Hulu today gave a first glimpse of the avidly awaited eight-part series Rivals, based on the celebrated novel by Dame Jilly Cooper and produced by Happy Prince, part of ITV Studios. The series is set to debut on Disney+ in other countries later this year.
Set against the backdrop of the drama, excess, and shocking antics of the power-grabbing social elite of 1980s England, Rivals delves headfirst into the ruthless world of independent television in 1986.
This first wave of images unveiled six iconic characters from the drama. Alex Hassell plays the dashing ex-Olympian, Member of Parliament, incorrigible rake, and dangerously charismatic Rupert Campbell-Black.
David Tennant features as Lord Tony Baddingham, controller of Corinium Television and Rupert’s single-mindedly ambitious and egotistical adversary. Aidan Turner is journalist and TV presenter Declan O’Hara, who becomes caught in the crossfire of the long-simmering feud between Rupert and Tony.
Nafessa Williams is pictured as Cameron Cook,...
Set against the backdrop of the drama, excess, and shocking antics of the power-grabbing social elite of 1980s England, Rivals delves headfirst into the ruthless world of independent television in 1986.
This first wave of images unveiled six iconic characters from the drama. Alex Hassell plays the dashing ex-Olympian, Member of Parliament, incorrigible rake, and dangerously charismatic Rupert Campbell-Black.
David Tennant features as Lord Tony Baddingham, controller of Corinium Television and Rupert’s single-mindedly ambitious and egotistical adversary. Aidan Turner is journalist and TV presenter Declan O’Hara, who becomes caught in the crossfire of the long-simmering feud between Rupert and Tony.
Nafessa Williams is pictured as Cameron Cook,...
- 5/9/2024
- by Mirko Parlevliet
- Vital Thrills
Disney+ thas revealed a set of first-look images of the eight-part series, ‘Rivals’, based on the celebrated novel by Dame Jilly Cooper and produced by Happy Prince, part of ITV Studios.
Set against the backdrop of the drama, excess, and shocking antics of the power-grabbing social elite of 1980s England, the show delves headfirst into the ruthless world of independent television in 1986. Part of Cooper’s Rutshire Chronicles series it is packed full of romantic entanglements, dastardly deals, sex and wit.
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Six of the iconic characters from the drama have been unveiled in this first wave of images. Alex Hassell features as the dashing ex-Olympian, Member of Parliament, incorrigible rake, and dangerously charismatic Rupert Campbell-Black.
David Tennant features as Lord Tony Baddingham, controller of Corinium Television and Rupert’s single-mindedly ambitious and egotistical adversary.
Set against the backdrop of the drama, excess, and shocking antics of the power-grabbing social elite of 1980s England, the show delves headfirst into the ruthless world of independent television in 1986. Part of Cooper’s Rutshire Chronicles series it is packed full of romantic entanglements, dastardly deals, sex and wit.
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Six of the iconic characters from the drama have been unveiled in this first wave of images. Alex Hassell features as the dashing ex-Olympian, Member of Parliament, incorrigible rake, and dangerously charismatic Rupert Campbell-Black.
David Tennant features as Lord Tony Baddingham, controller of Corinium Television and Rupert’s single-mindedly ambitious and egotistical adversary.
- 5/9/2024
- by Zehra Phelan
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Streamer Disney+ has revealed a power packed British cast who will join the previously announced David Tennant, Alex Hassell, Aidan Turner and Danny Dyer on the series adaptation of Jilly Cooper’s steamy novel “Rivals.”
Joining the eight-part saga are Annabel Scholey (“The Split”), Maggie Steed (“Ten Percent”), David Calder (“Motherland”), Antony Byrne (‘”The Witcher”), Denise Black (“Queer as Folk”), Bryony Hannah (“Call The Midwife”), Olivia Poulet (“Back”) and Brendan Patricks (“Downton Abbey”).
“Rivals” is part of Cooper’s bestselling “Rutshire Chronicles,” set in affluent 1980s England where two powerful men and neigbors – Olympian turned politician Rupert Campbell-Black and television exec Tony Baddingham – have a longstanding rivalry that finally comes to a head.
Scholey plays Beattie Johnson, a ruthless Fleet Street journalist who will do anything for a story. Steed plays Lady Gosling, the steely no-nonsense chair of Independent Broadcasters Association. Calder plays Lady Gosling’s dogmatic right-hand man, Fergus Penney,...
Joining the eight-part saga are Annabel Scholey (“The Split”), Maggie Steed (“Ten Percent”), David Calder (“Motherland”), Antony Byrne (‘”The Witcher”), Denise Black (“Queer as Folk”), Bryony Hannah (“Call The Midwife”), Olivia Poulet (“Back”) and Brendan Patricks (“Downton Abbey”).
“Rivals” is part of Cooper’s bestselling “Rutshire Chronicles,” set in affluent 1980s England where two powerful men and neigbors – Olympian turned politician Rupert Campbell-Black and television exec Tony Baddingham – have a longstanding rivalry that finally comes to a head.
Scholey plays Beattie Johnson, a ruthless Fleet Street journalist who will do anything for a story. Steed plays Lady Gosling, the steely no-nonsense chair of Independent Broadcasters Association. Calder plays Lady Gosling’s dogmatic right-hand man, Fergus Penney,...
- 5/15/2023
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
David Tennant, Danny Dyer and Aiden Turner have joined the casting line-up for the eight-part series, ‘Rivals’, based on the celebrated novel by Jilly Cooper.
Completing the ensemble cast are Alex Hassell, Nafessa Williams, Bella Maclean, Katherine Parkinson, Victoria Smurfit, Claire Rushbrook, Oliver Chris, Lisa McGrillis, Emily Atack, Rufus Jones, Luke Pasqualino and Catriona Chandler.
The original eight-episode series is part of Cooper’s bestselling Rutshire Chronicles, the iconic literary series packed full of wit, romantic entanglements, sex and unforgettable characters. The story is set against the backdrop of the drama, excess, and shocking antics of the power-grabbing social elite of 1980s England.
Diving headfirst into the ruthless world of independent television in 1986. In the fictional county of Rutshire, a long-standing rivalry between two powerful men is about to boil over. Alex Hassell plays dashing ex-Olympian, Tory Member of Parliament and incorrigible rake, the dangerously charismatic Rupert Campbell-Black. David Tennant...
Completing the ensemble cast are Alex Hassell, Nafessa Williams, Bella Maclean, Katherine Parkinson, Victoria Smurfit, Claire Rushbrook, Oliver Chris, Lisa McGrillis, Emily Atack, Rufus Jones, Luke Pasqualino and Catriona Chandler.
The original eight-episode series is part of Cooper’s bestselling Rutshire Chronicles, the iconic literary series packed full of wit, romantic entanglements, sex and unforgettable characters. The story is set against the backdrop of the drama, excess, and shocking antics of the power-grabbing social elite of 1980s England.
Diving headfirst into the ruthless world of independent television in 1986. In the fictional county of Rutshire, a long-standing rivalry between two powerful men is about to boil over. Alex Hassell plays dashing ex-Olympian, Tory Member of Parliament and incorrigible rake, the dangerously charismatic Rupert Campbell-Black. David Tennant...
- 3/21/2023
- by Zehra Phelan
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
U.K. streamer Itvx has released a trailer for three-part drama “You & Me.”
Harry Lawtey (“Industry”), Jessica Barden (“The End of the F***ing World”) and Sophia Brown (“The Witcher: Blood Origin”) star in writer and creator Jamie Davis’ contemporary love story.
The series is produced by Happy Prince, part of ITV Studios, and executive produced by Dominic Treadwell-Collins (“A Very English Scandal”), Alexander Lamb (“We Hunt Together”) and Russell T. Davies (“It’s A Sin,” “Doctor Who”).
Lawtey plays Ben, a young northerner in London who finds his life changed forever when catastrophe strikes on the happiest day of his life. Barden plays Emma, a rising theater star who hides tragedy behind her success and Brown plays Jess, a young woman whose life takes an unexpected turn when she’s running for a bus. The story is told over two separate timelines across the three episodes.
The cast also includes...
Harry Lawtey (“Industry”), Jessica Barden (“The End of the F***ing World”) and Sophia Brown (“The Witcher: Blood Origin”) star in writer and creator Jamie Davis’ contemporary love story.
The series is produced by Happy Prince, part of ITV Studios, and executive produced by Dominic Treadwell-Collins (“A Very English Scandal”), Alexander Lamb (“We Hunt Together”) and Russell T. Davies (“It’s A Sin,” “Doctor Who”).
Lawtey plays Ben, a young northerner in London who finds his life changed forever when catastrophe strikes on the happiest day of his life. Barden plays Emma, a rising theater star who hides tragedy behind her success and Brown plays Jess, a young woman whose life takes an unexpected turn when she’s running for a bus. The story is told over two separate timelines across the three episodes.
The cast also includes...
