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
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Soumya Sriraman is stepping down as president and CEO of the BBC Studios- and ITV-owned North American streaming service BritBox at the end of this month, the companies announced Tuesday. BBC Studios and ITV say they plan to announce “new leadership” for the British content SVOD “in the coming weeks.” Along with the announcement of Sriraman’s exit, BritBox revealed it has hit 1.5 million subscribers to date, which the streaming service attributes to its outgoing president and CEO’s leadership, calling her a “key architect in building and launching” the platform. Per BBC Studios and ITV, “The service has exceeded all company targets and remains the fastest-growing targeted stand-alone SVOD service to have launched in the last three years – distinguishing itself as the definitive home for the best of British television across all genres. Moreover, under her leadership, the success of the U.S and Canada service has...
- 10/6/2020
- by Jennifer Maas
- The Wrap
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Soumya Sriraman has stepped down as President and CEO of North American streamer BritBox. She will leave the platform at the end of the month with new leadership to be announced in the “coming weeks.”
No reason was given for Sriraman’s decision to step down. It comes as the service, which is jointly operated by BBC Studios and ITV, hit 1.5M subscribers.
She has been President and CEO of the company since February 2017, having previously been EVP Franchise and Digital Enterprises at BBC Studios – Americas.
Sriraman was responsible for commissioning and executive producing several shows for the service, including The Bletchley Circle: San Francisco with Rachel Stirling and Julie Graham, and There She Goes, starring David Tennant and Jessica Hynes.
“I have enjoyed writing every minute of the BritBox story — from imagining it six years ago to building and growing it,” said Sriraman. “I am so proud of my team,...
No reason was given for Sriraman’s decision to step down. It comes as the service, which is jointly operated by BBC Studios and ITV, hit 1.5M subscribers.
She has been President and CEO of the company since February 2017, having previously been EVP Franchise and Digital Enterprises at BBC Studios – Americas.
Sriraman was responsible for commissioning and executive producing several shows for the service, including The Bletchley Circle: San Francisco with Rachel Stirling and Julie Graham, and There She Goes, starring David Tennant and Jessica Hynes.
“I have enjoyed writing every minute of the BritBox story — from imagining it six years ago to building and growing it,” said Sriraman. “I am so proud of my team,...
- 10/6/2020
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
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BBC and ITV-backed streamer BritBox is finalizing plans that will see the service roll out to 25 countries worldwide, with the footprint expanding across Europe, Asia, the Middle East, South America and Africa.
This will build upon the service’s success in the U.S. and Canada, where it has surpassed one million subscribers. The platform launched in the U.K. in November, and will be available in Australia later this year.
It’s still unclear exactly what additional countries BritBox will target.
BritBox has a large collection of U.K. programming, including “Shetland,” “Vera,” “Coronation Street” and “EastEnders.” The service has also launched co-productions such as “The Bletchley Circle: San Francisco,” “The Mallorca Files,” “There She Goes” and “The Bay.” Last week, the service announced a raft of original commissions, including “A Spy Among Friends” (Sony & ITV Studios), “The Beast Must Die” (New Regency Television and Scott Free), “Crime...
This will build upon the service’s success in the U.S. and Canada, where it has surpassed one million subscribers. The platform launched in the U.K. in November, and will be available in Australia later this year.
It’s still unclear exactly what additional countries BritBox will target.
BritBox has a large collection of U.K. programming, including “Shetland,” “Vera,” “Coronation Street” and “EastEnders.” The service has also launched co-productions such as “The Bletchley Circle: San Francisco,” “The Mallorca Files,” “There She Goes” and “The Bay.” Last week, the service announced a raft of original commissions, including “A Spy Among Friends” (Sony & ITV Studios), “The Beast Must Die” (New Regency Television and Scott Free), “Crime...
- 7/27/2020
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
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Zach Gilford (The Purge: Anarchy), Kate Siegel (The Haunting of Hill House) and Hamish Linklater (Legion) are set as leads in Netflix’s Midnight Mass, a seven-episode horror series from The Haunting of Hill House‘s Mike Flanagan and Trevor Macy and their Intrepid Pictures. Annabeth Gish (The Haunting of Hill House), Michael Trucco (Hunter Killer), Samantha Sloyan (Grey’s Anatomy), Henry Thomas (The Haunting of Hill House),Rahul Abburi (Killer Ransom), Crystal Balint (The Bletchley Circle: San Francisco), Matt Biedel (Altered Carbon), Alex Essoe (Doctor Sleep), Rahul Kohli (Supergirl), Kristin Lehman (The Chronicles of Riddick), Robert Longstreet (Doctor Sleep), Igby Rigney (Blue Bloods) and Annarah Shephard round out the cast. Production on Midnight Mass will begin this spring in Vancouver, with Flanagan directing all episodes.
