Entertainment, arts and culture agency Premier, has announced the acquisition of Edinburgh based agency The Corner Shop PR Scotland from its founder and managing director Susie Gray. Founded in Edinburgh in 2015, The Corner Shop is an arts PR agency that has worked on countless events, festivals, exhibitions, tours and openings both within Scotland and […]
Curiosity Inc, the factual entertainment and media company, is delighted to announce the appointment of Ludo Dufour as Vice President of Licensing, effective immediately. In this newly created role, Dufour, an experienced international media executive, joins the team to lead and drive the global licensing of Curiosity’s large and growing portfolio of award-winning factual films, […]
Disney+ has announced filming is underway on limited drama series Suspect: The Shooting of Jean Charles de Menezes (working title) in London. The series is written and executive produced by Jeff Pope, the Oscar nominated screenwriter behind hit movies including Philomena, Stan and Ollie and the critically acclaimed, award-winning series Little Boy Blue and A Confession. Produced by Etta Pictures, Pope’s […]
This October, the celebrated and empowering women’s network, Wonder Women TV, will hold their inaugural all-day Wonder Women Conference supported by BAFTA at their 195 Piccadilly HQ. WW is leading the charge in supporting freelancers with a full day of game-changing, career-enhancing leadership and development training during the biggest unscripted crisis in history. This inspirational […]
Figures released by Screen Cornwall show that film and TV production was worth more than £5 million (€5.8m) to the Cornish economy in 2022. The figures are taken from the first economic impact analysis into the Gross Value Added (GVA) of film and TV production in the region that the screen agency has produced since […]
ITV has announced a new entertainment commission hosted by double BAFTA award winning broadcaster, artist and TV chef Big Zuu. Big Zuu’s 12 Dishes in 12 Hours will air on ITV1 and ITVX in 2024 and is co-produced by Twofour and Zuu’s new TV production label Big Productions. In this new six part series the multi-hyphenate Big Zuu will take both viewers and […]
Bonafide Films has secured the rights to award-winning journalist and broadcaster Jonathan Freedland’s non-fiction bestseller, The Escape Artist, and have brought BAFTA award-winning screenwriter, Peter Moffat (Criminal Justice, Your Honor, Silk), on board to adapt. The Escape Artist is the astonishing, true-life story of how, Rudolf Vrba, a nineteen year old Slovakian Jew, along with […]
BAFTA has names Sara Putt as the arts charity’s newly elected Chair. For over a decade, Putt has been actively involved with BAFTA, she has served on the Board of Trustees since 2011 and has been BAFTA’s Deputy Chair since 2021. She has volunteered in various BAFTA committee roles, most recently as Chair of the […]
The Media Production & Technology Show (MPTS) attracted a record 10,000+ visitors from 47 countries. Held at London’s Olympia on May 10th – 11th, the editorially curated programme comprised of over 100 live sessions, 250+ hours of free content across six theatres and featured more than 300 speakers. Combined with a packed show floor of […]
BAFTA has announced the winners of the BAFTA Television Awards with P&O Cruises 2023 at a star-studded ceremony in London. Celebrating the very best of television in 2022, the ceremony was hosted by Rob Beckett and Romesh Ranganathan and broadcast on BBC One and iPlayer, with further coveage on BAFTA social channels. Kate Winslet won […]