Exclusive: Peacock is developing a pilot for a raunchy social experiment format titled Sex in the Dark.
Clarkson’s Farm producer Expectation is behind the pilot, which joins a number of Peacock shows on its unscripted development slate. The pilot was filmed late last year, we understand.
The show’s logline describes Sex in the Dark as a “radical new social experiment” and centers on one single person who is blindfolded or left completely in darkness as they embark on “intimacy tests” to judge their connection, chemistry and attraction with a number of different suitors.
After each round, one suitor will be eliminated. The show culminates in a final night in complete darkness, as the singleton bed-hops with the remaining suitors to see if smell, touch, physical connection and energy is all you need to fall in love.
Amy Dallmeyer, Ben Wicks and Lucy Palmer are EPs on the series from Expectation,...
Clarkson’s Farm producer Expectation is behind the pilot, which joins a number of Peacock shows on its unscripted development slate. The pilot was filmed late last year, we understand.
The show’s logline describes Sex in the Dark as a “radical new social experiment” and centers on one single person who is blindfolded or left completely in darkness as they embark on “intimacy tests” to judge their connection, chemistry and attraction with a number of different suitors.
After each round, one suitor will be eliminated. The show culminates in a final night in complete darkness, as the singleton bed-hops with the remaining suitors to see if smell, touch, physical connection and energy is all you need to fall in love.
Amy Dallmeyer, Ben Wicks and Lucy Palmer are EPs on the series from Expectation,...
- 5/2/2023
- by Max Goldbart
- Deadline Film + TV
Singer Ozzy and his wife Sharon Osbourne are returning to reality TV. The reigning couple of metal have signed on to a new docuseries titled ‘Home to Roost’, which will document their journey back to Britain as they restart their lives in the countryside.
“The series will follow the Osbournes as they celebrate one of their most important years yet – with everything from Sharon’s 70th birthday to Kelly’s soon-to-be-born baby, Ozzy’s tour, and of course the big move itself,” reads the logline, reports Variety.
The docuseries, which is announced exactly 20 years after their original show ‘The Osbournes’ first launched on MTV, will also follow the couple as they deal with health challenges as well as ageing.
It will air on BBC One and iPlayer in the UK International sales, including in the US, have not yet been announced. Banijay Rights are handling international distribution.
Ozzy recently revealed...
“The series will follow the Osbournes as they celebrate one of their most important years yet – with everything from Sharon’s 70th birthday to Kelly’s soon-to-be-born baby, Ozzy’s tour, and of course the big move itself,” reads the logline, reports Variety.
The docuseries, which is announced exactly 20 years after their original show ‘The Osbournes’ first launched on MTV, will also follow the couple as they deal with health challenges as well as ageing.
It will air on BBC One and iPlayer in the UK International sales, including in the US, have not yet been announced. Banijay Rights are handling international distribution.
Ozzy recently revealed...
- 9/3/2022
- by Glamsham Bureau
- GlamSham
Two decades after the world heard Ozzy Osbourne repeatedly shout “Sharrrrrrrrrooooonnnn” on MTV’s reality TV series “The Osbournes,” the first family of heavy metal have a new show in the works.
“Home to Roost,” which will air on BBC One and iPlayer in the U.K., will follow Ozzy and Sharon Osbourne as they leave Los Angeles to move back to Britain. Banijay Rights will handle international distribution for the show.
Jack and Kelly Osbourne, who grew up on “The Osbournes,” will be seen in the episodes supporting their “mum” and dad as they re-start their lives in Buckinghamshire, England. The show will feature Sharon’s 70th birthday, Ozzy’s tour, the move and Kelly’s pregnancy journey.
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The new series will span 10 30-minute episodes and is a collaboration between Expectation’s Factual and Entertainment teams.
“Home to Roost,” which will air on BBC One and iPlayer in the U.K., will follow Ozzy and Sharon Osbourne as they leave Los Angeles to move back to Britain. Banijay Rights will handle international distribution for the show.
Jack and Kelly Osbourne, who grew up on “The Osbournes,” will be seen in the episodes supporting their “mum” and dad as they re-start their lives in Buckinghamshire, England. The show will feature Sharon’s 70th birthday, Ozzy’s tour, the move and Kelly’s pregnancy journey.