- 2/21/2023
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
EastEnders fans are waving goodbye to Danny Dyer after the Christmas Day episode, as the actor leaves the soap after nine years of playing Queen Vic landlord Mick Carter.
The 45-year-old joined the cast of the BBC One soap on Christmas Day in 2013, shortly followed by his on-screen wife Linda Carter, played by Kellie Bright.
Warning: spoilers ahead for the Christmas Day 2022 episode of EastEnders
In last night’s episode (25 December), Mick learns the truth about his pregnant new wife Janine Butcher (Charlie Brooks) and everything she’s done to his ex-wife Linda.
Mick then professes his love to Linda, and Janine attempts to flee the country.
Chasing after her, Mick and Linda follow her to the seaside where they confront her. Janine and Linda end up going over the edge of a clifftop into the ocean.
Linda urges Mick to rescue pregnant Janine, and he does before rushing back...
The 45-year-old joined the cast of the BBC One soap on Christmas Day in 2013, shortly followed by his on-screen wife Linda Carter, played by Kellie Bright.
Warning: spoilers ahead for the Christmas Day 2022 episode of EastEnders
In last night’s episode (25 December), Mick learns the truth about his pregnant new wife Janine Butcher (Charlie Brooks) and everything she’s done to his ex-wife Linda.
Mick then professes his love to Linda, and Janine attempts to flee the country.
Chasing after her, Mick and Linda follow her to the seaside where they confront her. Janine and Linda end up going over the edge of a clifftop into the ocean.
Linda urges Mick to rescue pregnant Janine, and he does before rushing back...
- 12/26/2022
- by Ellie Harrison
- The Independent - TV
Danny Dyer has reflected on his initial casting in EastEnders, saying the show’s producer “took a risk” on him, as he waves goodbye to the soap after nine years.
The actor said “not in a million years” did he think he would have lasted almost a decade playing Queen Vic landlord Mick Carter on the series.
The 45-year-old actor joined the cast of the BBC One soap on Christmas Day in 2013, shortly followed by his on-screen wife Linda Carter, played by Kellie Bright.
After appearing in 1,150 episodes, Dyer is scheduled to leave the soap on Christmas Day this year, with dramatic teaser scenes of his character chasing his betrothed Janine Butcher out of Albert Square.
Dyer said: “It’s very emotional for me, I’m very attached to this show. It’s been a third of my career.
“Thirty years I’ve been knocking about in our industry and...
The actor said “not in a million years” did he think he would have lasted almost a decade playing Queen Vic landlord Mick Carter on the series.
The 45-year-old actor joined the cast of the BBC One soap on Christmas Day in 2013, shortly followed by his on-screen wife Linda Carter, played by Kellie Bright.
After appearing in 1,150 episodes, Dyer is scheduled to leave the soap on Christmas Day this year, with dramatic teaser scenes of his character chasing his betrothed Janine Butcher out of Albert Square.
Dyer said: “It’s very emotional for me, I’m very attached to this show. It’s been a third of my career.
“Thirty years I’ve been knocking about in our industry and...
- 12/22/2022
- by Ellie Harrison
- The Independent - TV
The life of Justin Fashanu, the first footballer to come out as gay, and his brother John Fashanu, is to be turned into an ITV drama from BAFTA-nominated writer Kwame Kwei-Armah.
Justin Fashanu was an extremely talented footballer who became the first black British footballer to be sold for £1M (1.2M) at the age of just 20, becoming one of the most celebrated people in British sport. In 1990, he came out as gay and by 1998, with his football career in tatters and ostracized by his family, he committed suicide.
The drama will weave together the lives of Justin Fashanu and his brother John Fashanu, who also played football and was estranged from his brother at the time of his death.
ITV said the drama is being put together with the support of Fashanu’s brother and other contributors include LGBTQ+ campaigner Peter Tatchell. Dominic Treadwell Collins’ ITV Studios label Happy Prince is producing,...
Justin Fashanu was an extremely talented footballer who became the first black British footballer to be sold for £1M (1.2M) at the age of just 20, becoming one of the most celebrated people in British sport. In 1990, he came out as gay and by 1998, with his football career in tatters and ostracized by his family, he committed suicide.
The drama will weave together the lives of Justin Fashanu and his brother John Fashanu, who also played football and was estranged from his brother at the time of his death.
ITV said the drama is being put together with the support of Fashanu’s brother and other contributors include LGBTQ+ campaigner Peter Tatchell. Dominic Treadwell Collins’ ITV Studios label Happy Prince is producing,...
- 12/2/2022
- by Max Goldbart
- Deadline Film + TV
“Rivals,” the steamy 1980s novel from “Queen of the Bonkbuster” Jilly Cooper is set to be adapted for streamer Disney+.
The eight-part series is set in affluent 1980s England where two powerful men and neigbors – Olympian turned politician Rupert Campbell-Black and television exec Tony Baddingham – have a longstanding rivalry that finally comes to a head.
“As tensions rise and rivalries deepen, there are spilled secrets, forged alliances, and snatched liaisons that draw wives, lovers, colleagues, friends, and families into their battle,” reads the longline.
The series will be produced by Happy Prince Productions, which is part of ITV Studios. Elliot Hegarty (“Ted Lasso”) will lead direct and exec produce episodes 1-3. Eliza Mellor (“The Midwich Cuckoos”) is series producer.
Dominic Treadwell-Collins (“A Very English Scandal”) will exec produce alongside Cooper, Alexander Lamb (“The Bay”), literary agent Felicity Blunt, writer Laura Wade and Lee Mason, director of scripted content for Disney...
The eight-part series is set in affluent 1980s England where two powerful men and neigbors – Olympian turned politician Rupert Campbell-Black and television exec Tony Baddingham – have a longstanding rivalry that finally comes to a head.
“As tensions rise and rivalries deepen, there are spilled secrets, forged alliances, and snatched liaisons that draw wives, lovers, colleagues, friends, and families into their battle,” reads the longline.
The series will be produced by Happy Prince Productions, which is part of ITV Studios. Elliot Hegarty (“Ted Lasso”) will lead direct and exec produce episodes 1-3. Eliza Mellor (“The Midwich Cuckoos”) is series producer.
Dominic Treadwell-Collins (“A Very English Scandal”) will exec produce alongside Cooper, Alexander Lamb (“The Bay”), literary agent Felicity Blunt, writer Laura Wade and Lee Mason, director of scripted content for Disney...
- 8/25/2022
- by K.J. Yossman
- Variety Film + TV
Disney+ has greenlit a new eight-part series titled Rivals, based on the popular novel by British author Jilly Cooper.
Set in the fictional upper-class county of Rutshire, Rivals dives headfirst into the cutthroat world of independent television in 1986 when a long-standing rivalry between two powerful men is about to boil over: ex-Olympian, Member of Parliament, and notorious womanizer Rupert Campbell-Black, and his Rutshire neighbor Tony Baddingham, controller of the independent TV franchise Corinium Television.
As tensions rise and rivalries deepen, there are spilled secrets, forged alliances, and snatched liaisons that draw wives, lovers, colleagues, friends, and families into their battle.
“The combination of Jilly Cooper and Disney+ is delightfully unexpected. We were thrilled when Dominic brought us these iconic books, and we leapt at the chance to bring them to life. We can’t wait to welcome Rupert Campbell-Black and the residents of Rutshire to the platform,” said Lee Mason,...
Set in the fictional upper-class county of Rutshire, Rivals dives headfirst into the cutthroat world of independent television in 1986 when a long-standing rivalry between two powerful men is about to boil over: ex-Olympian, Member of Parliament, and notorious womanizer Rupert Campbell-Black, and his Rutshire neighbor Tony Baddingham, controller of the independent TV franchise Corinium Television.
As tensions rise and rivalries deepen, there are spilled secrets, forged alliances, and snatched liaisons that draw wives, lovers, colleagues, friends, and families into their battle.
“The combination of Jilly Cooper and Disney+ is delightfully unexpected. We were thrilled when Dominic brought us these iconic books, and we leapt at the chance to bring them to life. We can’t wait to welcome Rupert Campbell-Black and the residents of Rutshire to the platform,” said Lee Mason,...
- 8/25/2022
- by Zac Ntim
- Deadline Film + TV
Former BBC drama boss leaves JJ Abram’s Bad Robot after seven years.
Ben Stephenson is leaving JJ Abrams’ Bad Robot to launch a transatlantic drama label with ITV Studios.
The company will have bases in London and Los Angeles, and the former BBC controller of drama commissioning will split his time between the two. Distribution for the new label will be led by ITV Studios.
Stephenson has been head of television at Bad Robot since 2015, where he was responsible for developing and executive producing titles including HBO’s Westworld and LoveCraft Country and Stephen King’s Lisey’s Story and Little Voice at Apple.
Ben Stephenson is leaving JJ Abrams’ Bad Robot to launch a transatlantic drama label with ITV Studios.
