British network ITV has ordered Changing Ends, an autobiographical scripted comedy based on stand-up and presenter Alan Carr’s life. Gavin & Stacey and Alan Partridge producer Baby Cow Productions is making the six-part comedy, which Carr is co-writing with Simon Carlyle (Two Doors Down). It will follow Carr’s life in Northampton, England in the 1980s, … Read more
UK broadcaster ITV saw its revenues reach £2.52BN ($2.89BN) for the first nine months of this year, up 6%. In a trading update, ITV noted Love Island producer ITV Studios had grown its revenues 16% year-on-year, to £1.39BN from £1.19BN for the same period last year. The broadcaster pointed to a range of new and returning shows … Read more
EXCLUSIVE: Game of Thrones star Sophie Turner will star in a six-part drama inspired by notorious British jewel thief Joan Hannington for ITV. Joan, from writer Anna Symon, is set in the brash and aspirational London of the 1980s and follows X Men: Dark Phoenix star Turner as criminal Hannington, whose exploits earned her the … Read more
A Labour MP who was the target of a far-right murder plot depicted in Jeff Pope’s Stephen Graham-starring ITV drama The Walk-In has lambasted the broadcaster for its “stupid, stupid, stupid series.” Speaking in the UK’s House of Commons yesterday, Rosie Cooper said she has had death threats since the series was broadcast and claimed … Read more
ITV’s share price spiked today following news the UK network is considering selling part of its production and sales arm ITV Studios. Shares are trading at 66.9p, having closed at 61.4p a share on Friday. This follows a report in the Financial Times that claims the Love Island owner was mulling its options and would … Read more
ITV is actively reviewing the future of its production arm ITV Studios, including whether to sell a stake in the maker of Love Island and Bodyguard to help lift the broadcaster’s depressed share price. The London-based company has recently fielded expressions of interest in ITV Studios in what remains a relatively buoyant market for production … Read more
EXCLUSIVE: ITV Studios is taking celeb drag contests international through British reality format Queens For the Night. Ahead of Mipcom next week, the Love Island firm has taken production rights in each territory where it has a non-scripted production base and distribution rights for the format and finished versions (excluding the UK) worldwide. In the … Read more
ITV boss Carolyn McCall has issued a staunch defence of This Morning presenters Holly Willoughby and Phillip Schofield, who were accused of jumping the queue to see Queen Elizabeth II’s coffin. McCall became the first ITV head honcho to publicly intervene in the controversy at this afternoon’s RTS London, stating that she had text both presenters and … Read more
EXCLUSIVE: New UK Prime Minister Liz Truss and Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng are preparing to unveil the government’s plan to tackle the worst cost-of-living crisis for decades, and the TV industry is not immune. As Britain’s production community feels the crunch, the BBC, ITV, Channel 4 and Paramount-owned Channel 5 have each told Deadline that they … Read more
Major British broadcasters have been engaged in a fierce stand-off with UK newspapers over the rights to the live coverage of Queen Elizabeth II’s funeral, Deadline can reveal. The BBC is producing the bulk of the live feed of the funeral and is footing most of the bill, while ITV and Sky has also invested … Read more