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Ozzy Osbourne Says He’s Moving Back to the UK Because America Is ‘F-ing Crazy’
The new series will span 10 30-minute episodes and is a collaboration between Expectation’s Factual and Entertainment teams.
- 9/2/2022
- by Jolie Lash
- The Wrap
Ozzy and Sharon Osbourne will soon be back on the small screen. The couple will star in a new series, Home to Roost, which will document their journey back to the U.K. as they relocate to the English countryside.
The series, announced 20 years after the family’s original show The Osbournes premiered on MTV, is set to air on BBC One and BBC iPlayer in the U.K. in 2023 but has yet to receive U.S. distribution. The pair’s daughter Kelly will also appear.
The log line teases,...
The series, announced 20 years after the family’s original show The Osbournes premiered on MTV, is set to air on BBC One and BBC iPlayer in the U.K. in 2023 but has yet to receive U.S. distribution. The pair’s daughter Kelly will also appear.
The log line teases,...
- 9/2/2022
- by Emily Zemler
- Rollingstone.com
Ozzy and Sharon Osbourne are returning to U.K. – and to reality TV.
The reigning couple of metal have signed on to a new docuseries titled “Home to Roost,” which will document their journey back to Britain as they re-start their lives in the countryside.
“The series will follow the Osbournes as they celebrate one of their most important years yet – with everything from Sharon’s 70th birthday to Kelly’s soon-to-be-born baby, Ozzy’s tour, and of course the big move itself,” promises the logline.
The docu-series, which is announced exactly 20 years after their original show “The Osbournes” first launched on MTV, will also follow the couple as they deal with health challenges as well as ageing.
It will air on BBC One and iPlayer in the U.K. International sales, including in the U.S., have not yet been announced. Banijay Rights are handling international distribution.
Ozzy recently...
The reigning couple of metal have signed on to a new docuseries titled “Home to Roost,” which will document their journey back to Britain as they re-start their lives in the countryside.
“The series will follow the Osbournes as they celebrate one of their most important years yet – with everything from Sharon’s 70th birthday to Kelly’s soon-to-be-born baby, Ozzy’s tour, and of course the big move itself,” promises the logline.
The docu-series, which is announced exactly 20 years after their original show “The Osbournes” first launched on MTV, will also follow the couple as they deal with health challenges as well as ageing.
It will air on BBC One and iPlayer in the U.K. International sales, including in the U.S., have not yet been announced. Banijay Rights are handling international distribution.
Ozzy recently...
- 9/2/2022
- by K.J. Yossman
- Variety Film + TV
The BBC is bringing back MTV classic The Osbournes as Sharon and Ozzy return to the UK.
Home to Roost from The Steph Show producer Expectation will see the globe’s most iconic reality TV family come back to the nation they lived in for years, as they attempt to re-start their lives in rural Buckinghamshire.
The Osbournes was a huge MTV hit two decades ago, charting the family when they first moved to LA to restart their lives.
Home to Roost will follow the Osbournes as they celebrate Sharon Osbourne’s 70th birthday and daughter Kelly Osbourne’s soon-to-be-born baby. The Osbournes ran from 2001 to 2005.
“This promises to be a funny, moving and honest insight into their new life in the UK,” said BBC Head of Documentary Commissioning Clare Sillery.
Home to Roost was commissioned by Sillery. Ben Wicks, Colin Barr and Louisa McKay are exec producing. Banijay Rights will handle international distribution.
Home to Roost from The Steph Show producer Expectation will see the globe’s most iconic reality TV family come back to the nation they lived in for years, as they attempt to re-start their lives in rural Buckinghamshire.
The Osbournes was a huge MTV hit two decades ago, charting the family when they first moved to LA to restart their lives.
Home to Roost will follow the Osbournes as they celebrate Sharon Osbourne’s 70th birthday and daughter Kelly Osbourne’s soon-to-be-born baby. The Osbournes ran from 2001 to 2005.
“This promises to be a funny, moving and honest insight into their new life in the UK,” said BBC Head of Documentary Commissioning Clare Sillery.
Home to Roost was commissioned by Sillery. Ben Wicks, Colin Barr and Louisa McKay are exec producing. Banijay Rights will handle international distribution.
- 9/2/2022
- by Max Goldbart
- Deadline Film + TV
Channel 4 and HBO’s lauded drama It’s a Sin missed out in several major categories at the BAFTA TV Awards this evening, as the BBC and ITV emerged as the big winners. Scroll down for the full list.