The company will have bases in London and Los Angeles, and the former BBC controller of drama commissioning will split his time between the two. Distribution for the new label will be led by ITV Studios.
Stephenson has been head of television at Bad Robot since 2015, where he was responsible for developing and executive producing titles including HBO’s Westworld and LoveCraft Country and Stephen King’s Lisey’s Story and Little Voice at Apple.
- 7/12/2022
- by Heather Fallon Broadcast
- ScreenDaily
Harry Lawtey (“Industry”), Jessica Barden (“The End of the F***ing World”) and Sophia Brown (“The Witcher: Blood Origin”) star in writer Jamie Davis’ contemporary love story “You & Me.”
Produced by Happy Prince, part of ITV Studios, and executive produced by Dominic Treadwell-Collins (“A Very English Scandal”), Alexander Lamb (“We Hunt Together”) and Russell T. Davies (“It’s A Sin”) the three-part series has begun filming on location in Southeast London, and first looks have been revealed. The drama will premiere on ITV’s new, free streaming service Itvx in 2023, and transfer to linear transmission later.
Lawtey plays Ben, a young northerner in London who finds his life changed forever when catastrophe strikes on the happiest day of his life. Barden plays Emma, a rising theater star who hides tragedy behind her success and Brown plays Jess, a young woman whose life takes an unexpected turn when she’s running for a bus.
Produced by Happy Prince, part of ITV Studios, and executive produced by Dominic Treadwell-Collins (“A Very English Scandal”), Alexander Lamb (“We Hunt Together”) and Russell T. Davies (“It’s A Sin”) the three-part series has begun filming on location in Southeast London, and first looks have been revealed. The drama will premiere on ITV’s new, free streaming service Itvx in 2023, and transfer to linear transmission later.
Lawtey plays Ben, a young northerner in London who finds his life changed forever when catastrophe strikes on the happiest day of his life. Barden plays Emma, a rising theater star who hides tragedy behind her success and Brown plays Jess, a young woman whose life takes an unexpected turn when she’s running for a bus.
- 6/17/2022
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
Paul Bettany and Claire Foy are sparring as the Duke and Duchess of Argyll in the first trailer for Prime Video’s “A Very British Scandal.”
The drama series, which hails from the creators of “A Very English Scandal,” follows the couple’s divorce in the 1960s, which proved to be one of the most notorious, extraordinary, and brutal legal cases of the 20th century.
Foy plays Margaret, the Duchess of Argyll, who was famed for her beauty and charisma before the Duke (Bettany) exposed her to the press with accusations of forgery, theft, violence, drug-taking, secret recording, bribery, and an explicit Polaroid picture.
The trailer begins with a rather tense interaction between the two in which Bettany’s Duke greets his Duchess with “Hello, Satan.”
“You bastard,” she replies, before the video cuts to their first meeting, where they quickly become enamored of each other. It isn’t long...
The drama series, which hails from the creators of “A Very English Scandal,” follows the couple’s divorce in the 1960s, which proved to be one of the most notorious, extraordinary, and brutal legal cases of the 20th century.
Foy plays Margaret, the Duchess of Argyll, who was famed for her beauty and charisma before the Duke (Bettany) exposed her to the press with accusations of forgery, theft, violence, drug-taking, secret recording, bribery, and an explicit Polaroid picture.
The trailer begins with a rather tense interaction between the two in which Bettany’s Duke greets his Duchess with “Hello, Satan.”
“You bastard,” she replies, before the video cuts to their first meeting, where they quickly become enamored of each other. It isn’t long...
- 3/22/2022
- by Katie Campione
- The Wrap
Karen Thrussell has joined “A Very British Scandal” producer Blueprint Television as head of television. She will oversee the development and production of all series.
Thrussell replaces Dominic Treadwell-Collins, who now runs Happy Prince, a new drama label under ITV Studios. She joins from Mammoth Screen, where she executive produced five seasons of BAFTA winning series “Poldark” and the Sarah Phelps Agatha Christie adaptations “And Then There Were None,” “Ordeal by Innocence” and “The Witness for the Prosecution” for BBC One.
Blueprint Television is a sister company to Graham Broadbent and Pete Czernin’s Blueprint Pictures. Blueprint Television also produced Emmy and BAFTA winning series “A Very English Scandal” (2018), starring Hugh Grant and Ben Whishaw. “A Very British Scandal,” starring Claire Foy and Paul Bettany was broadcast on BBC One in the U.K. in Dec. 2021 and will be released on Amazon Prime Video in the U.S., Canada, Australia...
Thrussell replaces Dominic Treadwell-Collins, who now runs Happy Prince, a new drama label under ITV Studios. She joins from Mammoth Screen, where she executive produced five seasons of BAFTA winning series “Poldark” and the Sarah Phelps Agatha Christie adaptations “And Then There Were None,” “Ordeal by Innocence” and “The Witness for the Prosecution” for BBC One.
Blueprint Television is a sister company to Graham Broadbent and Pete Czernin’s Blueprint Pictures. Blueprint Television also produced Emmy and BAFTA winning series “A Very English Scandal” (2018), starring Hugh Grant and Ben Whishaw. “A Very British Scandal,” starring Claire Foy and Paul Bettany was broadcast on BBC One in the U.K. in Dec. 2021 and will be released on Amazon Prime Video in the U.S., Canada, Australia...
- 1/21/2022
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
A Very British Scandal producer Blueprint Television has hired Poldark exec Karen Thrussell as Head of Television.
Thrussell also exec produced a number of Sarah Phelps’ BBC One Agatha Christie adaptations including And Then There Were None, Ordeal By Innocence and Witness for the Prosecution.
She will oversee the Sony-backed outfit’s development and production of all TV series, having most recently been behind BBC One/Amazon Christmas hit A Very British Scandal and 2018’s double-bafta-winning A Very English Scandal.
She replaces Dominic Treadwell-Collins, who left in 2019 to launch his own ITV Studios-backed label Happy Prince.
Thrussell said: “Blueprint Pictures work with some of the greatest talent from around the globe and produce beautiful, top quality film and TV so the opportunity of joining the team seemed too good to miss.”
Blueprint Television is sister company to Blueprint Pictures, which is run by Graham Broadbent and Pete Czernin.
Thrussell also exec produced a number of Sarah Phelps’ BBC One Agatha Christie adaptations including And Then There Were None, Ordeal By Innocence and Witness for the Prosecution.
She will oversee the Sony-backed outfit’s development and production of all TV series, having most recently been behind BBC One/Amazon Christmas hit A Very British Scandal and 2018’s double-bafta-winning A Very English Scandal.
She replaces Dominic Treadwell-Collins, who left in 2019 to launch his own ITV Studios-backed label Happy Prince.
Thrussell said: “Blueprint Pictures work with some of the greatest talent from around the globe and produce beautiful, top quality film and TV so the opportunity of joining the team seemed too good to miss.”
Blueprint Television is sister company to Blueprint Pictures, which is run by Graham Broadbent and Pete Czernin.
- 1/21/2022
- by Max Goldbart
- Deadline Film + TV
BBC One and Amazon Studios have revealed the first trailer for upcoming series “A Very British Scandal,” featuring Claire Foy, two-time Emmy winner for Netflix’s “The Crown.”
Foy stars as Margaret Campbell, Duchess of Argyll, alongside Paul Bettany (“WandaVision”) as Ian Campbell, 11th Duke of Argyll, and Julia Davis (“Nighty Night”) as Maureen, Marchioness of Dufferin and Ava.
Written by Sarah Phelps (“The Pale Horse”), the series is from the makers of the award-winning “A Very English Scandal,” Blueprint Pictures. It focuses on the divorce of the Duke and Duchess of Argyll, one of the most notorious legal cases of the 20th century. Famed for her charisma, beauty, and style, Margaret, Duchess of Argyll, dominated the front pages as the divorce exposed accusations of forgery, theft, violence, drug-taking, bribery, and an explicit Polaroid picture that was to haunt her for the rest of her life.
“A Very British Scandal...
Foy stars as Margaret Campbell, Duchess of Argyll, alongside Paul Bettany (“WandaVision”) as Ian Campbell, 11th Duke of Argyll, and Julia Davis (“Nighty Night”) as Maureen, Marchioness of Dufferin and Ava.
Written by Sarah Phelps (“The Pale Horse”), the series is from the makers of the award-winning “A Very English Scandal,” Blueprint Pictures. It focuses on the divorce of the Duke and Duchess of Argyll, one of the most notorious legal cases of the 20th century. Famed for her charisma, beauty, and style, Margaret, Duchess of Argyll, dominated the front pages as the divorce exposed accusations of forgery, theft, violence, drug-taking, bribery, and an explicit Polaroid picture that was to haunt her for the rest of her life.
“A Very British Scandal...