In Midnight Mass, an isolated island community experiences miraculous events – and frightening omens – after the arrival of a charismatic, mysterious young priest.
Character names and descriptions are not being revealed.
In Midnight Mass, an isolated island community experiences miraculous events – and frightening omens – after the arrival of a charismatic, mysterious young priest.
Character names and descriptions are not being revealed.
- 2/5/2020
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
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Exclusive: Anna Maiche (The French Teacher) is set as the narrator in Tiny Pretty Things, Netflix’s upcoming hourlong drama series based on the book by Sona Charaipotra and Dhonielle Clayton, from writer Michael MacLennan, Insurrection Media, Mojo Films and Peacock Alley.
Written by MacLennan based on the book, Tiny Pretty Things is set in the world of an elite ballet academy and charts the rise and fall of young adults who live far from their homes, each standing on the verge of greatness or ruin. As Chicago’s only elite dance school, the Archer School of Ballet serves as the company school for the city’s renowned professional company: City Works Ballet. The Archer School is an oasis for an array of dancers: rich and poor, from north and south, and a range of backgrounds. Yet they all share a rare talent and passion for dance,...
Written by MacLennan based on the book, Tiny Pretty Things is set in the world of an elite ballet academy and charts the rise and fall of young adults who live far from their homes, each standing on the verge of greatness or ruin. As Chicago’s only elite dance school, the Archer School of Ballet serves as the company school for the city’s renowned professional company: City Works Ballet. The Archer School is an oasis for an array of dancers: rich and poor, from north and south, and a range of backgrounds. Yet they all share a rare talent and passion for dance,...
- 9/20/2019
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Netflix has given a 10-episode order to Tiny Pretty Things, an hourlong drama series based on the book by Sona Charaipotra and Dhonielle Clayton, from writer Michael MacLennan, Insurrection Media, Mojo Films and Peacock Alley. The Internet TV network also has announced the series regular cast with shooting currently underway in Toronto for a 2020 premiere.
Cast includes Lauren Holly, Kylie Jefferson, Casimere Jollette, Daniela Norman (Cats), Brennan Clost, Michael Hsu Rosen, Damon J. Gillespie, Bayardo De Murguia, Barton Cowperthwaite, Tory Trowbridge and Jess Salgueiro.
Written by MacLennan based on the book, Tiny Pretty Things...
Cast includes Lauren Holly, Kylie Jefferson, Casimere Jollette, Daniela Norman (Cats), Brennan Clost, Michael Hsu Rosen, Damon J. Gillespie, Bayardo De Murguia, Barton Cowperthwaite, Tory Trowbridge and Jess Salgueiro.
Written by MacLennan based on the book, Tiny Pretty Things...
- 8/6/2019
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
Joseph Baxter Feb 5, 2020
The Haunting of Hill House’s Mike Flanagan and Trevor Macy will head another Netflix horror series, titled Midnight Mass.
The Haunting of Hill House visionaries Mike Flanagan and Trevor Macy are already enjoying some success on the global platform of Netflix, with their anthology horror series set to begin production for a second season, under the title, The Haunting of Bly Manor. However, the duo of that show's creator/executive producer Flanagan and executive producer Macy are set to bring even more serial supernatural horror to Netflix, with the streaming giant’s order for new series Midnight Mass.
Netflix announced a straight-to-series order for Midnight Mass for a 7-episode inaugural season back in July. The official logline for the series teases a supernatural story centered on a man of the collar, describing “an isolated island community experiences miraculous events - and frightening omens - after the arrival of a charismatic,...
The Haunting of Hill House’s Mike Flanagan and Trevor Macy will head another Netflix horror series, titled Midnight Mass.
The Haunting of Hill House visionaries Mike Flanagan and Trevor Macy are already enjoying some success on the global platform of Netflix, with their anthology horror series set to begin production for a second season, under the title, The Haunting of Bly Manor. However, the duo of that show's creator/executive producer Flanagan and executive producer Macy are set to bring even more serial supernatural horror to Netflix, with the streaming giant’s order for new series Midnight Mass.