Russell T Davies’ Red Production Company-created drama was up for Best Mini-Series, with Olly Alexander in contention for Leading Actor and Lydia West competing for Leading Actress.
However, BBC prison drama Time won the Mini-Series category, Sean Bean won Leading Actor for the same drama and Jodie Comer’s performance in Channel 4’s Help pipped West and Kate Winslet in the Leading Actress Category.
Compounding a disappointing evening for the hotly-tipped show, Callum Scott Howells, Omari Douglas and David Carlyle lost out to Succession’s Matthew Macfadyen in the Supporting Actor category. It’s a Sin writer Davies, who earlier today unveiled Sex Education’s Ncuti Gatwa as Doctor Who’s next Time Lord,...
Russell T Davies’ Red Production Company-created drama was up for Best Mini-Series, with Olly Alexander in contention for Leading Actor and Lydia West competing for Leading Actress.
However, BBC prison drama Time won the Mini-Series category, Sean Bean won Leading Actor for the same drama and Jodie Comer’s performance in Channel 4’s Help pipped West and Kate Winslet in the Leading Actress Category.
Compounding a disappointing evening for the hotly-tipped show, Callum Scott Howells, Omari Douglas and David Carlyle lost out to Succession’s Matthew Macfadyen in the Supporting Actor category. It’s a Sin writer Davies, who earlier today unveiled Sex Education’s Ncuti Gatwa as Doctor Who’s next Time Lord,...
- 5/8/2022
- by Jesse Whittock and Max Goldbart
- Deadline Film + TV
Russell T. Davies’ Channel 4 series “It’s a Sin” led the field at the Virgin Media British Academy Television Awards and the British Academy Television Craft Awards with 11 nominations, while Will Sharpe’s Sky show “Landscapers” followed with seven. Both shows stream in the U.S. on HBO Max.
Nominations for “It’s A Sin” include for Director: Fiction, Editing Fiction, Make-up & Hair Design, Scripted Casting, Writer Drama, Leading Actor, Leading Actress, Mini-Series and Supporting Actor, while “Landscapers” scored in the Director: Fiction, Editing Fiction, Original Music, Photography & Lighting Fiction, Production Design, Leading Actor and Mini-Series categories.
The international category nominees feature a roster of global heavy hitters including “Call My Agent!,” “Lupin,” “Succession,” “Squid Game,” “Mare of Easttown” and “The Underground Railroad.”
The British Academy Television Craft Awards will take place on Apr. 24 and the Television Awards on May 8.
British Academy Television Awards Nominees
Comedy Entertainment Program
“The Graham Norton Show” – Graham Norton,...
Nominations for “It’s A Sin” include for Director: Fiction, Editing Fiction, Make-up & Hair Design, Scripted Casting, Writer Drama, Leading Actor, Leading Actress, Mini-Series and Supporting Actor, while “Landscapers” scored in the Director: Fiction, Editing Fiction, Original Music, Photography & Lighting Fiction, Production Design, Leading Actor and Mini-Series categories.
The international category nominees feature a roster of global heavy hitters including “Call My Agent!,” “Lupin,” “Succession,” “Squid Game,” “Mare of Easttown” and “The Underground Railroad.”
The British Academy Television Craft Awards will take place on Apr. 24 and the Television Awards on May 8.
British Academy Television Awards Nominees
Comedy Entertainment Program
“The Graham Norton Show” – Graham Norton,...
- 3/30/2022
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
Russell T Davies’ It’s a Sin and Jack Thorne’s Help, two hard-hitting Channel 4 shows about societal issues, have dominated this year’s BAFTA TV Awards nominations, taking six and four noms, respectively.
Incorporating BAFTA Craft noms, which run concurrently with the TV Awards, HBO Max co-production It’s a Sin picked up 11, including for Mini-Series, Writer (Davies), five actors and in the Virgin Must-See Moment for Colin’s diagnosis.
Davies’ heart-wrenching semi-biographical portrayal of the UK’s 1980s AIDS epidemic for Red Production Company has swept up at this year’s awards ceremonies and is fresh off the back of three wins at last night’s Rts Awards and two at the Bpg Awards.
It’s a Sin’s five performance category noms were joint with last year’s Small Axe...