- 12/10/2021
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: Miramax TV has optioned the rights to Nina de Gramont’s upcoming novel The Christie Affair, a reimagining of Agatha Christie’s 11-day disappearance, to develop and produce as a limited series. British writer Juliette Towhidi (Calendar Girls) is set to pen the adaptation.
In 1926, when her husband’s affair became public, Agatha Christie vanished for eleven days. This reimagining is told through the eyes of her husband’s mistress, Nan O’Dea. Agatha and Nan transform from competitors to unlikely allies while the world around them remains cloaked in the dark, unable to grasp the complexities of each woman’s relationship to her past and her female identity. Set mostly in the beautiful and historic British spa town of Harrogate, The Christie Affair is part sweeping love story– but not the one you expect — part exploration of the bonds...
In 1926, when her husband’s affair became public, Agatha Christie vanished for eleven days. This reimagining is told through the eyes of her husband’s mistress, Nan O’Dea. Agatha and Nan transform from competitors to unlikely allies while the world around them remains cloaked in the dark, unable to grasp the complexities of each woman’s relationship to her past and her female identity. Set mostly in the beautiful and historic British spa town of Harrogate, The Christie Affair is part sweeping love story– but not the one you expect — part exploration of the bonds...
- 12/1/2021
- by Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
The first-look images have been released for BBC One and Amazon Studios’ A Very British Scandal, from the makers of the award-winning A Very English Scandal, Blueprint Pictures.
The new photos feature Claire Foy as Margaret Campbell, Duchess of Argyll, Paul Bettany as Ian Campbell, 11th Duke of Argyll, and Julia Davis as Maureen, Marchioness of Dufferin and Ava.
Both companies also jointly released new casting details. The new faces joining the project are:
- Amanda Drew
- Richard McCabe
- Phoebe Nicholls
- Camilla Rutherford
- Timothy Renouf
- Sophia Myles
- Sophie Ward
- Tim Steed
- Katherine Manners.
A Very British Scandal focuses on the divorce of the Duke and Duchess of Argyll, one of the most notorious, extraordinary, and brutal legal cases of the 20th century. Famed for her charisma, beauty, and style, Margaret, Duchess of Argyll, dominated the front pages as the divorce exposed accusations of forgery,...
The new photos feature Claire Foy as Margaret Campbell, Duchess of Argyll, Paul Bettany as Ian Campbell, 11th Duke of Argyll, and Julia Davis as Maureen, Marchioness of Dufferin and Ava.
Both companies also jointly released new casting details. The new faces joining the project are:
- Amanda Drew
- Richard McCabe
- Phoebe Nicholls
- Camilla Rutherford
- Timothy Renouf
- Sophia Myles
- Sophie Ward
- Tim Steed
- Katherine Manners.
A Very British Scandal focuses on the divorce of the Duke and Duchess of Argyll, one of the most notorious, extraordinary, and brutal legal cases of the 20th century. Famed for her charisma, beauty, and style, Margaret, Duchess of Argyll, dominated the front pages as the divorce exposed accusations of forgery,...
- 10/25/2021
- by Paul Dailly
- TVfanatic
BBC One and Amazon Studios have revealed several first look images from upcoming series “A Very British Scandal,” featuring Claire Foy, two-time Emmy winner for Netflix’s “The Crown.”
Foy stars as Margaret Campbell, Duchess of Argyll, alongside Paul Bettany (“WandaVision”) as Ian Campbell, 11th Duke of Argyll, and Julia Davis (“Nighty Night”) as Maureen, Marchioness of Dufferin and Ava.
Written by Sarah Phelps (“The Pale Horse”), the series is from the makers of the award-winning “A Very English Scandal,” Blueprint Pictures. It focuses on the divorce of the Duke and Duchess of Argyll, one of the most notorious legal cases of the 20th century. Famed for her charisma, beauty, and style, Margaret, Duchess of Argyll, dominated the front pages as the divorce exposed accusations of forgery, theft, violence, drug-taking, bribery, and an explicit Polaroid picture that was to haunt her for the rest of her life.
“A Very British Scandal...
Foy stars as Margaret Campbell, Duchess of Argyll, alongside Paul Bettany (“WandaVision”) as Ian Campbell, 11th Duke of Argyll, and Julia Davis (“Nighty Night”) as Maureen, Marchioness of Dufferin and Ava.
Written by Sarah Phelps (“The Pale Horse”), the series is from the makers of the award-winning “A Very English Scandal,” Blueprint Pictures. It focuses on the divorce of the Duke and Duchess of Argyll, one of the most notorious legal cases of the 20th century. Famed for her charisma, beauty, and style, Margaret, Duchess of Argyll, dominated the front pages as the divorce exposed accusations of forgery, theft, violence, drug-taking, bribery, and an explicit Polaroid picture that was to haunt her for the rest of her life.
“A Very British Scandal...
- 10/25/2021
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: The BBC is developing a small screen adaptation of Michael Ondaatje’s novel The English Patient.
The British public broadcaster is in the early stages of development of the drama project, which comes from Run and Taboo writer Emily Ballou. It is a co-production between Miramax Television and Paramount Television Studios.
Deadline understands that the drama series represents a new interpretation of Ondaatje’s book, which follows four dissimilar people brought together at an Italian villa during World War II, and not a remake of the 1996 Miramax feature film adaptation directed by Anthony Minghella that won nine Oscars including Best Picture.
The book, which was published in 1992, follows a unrecognisably burned man — the eponymous patient, presumed to be English — his Canadian Army nurse, a Sikh British Army sapper and a Canadian thief. Set behind the North African and Italian campaigns of the Second World War, the book is told...
The British public broadcaster is in the early stages of development of the drama project, which comes from Run and Taboo writer Emily Ballou. It is a co-production between Miramax Television and Paramount Television Studios.
Deadline understands that the drama series represents a new interpretation of Ondaatje’s book, which follows four dissimilar people brought together at an Italian villa during World War II, and not a remake of the 1996 Miramax feature film adaptation directed by Anthony Minghella that won nine Oscars including Best Picture.
The book, which was published in 1992, follows a unrecognisably burned man — the eponymous patient, presumed to be English — his Canadian Army nurse, a Sikh British Army sapper and a Canadian thief. Set behind the North African and Italian campaigns of the Second World War, the book is told...
- 8/18/2021
- by Nellie Andreeva and Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
Production
BBC Studios Germany has secured its first commission since launching in the territory this year — a local adaptation of British sitcom “Miranda” — and is co-producing the eight-part series for Zdf Neo with Studio Zentral.
“Miranda,” a BBC production written by and starring Miranda Hart, will be adapted for a German audience with the working title “Ruby” and will be directed by Natascha Beller. The screenplay is being adapted by Giulia Becker (“Kroymann”) and Anika Soisson (“Findher”) and Anna Böger (“Tatort”) plays the lead role of Ruby. Filming is currently taking place in Cologne.
The show sees Ruby facing the challenges of everyday life in a slightly clumsy way. The cast also includes Irene Rindje and Camill Jammal.
“Miranda” was previously adapted for the U.S. as “Call me Kat,” starring Mayim Bialik (“The Big Bang Theory”), by Fox Television, where it has been renewed for a second season.
BBC...
BBC Studios Germany has secured its first commission since launching in the territory this year — a local adaptation of British sitcom “Miranda” — and is co-producing the eight-part series for Zdf Neo with Studio Zentral.
“Miranda,” a BBC production written by and starring Miranda Hart, will be adapted for a German audience with the working title “Ruby” and will be directed by Natascha Beller. The screenplay is being adapted by Giulia Becker (“Kroymann”) and Anika Soisson (“Findher”) and Anna Böger (“Tatort”) plays the lead role of Ruby. Filming is currently taking place in Cologne.
The show sees Ruby facing the challenges of everyday life in a slightly clumsy way. The cast also includes Irene Rindje and Camill Jammal.
“Miranda” was previously adapted for the U.S. as “Call me Kat,” starring Mayim Bialik (“The Big Bang Theory”), by Fox Television, where it has been renewed for a second season.
BBC...
- 8/2/2021
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
ITV has greenlit a four-part adaptation of Graham Norton’s darkly comic debut novel Holding, with Game Of Thrones star Conleth Hill attached in the lead role.
The project hails from Happy Prince, the ITV Studios-backed production company established by A Very English Scandal producer Dominic Treadwell-Collins, and will be directed by British comedy star Kathy Burke.
Adapted by Treadwell-Collins and Karen Cogan, Holding tells the story of Irish police officer, Sergeant Pj Collins, a gentle mountain of a man, who hides from people and fills his days with comfort food and half-hearted police work.
When the body of long-lost local legend Tommy Burke is discovered in the fictional village of Duneen, West Cork, Pj is called to solve a serious crime for the first time in his career. Pj finally has to connect with the village he has tried hard to avoid.
Holding is produced by Happy Prince...
The project hails from Happy Prince, the ITV Studios-backed production company established by A Very English Scandal producer Dominic Treadwell-Collins, and will be directed by British comedy star Kathy Burke.