Netflix announced a straight-to-series order for Midnight Mass for a 7-episode inaugural season back in July. The official logline for the series teases a supernatural story centered on a man of the collar, describing “an isolated island community experiences miraculous events - and frightening omens - after the arrival of a charismatic,...
- 7/1/2019
- Den of Geek
“Best of British” streaming service BritBox is making further moves into original production, announcing a new multi-series collaboration with Oscar-nominated writer-producer Jeff Pope during its Television Critics Association panel on Saturday. BritBox will co-produce Pope’s new dramas “The Barking Murders” and “The Hatton Garden Heist” with the BBC.
“The Barking Murders” stars Stephen Merchant, Sheridan Smith and Jaime Winstone and is written by Neil McKay, who previously collaborated with Pope on 2017’s “The Moorside,” also starring Smith, and 2011 miniseries “Appropriate Adult.” The three-part factual drama, executive produced by Pope, focuses on the families of the victims of a convicted serial killer (Merchant). It is scheduled to start filming this spring and will air on BBC One in the U.K.
Written and created by Pope, “The Hatton Garden Heist” stars Timothy Spall in a crime drama that provides an inside look at the infamous London jewelry heist. The 2015 robbery...
“The Barking Murders” stars Stephen Merchant, Sheridan Smith and Jaime Winstone and is written by Neil McKay, who previously collaborated with Pope on 2017’s “The Moorside,” also starring Smith, and 2011 miniseries “Appropriate Adult.” The three-part factual drama, executive produced by Pope, focuses on the families of the victims of a convicted serial killer (Merchant). It is scheduled to start filming this spring and will air on BBC One in the U.K.
Written and created by Pope, “The Hatton Garden Heist” stars Timothy Spall in a crime drama that provides an inside look at the infamous London jewelry heist. The 2015 robbery...
- 2/9/2019
- by Robert Mitchell
- Variety Film + TV
The number of subscribers to BritBox has hit 500,000, the streaming service said Thursday. The platform, launched as a collaboration between BBC Studios and ITV, is designed to offer U.S. and Canadian viewers the best of recent and classic British television content.
The streaming service launched in the U.S. in March 2017 with a host of the latest British dramas and soaps, as well as classic comedy titles such as “Fawlty Towers,” “The Office,” “Gavin & Stacey” and “Absolutely Fabulous.” The service’s Canadian launch followed in February 2018.
Content and subscribers have grown rapidly, with BritBox leveraging programming including simulcast events, such as the wedding of Meghan Markle and Prince Harry last May, and new star-led programming like “Hold the Sunset,” which marked “Fawlty Towers” and Monty Python star John Cleese’s first leading role in a British sitcom in nearly 40 years. BritBox is now home to the largest collection...
The streaming service launched in the U.S. in March 2017 with a host of the latest British dramas and soaps, as well as classic comedy titles such as “Fawlty Towers,” “The Office,” “Gavin & Stacey” and “Absolutely Fabulous.” The service’s Canadian launch followed in February 2018.
Content and subscribers have grown rapidly, with BritBox leveraging programming including simulcast events, such as the wedding of Meghan Markle and Prince Harry last May, and new star-led programming like “Hold the Sunset,” which marked “Fawlty Towers” and Monty Python star John Cleese’s first leading role in a British sitcom in nearly 40 years. BritBox is now home to the largest collection...
- 1/17/2019
- by Robert Mitchell
- Variety Film + TV
‘Bodyguard’ Producer World Productions Adapting “Chalk & Cheese’ Crime-Fighting Novel ‘Art Of Death’
Bodyguard producer World Productions is teeing up a “chalk-and-cheese” crime-fighting duo as it looks to build on the success of the BBC’s most successful new drama in a decade.
The ITV-owned company has optioned Art of Death by Charlie Bird, the pseudonym of Laurence Anholt and Paddy Magrane. The book begins when a famously narcissistic performance artist is found floating in a tank of formaldehyde at her own private view.
The subsequent murder investigation is lead by is Di Shanti Joyce, recently transferred from London to Yeovil following the collapse of her marriage and a case that went wrong. To help with the case, she tracks down Vince Caine, aka the Mindful Detective with the hope that her down-to-earth pragmatism and his intuition prove a winning combination.