Incorporating BAFTA Craft noms, which run concurrently with the TV Awards, HBO Max co-production It’s a Sin picked up 11, including for Mini-Series, Writer (Davies), five actors and in the Virgin Must-See Moment for Colin’s diagnosis.
Davies’ heart-wrenching semi-biographical portrayal of the UK’s 1980s AIDS epidemic for Red Production Company has swept up at this year’s awards ceremonies and is fresh off the back of three wins at last night’s Rts Awards and two at the Bpg Awards.
It’s a Sin’s five performance category noms were joint with last year’s Small Axe...
- 3/30/2022
- by Max Goldbart
- Deadline Film + TV
Channel 4 has renewed BAFTA-winning series “The Lateish Show with Mo Gilligan” for at least two more seasons.
The chat show, which features interviews, games, sketches and music, is co-produced by Gilligan’s production company Momo G and Expectation. Guests have included Riz Ahmed, Jada Pinkett Smith, David Schwimmer, Aisling Bea and Steve Coogan.
Gilligan picked up a BAFTA for entertainment performance of the year in 2021.
The double order was commissioned by Channel 4’s head of entertainment Phil Harris and commissioning editor Tom Beck. Ben Wicks and Rhe-an Archibald executive produce for Expectation and Pollyanna McGirr and David Geli for Momo G.
Gilligan’s ‘The Lateish Accelerator Programme,’ which, in collaboration with Channel 4 and Expectation, provides paid production roles for underrepresented groups, will also be extended.
“I’m absolutely thrilled that Channel 4 have given us such an incredible commissioning commitment,” Gilligan said in a statement. “The whole team is very...
The chat show, which features interviews, games, sketches and music, is co-produced by Gilligan’s production company Momo G and Expectation. Guests have included Riz Ahmed, Jada Pinkett Smith, David Schwimmer, Aisling Bea and Steve Coogan.
Gilligan picked up a BAFTA for entertainment performance of the year in 2021.
The double order was commissioned by Channel 4’s head of entertainment Phil Harris and commissioning editor Tom Beck. Ben Wicks and Rhe-an Archibald executive produce for Expectation and Pollyanna McGirr and David Geli for Momo G.
Gilligan’s ‘The Lateish Accelerator Programme,’ which, in collaboration with Channel 4 and Expectation, provides paid production roles for underrepresented groups, will also be extended.
“I’m absolutely thrilled that Channel 4 have given us such an incredible commissioning commitment,” Gilligan said in a statement. “The whole team is very...
- 1/27/2022
- by K.J. Yossman
- Variety Film + TV
Sales
Channel 4’s classic series “Fresh Meat,” a still-popular dramatic comedy about student life, will celebrate its ten-year anniversary this weekend with a cast and creators’ reunion in London, and global distributor All3Media has announced several recent sales deal for the program ahead of the event.
Agreements for the series have been closed in the U.S. and Canada on the Roku Channel (AVOD) as well as on Tubi (also U.S. and Canada AVOD) and on Crackle for AVOD in the U.S. The show is also available on Amazon Prime Video in the US.
Created by Jesse Armstrong and Sam Bain for Channel 4 from Objective Media Group, U.K., the series’ six key cast members – Jack Whitehall, Charlotte Ritchie, Zawe Ashton, Joe Thomas, Kimberly Nixon and Greg McHugh – will all return for the reunion. The group will be joined by the creators for an in-person discussion and...
Channel 4’s classic series “Fresh Meat,” a still-popular dramatic comedy about student life, will celebrate its ten-year anniversary this weekend with a cast and creators’ reunion in London, and global distributor All3Media has announced several recent sales deal for the program ahead of the event.
Agreements for the series have been closed in the U.S. and Canada on the Roku Channel (AVOD) as well as on Tubi (also U.S. and Canada AVOD) and on Crackle for AVOD in the U.S. The show is also available on Amazon Prime Video in the US.
Created by Jesse Armstrong and Sam Bain for Channel 4 from Objective Media Group, U.K., the series’ six key cast members – Jack Whitehall, Charlotte Ritchie, Zawe Ashton, Joe Thomas, Kimberly Nixon and Greg McHugh – will all return for the reunion. The group will be joined by the creators for an in-person discussion and...