Adapted by Treadwell-Collins and Karen Cogan, Holding tells the story of Irish police officer, Sergeant Pj Collins, a gentle mountain of a man, who hides from people and fills his days with comfort food and half-hearted police work.
When the body of long-lost local legend Tommy Burke is discovered in the fictional village of Duneen, West Cork, Pj is called to solve a serious crime for the first time in his career. Pj finally has to connect with the village he has tried hard to avoid.
Holding is produced by Happy Prince...
- 5/20/2021
- by Jake Kanter
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Miramax TV has teamed with Dominic Treadwell-Collins’s Happy Prince on a series adaptation of Jim Cartwright’s award-winning play The Rise and Fall of Little Voice, which inspired the 1998 Miramax film Little Voice.
Cartwright is writing the TV series adaptation, which is part of Miramax’s strategy of mining the company’s IP library to create new international series.
The Rise and Fall of Little Voice tells the story of shy, working-class Lv, who has the extraordinary ability to mimic the great singing divas of the 20th Century. When a small-time talent agent forces her into the spotlight, a battle between Lv and her abusive, boozing mother erupts.
Miramax TV is co-producing with London based Treadwell-Collins’s drama label, Happy Prince, part of ITV Studios.
“Jim Cartwright’s classic, big-hearted play is a timeless and uplifting tale about finding your voice in a noisy world and standing your...
Cartwright is writing the TV series adaptation, which is part of Miramax’s strategy of mining the company’s IP library to create new international series.
The Rise and Fall of Little Voice tells the story of shy, working-class Lv, who has the extraordinary ability to mimic the great singing divas of the 20th Century. When a small-time talent agent forces her into the spotlight, a battle between Lv and her abusive, boozing mother erupts.
Miramax TV is co-producing with London based Treadwell-Collins’s drama label, Happy Prince, part of ITV Studios.
“Jim Cartwright’s classic, big-hearted play is a timeless and uplifting tale about finding your voice in a noisy world and standing your...
- 3/24/2021
- by Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
‘A Very English Scandal’ Producer Dominic Treadwell-Collins Lands ITV Series
More than a year after joining ITV Studios, A Very English Scandal producer Dominic Treadwell-Collins has a name for his label and his first series. Happy Prince has been commissioned by ITV to make relationship drama You & Me, which is written by newcomer Jamie Davis and executive produced by It’s A Sin creator Russell T Davies. The three-part series is told over two separate timelines and is a story about finding love when you least expect it, with Jess, Ben and Emma all experiencing tragedy they fear they will never overcome. Davis is an actor who has appeared in Misfits and Shameless, but You & Me represents his first script commission. Executive producer Treadwell-Collins said: “Jamie’s writing is filled with such humour, heart and soul – so it feels fitting that You & Me is the first commission for Happy Prince.
More than a year after joining ITV Studios, A Very English Scandal producer Dominic Treadwell-Collins has a name for his label and his first series. Happy Prince has been commissioned by ITV to make relationship drama You & Me, which is written by newcomer Jamie Davis and executive produced by It’s A Sin creator Russell T Davies. The three-part series is told over two separate timelines and is a story about finding love when you least expect it, with Jess, Ben and Emma all experiencing tragedy they fear they will never overcome. Davis is an actor who has appeared in Misfits and Shameless, but You & Me represents his first script commission. Executive producer Treadwell-Collins said: “Jamie’s writing is filled with such humour, heart and soul – so it feels fitting that You & Me is the first commission for Happy Prince.
- 3/17/2021
- by Jake Kanter
- Deadline Film + TV
A Very English Scandal is returning for a second season at the BBC and Amazon with two of the biggest stars around.
Written by Sarah Phelps (The Pale Horse; Dublin Murders), A Very British Scandal focuses on the divorce of the Duke (Paul Bettany) and Duchess of Argyll (Claire Foy), one of the most notorious, extraordinary and brutal legal cases of the 20th century.
"Famed for her charisma, beauty and style, Margaret, Duchess of Argyll, dominated the front pages as a divorce featuring accusations of forgery, theft, violence, drug-taking, secret recording, bribery and an explicit polaroid picture - all played out in the white-hot glare of the 1960s media.," reads the character descirption.
A Very British Scandal turns this scandal inside out in order to explore the social and political climate of post-war Britain, looking at attitudes towards women, and asking whether institutional misogyny was widespread at the time.
As her contemporaries,...
Written by Sarah Phelps (The Pale Horse; Dublin Murders), A Very British Scandal focuses on the divorce of the Duke (Paul Bettany) and Duchess of Argyll (Claire Foy), one of the most notorious, extraordinary and brutal legal cases of the 20th century.
"Famed for her charisma, beauty and style, Margaret, Duchess of Argyll, dominated the front pages as a divorce featuring accusations of forgery, theft, violence, drug-taking, secret recording, bribery and an explicit polaroid picture - all played out in the white-hot glare of the 1960s media.," reads the character descirption.
A Very British Scandal turns this scandal inside out in order to explore the social and political climate of post-war Britain, looking at attitudes towards women, and asking whether institutional misogyny was widespread at the time.
As her contemporaries,...
- 3/11/2021
- by Paul Dailly
- TVfanatic
Claire Foy and Paul Bettany have been cast in the lead roles of “A Very British Scandal,” a followup to “A Very English Scandal,” Variety has learned.
The hour-long, three-episode series focuses on the divorce of the Duke (Bettany) and Duchess of Argyll (Foy), one of the most notorious, extraordinary and brutal legal cases of the 20th Century. It was infamous for featuring accusations of forgery, theft, violence, drug-taking, secret recording, bribery, and an explicit Polaroid picture. The series will examine how the Duchess refused to go quietly as she was betrayed by her friends and publicly shamed by a society that reveled in her fall from grace.
The hour-long, three-episode series will premiere on BBC One and BBC iPlayer in the U.K. and on Amazon in the U.S., Canada, Australia, and New Zealand. Filming will take place across the U.K. later this year.
Sarah Phelps will write and executive produce,...
The hour-long, three-episode series focuses on the divorce of the Duke (Bettany) and Duchess of Argyll (Foy), one of the most notorious, extraordinary and brutal legal cases of the 20th Century. It was infamous for featuring accusations of forgery, theft, violence, drug-taking, secret recording, bribery, and an explicit Polaroid picture. The series will examine how the Duchess refused to go quietly as she was betrayed by her friends and publicly shamed by a society that reveled in her fall from grace.
The hour-long, three-episode series will premiere on BBC One and BBC iPlayer in the U.K. and on Amazon in the U.S., Canada, Australia, and New Zealand. Filming will take place across the U.K. later this year.
Sarah Phelps will write and executive produce,...
- 3/11/2021
- by Joe Otterson
- Variety Film + TV
The BBC and Amazon have signed up The Crown’s Claire Foy and WandaVision star Paul Bettany to headline the long-awaited second season of A Very English Scandal.
Deadline revealed last March that Sarah Phelps, the British scribe behind Agatha Christie adaptations including The ABC Murders and The Pale Horse, had signed up to write Season 2. The three-part second will be titled A Very British Scandal given its Scottish subject, and production is set to commence later this year.
A Very British Scandal will move on from the story of Jeremy Thorpe to become an anthology series, focusing on a new crisis that gripped the British establishment. The second season centers on a 1963 sex scandal involving Margaret Campbell, the Duchess of Argyll. During a messy divorce from her second husband, he seized images of Campbell performing a sex act on an unknown man and she became known as “The Dirty Duchess.
Deadline revealed last March that Sarah Phelps, the British scribe behind Agatha Christie adaptations including The ABC Murders and The Pale Horse, had signed up to write Season 2. The three-part second will be titled A Very British Scandal given its Scottish subject, and production is set to commence later this year.
A Very British Scandal will move on from the story of Jeremy Thorpe to become an anthology series, focusing on a new crisis that gripped the British establishment. The second season centers on a 1963 sex scandal involving Margaret Campbell, the Duchess of Argyll. During a messy divorce from her second husband, he seized images of Campbell performing a sex act on an unknown man and she became known as “The Dirty Duchess.
- 3/11/2021
- by Jake Kanter
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Sarah Phelps, the British writer behind Agatha Christie adaptations including The ABC Murders and The Pale Horse, has signed up to write the second season of the BBC and Amazon’s hit drama A Very English Scandal.
The Radio Times reported last year that Phelps had been approached to pen Season 2, and now the writer has confirmed to Deadline she is scripting a three-part series. The BBC is on the brink of formally confirming the recommission, with Amazon expected to be involved again.
A Very English Scandal will move on from the story of Jeremy Thorpe to become an anthology series, focusing on a new crisis that gripped the British establishment.
The second season centers on a 1963 sex scandal involving Margaret Campbell, the Duchess of Argyll. During a messy divorce from her second husband, he seized images of Campbell performing a sex act on an unknown man and she...