World Productions is currently producing the latest season of BBC cop drama Line of Duty, recently produced The Bletchley Circle: San Francisco...
The ITV-owned company has optioned Art of Death by Charlie Bird, the pseudonym of Laurence Anholt and Paddy Magrane. The book begins when a famously narcissistic performance artist is found floating in a tank of formaldehyde at her own private view.
The subsequent murder investigation is lead by is Di Shanti Joyce, recently transferred from London to Yeovil following the collapse of her marriage and a case that went wrong. To help with the case, she tracks down Vince Caine, aka the Mindful Detective with the hope that her down-to-earth pragmatism and his intuition prove a winning combination.
World Productions is currently producing the latest season of BBC cop drama Line of Duty, recently produced The Bletchley Circle: San Francisco...
- 10/12/2018
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
Piers Morgan, one of Donald Trump’s most trusted cheerleaders, is heading back to the U.S. after Svod service BritBox picked up daily British breakfast news program Good Morning Britain.
The digital platform is also set to debut a raft of British dramas including Tom Riley’s Dark Heart and BAFTA Award-winning drama Three Girls as part of its latest slate of acquisitions, announced as part of its TCA presentation.
Morgan, who previously hosted a talkshow on CNN, fronts Good Morning Britain, which runs on ITV, alongside Susanna Reid. Morgan has courted controversy on the light entertainment format recently with his interview with Trump aboard Air Force One as well as recent run ins with communists. The show will form part of BritBox’s ‘Now’ offering, alongside This Morning, which is hosted by Phillip Schofield & Holly Willoughby.
Elsewhere, Dark Heart, which stars Da Vinci’s Demons’ Riley as Detective...
The digital platform is also set to debut a raft of British dramas including Tom Riley’s Dark Heart and BAFTA Award-winning drama Three Girls as part of its latest slate of acquisitions, announced as part of its TCA presentation.
Morgan, who previously hosted a talkshow on CNN, fronts Good Morning Britain, which runs on ITV, alongside Susanna Reid. Morgan has courted controversy on the light entertainment format recently with his interview with Trump aboard Air Force One as well as recent run ins with communists. The show will form part of BritBox’s ‘Now’ offering, alongside This Morning, which is hosted by Phillip Schofield & Holly Willoughby.
Elsewhere, Dark Heart, which stars Da Vinci’s Demons’ Riley as Detective...
- 7/26/2018
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
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Unexpected Moonlighting reunion alert: Cybill Shepherd will take part in The Comedy Central Roast of Bruce Willis, airing Sunday, July 29 at 10/9c.
Shepherd and Willis, of course, starred as love-hate private detectives Maddie and David in the aforementioned ABC dramedy, which ran for five seasons from 1985 to 1989.
Additional roasters include Nikki Glaser, Lil Rel Howery, Dom Irrera, Edward Norton, Kevin Pollak and Jeff Ross.
Ready for more of today’s newsy nuggets? Well…
* Netflix has released a teaser for its adult animated comedy fantasy series Disenchantment, from creator Matt Groening (The Simpsons) and premiering Friday, Aug. 17:
* The Young and the Restless...
Shepherd and Willis, of course, starred as love-hate private detectives Maddie and David in the aforementioned ABC dramedy, which ran for five seasons from 1985 to 1989.
Additional roasters include Nikki Glaser, Lil Rel Howery, Dom Irrera, Edward Norton, Kevin Pollak and Jeff Ross.
Ready for more of today’s newsy nuggets? Well…
* Netflix has released a teaser for its adult animated comedy fantasy series Disenchantment, from creator Matt Groening (The Simpsons) and premiering Friday, Aug. 17:
* The Young and the Restless...
- 6/28/2018
- TVLine.com
BritBox, the U.S. Svod service operated by BBC Studios and ITV, has picked up comedies starring Monty Python’s John Cleese and Heather Graham as part of its summer slate. The digital platform has also dated its first original, The Bletchley Circle: San Francisco.
The company has bought Bliss, created by Arrested Development star David Cross, and BBC sitcom Hold The Sunset. Bliss, which was originally commissioned by Sky, follows the complicated double-life of a successful travel writer who, through extenuating circumstances, finds himself living between two families. It also stars Episodes’ Stephen Mangan.
Meanwhile, Hold The Sunset, which stars Cleese and Alison Steadman, follows a widow who gives into the advances of an old flame at the same time as her adult son moves back in with her.