The Radio Times reported last year that Phelps had been approached to pen Season 2, and now the writer has confirmed to Deadline she is scripting a three-part series. The BBC is on the brink of formally confirming the recommission, with Amazon expected to be involved again.
A Very English Scandal will move on from the story of Jeremy Thorpe to become an anthology series, focusing on a new crisis that gripped the British establishment.
The second season centers on a 1963 sex scandal involving Margaret Campbell, the Duchess of Argyll. During a messy divorce from her second husband, he seized images of Campbell performing a sex act on an unknown man and she...
- 3/11/2020
- by Jake Kanter
- Deadline Film + TV
ITV has renegotiated its deal with Mammoth Screen, the British drama producer behind an upcoming BBC adaptation of Malorie Blackman’s Noughts + Crosses and BBC/Netflix series The Serpent.
ITV CEO Carolyn McCall revealed the renewal on a press call for the company’s annual results, which showed that revenue at production arm ITV Studios outstripped advertising turnover for the first time in ITV’s history.
The boom in scripted content has been a big part of this growth and Mammoth is among ITV’s most prolific scripted producers, having made shows including Poldark, The Pale Horse for Amazon and the BBC, and The War Of The Worlds, which was recently picked up by AMC.
ITV has had a long relationship with Mammoth. It took a 25% stake in the company, which is run by Damien Timmer, when it first launched in 2007. Eight years later, ITV fully-acquired Mammoth, although the financial details were not disclosed.
ITV CEO Carolyn McCall revealed the renewal on a press call for the company’s annual results, which showed that revenue at production arm ITV Studios outstripped advertising turnover for the first time in ITV’s history.
The boom in scripted content has been a big part of this growth and Mammoth is among ITV’s most prolific scripted producers, having made shows including Poldark, The Pale Horse for Amazon and the BBC, and The War Of The Worlds, which was recently picked up by AMC.
ITV has had a long relationship with Mammoth. It took a 25% stake in the company, which is run by Damien Timmer, when it first launched in 2007. Eight years later, ITV fully-acquired Mammoth, although the financial details were not disclosed.
- 3/5/2020
- by Jake Kanter
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: A Very English Scandal producer Dominic Treadwell-Collins is just weeks into life at his new ITV Studios production label, but he is already spinning a number of projects since leaving Sony’s Blueprint Pictures.
Deadline can reveal that Treadwell-Collins has picked up a project that topped this year’s Brit List, a Black List-style ranking of the best unproduced drama scripts in the UK, while there are talks ongoing about him remaining involved in a second season of A Very English Scandal.
His ITV label is working with Irish writer Karen Cogan and will now begin the process of selling Brit List-winner Fled to a broadcaster or streamer after securing rights to the script. Fled tells the story of a pregnant girl and a scared nun who are forced together to find some kind of freedom in the last remaining Mother and Baby Home in 1990s Ireland.
Cogan,...
Deadline can reveal that Treadwell-Collins has picked up a project that topped this year’s Brit List, a Black List-style ranking of the best unproduced drama scripts in the UK, while there are talks ongoing about him remaining involved in a second season of A Very English Scandal.
His ITV label is working with Irish writer Karen Cogan and will now begin the process of selling Brit List-winner Fled to a broadcaster or streamer after securing rights to the script. Fled tells the story of a pregnant girl and a scared nun who are forced together to find some kind of freedom in the last remaining Mother and Baby Home in 1990s Ireland.
Cogan,...
- 12/30/2019
- by Jake Kanter
- Deadline Film + TV
The year 2019 was a particularly good year for Brits in Hollywood, culminating in half of the Primetime Emmys heading to the other side of the pond with the likes of Phoebe Waller-Bridge and Succession creator Jesse Armstrong winning big.
British and Irish writers have always done well in the U.S. both in television and on the feature side, but the last few years have been particularly kind to those making the 6,000-mile trek to Tinseltown, from The Mentalist and Gotham’s Bruno Heller to Saving Mr Banks and Terra Nova writer Kelly Marcel and Catastrophe co-creator Sharon Horgan.
As such, Deadline is taking a look at the next generation of British and Irish writers who are making waves in the UK and stand a good chance of landing a hit U.S. series.
Kirstie Swain
After working on long-running British dramas including Holby City, Casualty and EastEnders via the BBC Writers Academy,...
British and Irish writers have always done well in the U.S. both in television and on the feature side, but the last few years have been particularly kind to those making the 6,000-mile trek to Tinseltown, from The Mentalist and Gotham’s Bruno Heller to Saving Mr Banks and Terra Nova writer Kelly Marcel and Catastrophe co-creator Sharon Horgan.
As such, Deadline is taking a look at the next generation of British and Irish writers who are making waves in the UK and stand a good chance of landing a hit U.S. series.
Kirstie Swain
After working on long-running British dramas including Holby City, Casualty and EastEnders via the BBC Writers Academy,...
- 12/27/2019
- by Peter White and Jake Kanter
- Deadline Film + TV
Dominic Treadwell-Collins, the executive producer of A Very English Scandal, is setting up a drama production label with ITV Studios.
Treadwell-Collins is starting up at ITV Studios after more than three years as the head of television at Blueprint Pictures. He started his new role this week and will aim to create high-ended scripted series, which can be sold internationally by ITV Studios.
Treadwell-Collins will act as showrunner on his own projects, as well as executive producing all other shows made by the label. It follows the producer overseeing Russell T Davies’ BBC One drama A Very English Scandal, which starred Hugh Grant and Ben Whishaw, who scooped up a BAFTA, Emmy and Golden Globe for his performance as Norman Scott.
ITV Studios managing director Julian Bellamy said: “I have long been an admirer of Dominic’s creativity and storytelling, as exemplified by the award-winning A Very English Scandal. We...
Treadwell-Collins is starting up at ITV Studios after more than three years as the head of television at Blueprint Pictures. He started his new role this week and will aim to create high-ended scripted series, which can be sold internationally by ITV Studios.
Treadwell-Collins will act as showrunner on his own projects, as well as executive producing all other shows made by the label. It follows the producer overseeing Russell T Davies’ BBC One drama A Very English Scandal, which starred Hugh Grant and Ben Whishaw, who scooped up a BAFTA, Emmy and Golden Globe for his performance as Norman Scott.
ITV Studios managing director Julian Bellamy said: “I have long been an admirer of Dominic’s creativity and storytelling, as exemplified by the award-winning A Very English Scandal. We...
- 11/27/2019
- by Jake Kanter
- Deadline Film + TV
The BBC/BBC America show earned 14 nods, including for its leads Jodie Comer and Sandrah Oh, and best drama.
Killing Eve leads the nominations for this year’s Bafta Television and Bafta Craft awards.
The BBC/BBC America show earned 14 nods, including for its leads Jodie Comer and Sandrah Oh in the best actress category, and best drama.
Just behind was A Very English Scandal starring Hugh grant and Ben Whishaw, with 12 nominations including best mini-series.
Patrick Melrose scooped six nominations, with Bodyguard and The Little Drummer Girl earning five.
Netflix’s Bandersnatch episode of Black Mirror picked up three nominations including best single drama.
Killing Eve leads the nominations for this year’s Bafta Television and Bafta Craft awards.
The BBC/BBC America show earned 14 nods, including for its leads Jodie Comer and Sandrah Oh in the best actress category, and best drama.
Just behind was A Very English Scandal starring Hugh grant and Ben Whishaw, with 12 nominations including best mini-series.
Patrick Melrose scooped six nominations, with Bodyguard and The Little Drummer Girl earning five.
Netflix’s Bandersnatch episode of Black Mirror picked up three nominations including best single drama.
- 3/28/2019
- by Orlando Parfitt
- ScreenDaily
Josh Sapan, President and CEO of AMC Networks, and Tim Davie, CEO of BBC Studios, partners in BBC America, are to set to give separate keynote addresses at Mipcom in October.
The pair will talk at the international TV event in Cannes France as part of its theme of ‘The Big Shift: Transitioning to a Reshaped Media Landscape’.
Sapan will discuss how he helped turn AMC Networks from a domestic U.S. cable broadcaster into a global business. Speaking about the strategy of networks including AMC, BBC America, IFC, Sundance TV and Wetv, as well as AMC Studios and IFC Films, Sapan will discuss programming from The Walking Dead, Better Call Saul, Killing Eve and Mad Men as well as hits such as Breaking Bad and Mad Men. His keynote is scheduled for Tuesday, October 16.
Davie, who was responsible for the merger of production unit BBC Studios and distribution division BBC Worldwide,...
The pair will talk at the international TV event in Cannes France as part of its theme of ‘The Big Shift: Transitioning to a Reshaped Media Landscape’.
Sapan will discuss how he helped turn AMC Networks from a domestic U.S. cable broadcaster into a global business. Speaking about the strategy of networks including AMC, BBC America, IFC, Sundance TV and Wetv, as well as AMC Studios and IFC Films, Sapan will discuss programming from The Walking Dead, Better Call Saul, Killing Eve and Mad Men as well as hits such as Breaking Bad and Mad Men. His keynote is scheduled for Tuesday, October 16.
Davie, who was responsible for the merger of production unit BBC Studios and distribution division BBC Worldwide,...
- 7/2/2018
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
“We are nothing but a pair of old queens,” Hugh Grant tells his dining companion in the House of Commons near the start of Amazon’s new limited series “A Very English Scandal.” The frankness is startling given what we know about Grant, the leading man in any number of straight romantic comedies. And it comes to seem yet more striking as Grant’s character, the real-life member of Parliament Jeremy Thorpe, obfuscates endlessly about his desire through the series’s three-hour running time. He’s rarely ever open about desire, treating it as an embarrassing biological fact to be sated on brief hiatuses from heterosexual life.
The series, which first aired overseas on BBC One in May and comes to Amazon June 29, comes by its title honestly. U.K. talent (including director Stephen Frears and stars Grant and Ben Whishaw) suffuse the proceedings with a curious reticence, an enigmatic...
The series, which first aired overseas on BBC One in May and comes to Amazon June 29, comes by its title honestly. U.K. talent (including director Stephen Frears and stars Grant and Ben Whishaw) suffuse the proceedings with a curious reticence, an enigmatic...
- 6/20/2018
- by Daniel D'Addario
- Variety Film + TV
A topless Ben Whishaw and a violin-playing Hugh Grant star in the first trailer for BBC One and Amazon drama A Very English Scandal.
The broadcasters have released the first extended look at the Blueprint Television-produced three-parter, which tells the story of disgraced British politician Jeremy Thorpe, who was tried, but acquitted, of conspiring to murder his ex-lover, Norman Scott.
Grant stars as Thorpe and Ben Whishaw plays Scott. In the trailer, Scott claims he was a “victim”, while Grant’s character purrs “my little bunny” at the young man.
The drama is directed by Oscar nominee and BAFTA winner Stephen Frears and written by BAFTA winner Russel T Davies. Executive producers are Dominic Treadwell-Collins, Graham Broadbent and Pete Czernin for Sony-backed Blueprint Television and Lucy Richer for the BBC.
Rounding out the key cast are Alex Jennings, Patricia Hodge (Miranda), Monica Dolan (Appropriate Adult), Adrian Scarborough, Jason Watkins (The Lost Honour Of Christopher Jefferies), Eve Myles (Victoria), Michele Dotrice (Starfish) and Blake Harrison (The Inbetweeners).
“I can’t believe they can say this on the BBC,” says one of Scott’s relatives. Believe it, it’s airing soon.
The broadcasters have released the first extended look at the Blueprint Television-produced three-parter, which tells the story of disgraced British politician Jeremy Thorpe, who was tried, but acquitted, of conspiring to murder his ex-lover, Norman Scott.
Grant stars as Thorpe and Ben Whishaw plays Scott. In the trailer, Scott claims he was a “victim”, while Grant’s character purrs “my little bunny” at the young man.
The drama is directed by Oscar nominee and BAFTA winner Stephen Frears and written by BAFTA winner Russel T Davies. Executive producers are Dominic Treadwell-Collins, Graham Broadbent and Pete Czernin for Sony-backed Blueprint Television and Lucy Richer for the BBC.
Rounding out the key cast are Alex Jennings, Patricia Hodge (Miranda), Monica Dolan (Appropriate Adult), Adrian Scarborough, Jason Watkins (The Lost Honour Of Christopher Jefferies), Eve Myles (Victoria), Michele Dotrice (Starfish) and Blake Harrison (The Inbetweeners).
“I can’t believe they can say this on the BBC,” says one of Scott’s relatives. Believe it, it’s airing soon.
- 5/8/2018
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
Ben Whishaw is set to appear opposite Hugh Grant in A Very English Scandal, the upcoming three-part TV drama from the BBC.
The James Bond and Paddington star will play Norman Scott, the former lover of disgraced politician Jeremy Thorpe (Grant) in the real-life story, based on the book by John Preston.
Stephen Frears is directing A Very English Scandal, being written by Russell T Davies. Exec producers are Dominic Treadwell-Collins, Graham Broadbent and Pete Czernin for Blueprint Television and Lucy Richer for the BBC, with Dan Winch producing.
"It’s a dream come true, to work with Ben," said Davies....
The James Bond and Paddington star will play Norman Scott, the former lover of disgraced politician Jeremy Thorpe (Grant) in the real-life story, based on the book by John Preston.
Stephen Frears is directing A Very English Scandal, being written by Russell T Davies. Exec producers are Dominic Treadwell-Collins, Graham Broadbent and Pete Czernin for Blueprint Television and Lucy Richer for the BBC, with Dan Winch producing.
"It’s a dream come true, to work with Ben," said Davies....
- 8/25/2017
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
BBC drama boss Wenger orders over 25 hours of drama.
Russell T Davies, Stephen Poliakoff and Call the Midwife creator Heidi Thomas have penned dramas for Piers Wenger’s inaugural slate, reports Broadcast.
The BBC drama boss unveiled over 25 hours of new drama commissions across BBC1 and BBC2 at an event co-hosted by director general Tony Hall.
The nine series, seven for BBC1, one for BBC2 and one for BBC3, join recently announced Wenger commissions including Kudos’ Gunpowder and The Forge’s Carey Mulligan-fronted crime drama Collateral.
BBC1
Doctor Who writer Davies has written A Very English Scandal, a 3 x 60-minute series directed by Stephen Frears.
Based on the book A Very English Scandal: Sex, Lies and a Murder Plot at the Heart of the Establishment by John Preston, it follows the true story of Liberal party leader Jeremy Thorpe’s conspiracy to kill his ex-lover Norman Scott.
Commissioned by Wenger and BBC director of content Moore, it...
Russell T Davies, Stephen Poliakoff and Call the Midwife creator Heidi Thomas have penned dramas for Piers Wenger’s inaugural slate, reports Broadcast.
The BBC drama boss unveiled over 25 hours of new drama commissions across BBC1 and BBC2 at an event co-hosted by director general Tony Hall.
The nine series, seven for BBC1, one for BBC2 and one for BBC3, join recently announced Wenger commissions including Kudos’ Gunpowder and The Forge’s Carey Mulligan-fronted crime drama Collateral.
BBC1
Doctor Who writer Davies has written A Very English Scandal, a 3 x 60-minute series directed by Stephen Frears.
Based on the book A Very English Scandal: Sex, Lies and a Murder Plot at the Heart of the Establishment by John Preston, it follows the true story of Liberal party leader Jeremy Thorpe’s conspiracy to kill his ex-lover Norman Scott.
Commissioned by Wenger and BBC director of content Moore, it...
- 5/5/2017
- ScreenDaily
Spt buys stake in TV arm of The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel producer.
Sony Pictures Television (Spt) has announced that it has taken a minority stake in London-based Blueprint Television.
The new venture led by Pete Czernin and Graham Broadbent of Blueprint Pictures will focus on high end, returning drama series that originate in the UK and can travel internationally, with Spt distributing around the globe.
Blueprint is launching the TV division on the back of the success of films including global box-office hit The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel and its sequel The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, In Bruges and Seven Psychopaths, as well as last year’s BBC1 drama The Outcast.
The company has one show in production - fantasy adventure drama The Last Dragonslayer for Sky1 - and three series in development.
The investment further builds on Spt’s strategy to increase its drama footprint in order to meet the increasing demand for high...
Sony Pictures Television (Spt) has announced that it has taken a minority stake in London-based Blueprint Television.
The new venture led by Pete Czernin and Graham Broadbent of Blueprint Pictures will focus on high end, returning drama series that originate in the UK and can travel internationally, with Spt distributing around the globe.
Blueprint is launching the TV division on the back of the success of films including global box-office hit The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel and its sequel The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, In Bruges and Seven Psychopaths, as well as last year’s BBC1 drama The Outcast.
The company has one show in production - fantasy adventure drama The Last Dragonslayer for Sky1 - and three series in development.
The investment further builds on Spt’s strategy to increase its drama footprint in order to meet the increasing demand for high...
- 6/7/2016
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
Sony Corp.'s Sony Pictures Television has bought a minority stake in Blueprint Television, the newly launched drama series production arm of Pete Czernin and Graham Broadbent's U.K. producer Blueprint Pictures (The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, In Bruges, Seven Psychopaths). Financial details weren't disclosed. It is another deal designed to expand the company's business focused on high-end drama series with international appeal, with Spt set to distribute Blueprint shows globally. Blueprint co-chairmen Broadbent and Czernin and managing director Diarmuid McKeown have teamed up with executive producer Dominic Treadwell-Collins, who joins Blueprint as head of television following
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- 6/7/2016
- by Georg Szalai
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The BBC are building a mosque on the 'EastEnders' set. Organisers of the popular soap are reportedly planning to add the building to their set in a £15 million upgrade. A source told The Sun newspaper: ''[The new set] will be as authentic as East London today, including a mosque.'' Whilst a spokesperson for the BBC added: ''The new set will better reflect the East End on screen as well as increase the potential for storylines.'' And 'EastEnders' is getting another major shake up as Dominic Treadwell-Collins recently confirmed he will be quitting his role as executive producer. Speaking to announce his departure, he said:...