BritBox will also launch its first original series The Bletchley Circle: San Francisco on July 26. The drama, which is the...
The company has bought Bliss, created by Arrested Development star David Cross, and BBC sitcom Hold The Sunset. Bliss, which was originally commissioned by Sky, follows the complicated double-life of a successful travel writer who, through extenuating circumstances, finds himself living between two families. It also stars Episodes’ Stephen Mangan.
Meanwhile, Hold The Sunset, which stars Cleese and Alison Steadman, follows a widow who gives into the advances of an old flame at the same time as her adult son moves back in with her.
BritBox will also launch its first original series The Bletchley Circle: San Francisco on July 26. The drama, which is the...
- 6/28/2018
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
BritBox, the subscription video streaming service from BBC Studios and ITV, in which AMC Networks also has a stake, has picked up two U.K. comedies to exclusively stream in the U.S.
Bliss, from David Cross (Arrested Development) and starring Stephen Mangan (Episodes) and Heather Graham (Austin Powers), will be added to the platform in August, with the John Cleese- and Alison Steadman-led ensemble Hold the Sunset following in September.
The pair of rom-coms join BritBox’s first original series The Bletchley Circle: San Francisco, which is set to debut July 26. Picking up in 1956, the follow-up to The Bletchley Circle focuses ...
Bliss, from David Cross (Arrested Development) and starring Stephen Mangan (Episodes) and Heather Graham (Austin Powers), will be added to the platform in August, with the John Cleese- and Alison Steadman-led ensemble Hold the Sunset following in September.
The pair of rom-coms join BritBox’s first original series The Bletchley Circle: San Francisco, which is set to debut July 26. Picking up in 1956, the follow-up to The Bletchley Circle focuses ...
- 6/28/2018
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
![Romany Malco, Grace Park, James Roday Rodriguez, Stephanie Szostak, David Giuntoli, Christina Moses, Allison Miller, and Floriana Lima in A Million Little Things (2018)](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMjAzOTY4MWMtMjI0My00ZWE2LTlkNDEtODM1ZTg4OGU1ZWRhXkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyMzAzNTY3MDM@._V1_QL75_UX140_CR0,0,140,207_.jpg)
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Canadian broadcaster CityTV has picked up U.S. scripted series including A Million Little Things, Manifest and comedy Murphy Brown as part of its La Screenings activity.
The Rogers Media-owned network has become the latest Canadian broadcaster to unveil its pick-ups of the current batch of U.S. broadcast series following CTV’s acquisition of titles including The Rookie and Magnum, P.I., and Global’s deal for FBI and New Amsterdam.
It has bought ABC dramedy A Million Little Things, which stars David Giuntoli and Lizzy Greene, from CBS Studios International and supernatural plane thriller Manifest from Warner Bros International Television Distribution. In comedy, it has acquired the reboot of Murphy Brown from Warner Bros, Lil Rel Howery’ Rel from 20th Century Fox Television Distribution and Liz Meriwether’ Single Parents.
Elsewhere, it has also bought cable titles including FX’s Charlie Day-produced The Cool Kids as well as Svod...
The Rogers Media-owned network has become the latest Canadian broadcaster to unveil its pick-ups of the current batch of U.S. broadcast series following CTV’s acquisition of titles including The Rookie and Magnum, P.I., and Global’s deal for FBI and New Amsterdam.
It has bought ABC dramedy A Million Little Things, which stars David Giuntoli and Lizzy Greene, from CBS Studios International and supernatural plane thriller Manifest from Warner Bros International Television Distribution. In comedy, it has acquired the reboot of Murphy Brown from Warner Bros, Lil Rel Howery’ Rel from 20th Century Fox Television Distribution and Liz Meriwether’ Single Parents.
Elsewhere, it has also bought cable titles including FX’s Charlie Day-produced The Cool Kids as well as Svod...
- 6/5/2018
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
The Good Doctor's Crystal Balint and The X-Files’ Ben Cotton have joined the cast of The Bletchley Circle: San Francisco as it moves into production. Balint, who also appeared in Prison Break, Zapped's Chanelle Peloso and You, Me, Her's Jennifer Spence join the team of code-breakers in BritBox's first original series, alongside returning stars Julie Graham and Rachael Stirling. Meanwhile, Cotton, who also starred in The Arrangement, plays roguish homicide detective Bill…...
- 3/21/2018
- Deadline TV
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