- 2/21/2016
- Virgin Media - TV
'EastEnders' bosses have promised there is ''so much in store'' for Johnny Carter. The character is returning to Albert Square - with Ted Reilly recast in the role - after taking time out to go travelling and show chief Dominic Treadwell-Collins has promised he will be in the thick of the action with the Carter family's next big storyline. Executive producer Dominic said: ''Johnny is a key member of the Carter family and he's been missing over the past year and a half, when so much has happened to the Carters. ''As the family embark on their next big storyline to take...
- 2/17/2016
- Virgin Media - TV
Dominic Treadwell-Collins has stepped down as Executive Producer on 'EastEnders'. The 38-year-old producer has been the mastermind behind some of the soap's most explosive and tear-jerking storylines over the past two-and-a-half years but he has decided his time on the show has now come to an end. He said of his decision to leave: ''My love for 'EastEnders' is no secret and so the decision to leave Walford has not been one I have taken lightly. When I commit to something, I always give it my all - and after two and a half years of giving my blood to Walford, it...
- 2/16/2016
- Virgin Media - TV
Stacey Branning is to suffer from postpartum psychosis in 'EastEnders'. Lacey Turner's character Stacey - who was diagnosed with bipolar in 2009 - is to struggle with the rare condition that affects some women after they give birth when she welcomes her second child into the world just before Christmas. 'EastEnders' executive producer Dominic Treadwell-Collins said: ''Stacey's mental health story will be one of our biggest storylines over Christmas and the beginning of 2016 as we explore Stacey's bipolar disorder and its effects on her and those closest to her. ''We have always had a big commitment to Stacey's story and this time...
- 12/8/2015
- Virgin Media - TV
'EastEnders' will see ''an EastEnders villain like no other'' in Kathy Beale's third husband Gavin. The TV show's executive producer Dominic Treadwell-Collins has hinted at what may unfold when the BBC soap legend - played by Gillian Taylforth - returns in the coming months, along with her husband, played by Paul Nicholas. Dominic said: ''If everything works out, and I hope it will, Gavin is going to be an 'EastEnders' villain like no other. He's going to be modern, complex, and have a little a foot in the past and a foot in the present.'' While no return date has been given for...
- 6/27/2015
- Virgin Media - TV
Guests on Channel 4's Sunday Brunch are expected to get involved with the cooking, and unfortunately for Eastenders star Richard Blackwood, this proved to be his undoing.
We're no dab hands at cooking ourselves, and could only cringe (with a soupçon of empathy) when things took a turn for the worst. The actor was asked to zest a lemon, but obviously had no clue what to do.
I cannot stop watching Richard Blackwood pretending to know what zest is. pic.twitter.com/yIWorsIOap
— Jamie Ross (@JamieRoss7) May 31, 2015
He started by cutting at the outside of the lemon, before trying to zest the inside of the lemon. Thankfully, the show's presenters were on hand to help.
"You want the outside?!" he said, when told he was doing it wrong.
Twitter found the incident highly amusing, with multiple videos of the moment appearing online shortly after.
Blackwood recently joined the cast of EastEnders as Vincent Hubbard,...
We're no dab hands at cooking ourselves, and could only cringe (with a soupçon of empathy) when things took a turn for the worst. The actor was asked to zest a lemon, but obviously had no clue what to do.
I cannot stop watching Richard Blackwood pretending to know what zest is. pic.twitter.com/yIWorsIOap
— Jamie Ross (@JamieRoss7) May 31, 2015
He started by cutting at the outside of the lemon, before trying to zest the inside of the lemon. Thankfully, the show's presenters were on hand to help.
"You want the outside?!" he said, when told he was doing it wrong.
Twitter found the incident highly amusing, with multiple videos of the moment appearing online shortly after.
Blackwood recently joined the cast of EastEnders as Vincent Hubbard,...
- 6/1/2015
- Digital Spy
EastEnders producer Dominic Treadwell-Collins has criticised ITV for some of its British Soap Awards coverage on Thursday evening (May 21).
The long-running BBC soap took home the coveted Best Soap prize at this year's ceremony, but Treadwell-Collins was left disappointed by the editing of this week's broadcast.
"Disappointed that our thanks for those behind the scenes was cut from tonight's show," the producer tweeted, before also expressing his disappointment over the broadcaster's scheduling for the night.
"Scheduled against BBC," he added. "Play nicely ITV."
ITV aired an hour-long episode of Emmerdale against EastEnders to lead into its coverage of the two hour event.
#EastEnders disappointed that our thanks for those behind the scenes was cut from tonight's show - scheduled against BBC. Play nicely ITV.
— DomTreadwellCollins (@dominictc) May 22, 2015
Not gentlemanly. #itv #bbc
— DomTreadwellCollins (@dominictc) May 22, 2015
The BBC soap won a total of eight awards at this year's ceremony, including Best Storyline...
The long-running BBC soap took home the coveted Best Soap prize at this year's ceremony, but Treadwell-Collins was left disappointed by the editing of this week's broadcast.
"Disappointed that our thanks for those behind the scenes was cut from tonight's show," the producer tweeted, before also expressing his disappointment over the broadcaster's scheduling for the night.
"Scheduled against BBC," he added. "Play nicely ITV."
ITV aired an hour-long episode of Emmerdale against EastEnders to lead into its coverage of the two hour event.
#EastEnders disappointed that our thanks for those behind the scenes was cut from tonight's show - scheduled against BBC. Play nicely ITV.
— DomTreadwellCollins (@dominictc) May 22, 2015
Not gentlemanly. #itv #bbc
— DomTreadwellCollins (@dominictc) May 22, 2015
The BBC soap won a total of eight awards at this year's ceremony, including Best Storyline...
- 5/23/2015
- Digital Spy
EastEnders couple Kat and Alfie Moon will be featured in their own drama series in 2016.
Kat (Jessie Wallace) and Alfie (Shane Richie) will be taking a break from Walford later this year, but viewers will be able to follow them as they head to Ireland to start a new life in a spinoff show.
Although the couple have been estranged ever since Kat discovered that Alfie was responsible for the fire that left her badly burned, they will soon reunite and have the opportunity to put the past behind them.
The six-part drama series has been created by EastEnders' executive producer Dominic Treadwell-Collins, and it will be written and produced by the EastEnders team.
Speaking about the new drama, Treadwell-Collins said: "In the next few weeks on EastEnders, viewers will witness several huge twists for Kat and Alfie Moon that will change their lives forever.
"Now is the perfect...
Kat (Jessie Wallace) and Alfie (Shane Richie) will be taking a break from Walford later this year, but viewers will be able to follow them as they head to Ireland to start a new life in a spinoff show.
Although the couple have been estranged ever since Kat discovered that Alfie was responsible for the fire that left her badly burned, they will soon reunite and have the opportunity to put the past behind them.
The six-part drama series has been created by EastEnders' executive producer Dominic Treadwell-Collins, and it will be written and produced by the EastEnders team.
Speaking about the new drama, Treadwell-Collins said: "In the next few weeks on EastEnders, viewers will witness several huge twists for Kat and Alfie Moon that will change their lives forever.
"Now is the perfect...
- 4/3/2015
- Digital Spy
'EastEnders' are to recreate the soap's first ever scene. The show's producers have announced they will use the real sound effects from the opening scenes of the show's first episode in 1985 as part of an hour-long 30th anniversary special on Thursday February 19. Speaking about the forthcoming scenes, executive producer Dominic Treadwell-Collins said: ''Live week allows us to have some fun while also paying respect to our past. Our Story Producer Alex Lamb had the idea to replicate 'EastEnders' first ever scene back when we started planning our anniversary - and it has been lovingly modernised for 2015 by anniversary producer...
- 2/15/2015
- Virgin Media - TV
'EastEnders' are to recreate the soap's first ever scene. The show's producers have announced they will use the real sound effects from the opening scenes of the show's first episode in 1985 as part of an hour-long 30th anniversary special on Thursday February 19. Speaking about the forthcoming scenes, executive producer Dominic Treadwell-Collins said: ''Live week allows us to have some fun while also paying respect to our past. Our Story Producer Alex Lamb had the idea to replicate 'EastEnders' first ever scene back when we started planning our anniversary - and it has been lovingly modernised for 2015 by anniversary producer...
- 2/12/2015
- Virgin Media - TV
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