- 1/13/2022
- by Jamie Lang
- Variety Film + TV
Former Objective MD Joins King of Sunshine
Exclusive: Paul Sandler, a former MD of Peep Show and The Cube producer Objective Media Group, has joined the entertainment indie run by former BBC commissioner Sohail Shah. Sandler joins King of Sunshine Productions as a Non-Exec Director and will help run the outfit, which has produced ITV’s Agatha & Poirot: Partners in Crime and Britain’s Favourite Detective, while recently picking up the rights to Sharna Jackson kids novel High-Rise Mystery. Sandler became Objective Productions (now Objective Media Group) MD in 2005 shortly before the outfit was acquired by All3Media and held the role for 10 years, overseeing a period of growth with shows such as hit Channel 4 cult comedy Peep Show, Derren Brown and ITV gameshow format The Cube. In 2015, he became COO of three ITV Studios-backed labels under the Cats on the Roof banner, labels that are now being wound...
Exclusive: Paul Sandler, a former MD of Peep Show and The Cube producer Objective Media Group, has joined the entertainment indie run by former BBC commissioner Sohail Shah. Sandler joins King of Sunshine Productions as a Non-Exec Director and will help run the outfit, which has produced ITV’s Agatha & Poirot: Partners in Crime and Britain’s Favourite Detective, while recently picking up the rights to Sharna Jackson kids novel High-Rise Mystery. Sandler became Objective Productions (now Objective Media Group) MD in 2005 shortly before the outfit was acquired by All3Media and held the role for 10 years, overseeing a period of growth with shows such as hit Channel 4 cult comedy Peep Show, Derren Brown and ITV gameshow format The Cube. In 2015, he became COO of three ITV Studios-backed labels under the Cats on the Roof banner, labels that are now being wound...
- 1/13/2022
- by Max Goldbart
- Deadline Film + TV
The BAFTA TV Awards winners have been announced, and it was a big night for Michaela Coel, whose BBC and HBO series I May Destroy You scooped two of the biggest prizes of the evening.
During a pre-recorded ceremony at London’s iconic Television Centre, Coel walked away with best leading actress for her performance as sexual assault survivor Arabella, while I May Destroy You also scooped best mini-series, beating Steve McQueen’s Small Axe.
It follows I May Destroy You’s strong showing last month at the BAFTA TV Craft Awards, which celebrates the work of those working behind the scenes. Coel scored a BAFTA mask for best drama writer and best director at the ceremony.
After winning leading actress on Sunday, Coel collected her award in-person and thanked intimacy coach Ita O’Brien. Coel said O’Brien’s presence meant she could make a series about “exploitation, loss of respect,...
During a pre-recorded ceremony at London’s iconic Television Centre, Coel walked away with best leading actress for her performance as sexual assault survivor Arabella, while I May Destroy You also scooped best mini-series, beating Steve McQueen’s Small Axe.
It follows I May Destroy You’s strong showing last month at the BAFTA TV Craft Awards, which celebrates the work of those working behind the scenes. Coel scored a BAFTA mask for best drama writer and best director at the ceremony.
After winning leading actress on Sunday, Coel collected her award in-person and thanked intimacy coach Ita O’Brien. Coel said O’Brien’s presence meant she could make a series about “exploitation, loss of respect,...
- 6/6/2021
- by Jake Kanter
- Deadline Film + TV
Steve McQueen’s Amazon and BBC “Small Axe” anthology leads the nominations at the British Academy of Film and Television Arts’ (BAFTA) Television and Craft Awards with 15 nods.
Netflix’s “The Crown” has 10 nominations, while BBC and HBO’s “I May Destroy You” has eight. BBC and Hulu’s “Normal People” has seven nominations, and Netflix’s “Sex Education” has six.
The Television Awards ceremony takes place June 6 on BBC One, and the Craft Awards will be streamed on BAFTA’s social channels on May 24.
Virgin Media British Academy Television Awards: Nominations
Comedy Entertainment Programme
“Charlie Brooker’s Antiviral Wipe” Charlie Brooker, Annabel Jones, Ali Marlow – Broke & Bones, Endemol Shine Group/BBC Two
“Rob & Romesh Vs” Jack Shillaker, David Taylor, Murray Boland, Danielle Lux, Bill Righton – Cpl Productions/Sky One
“The Big Narstie Show” Obi Kevin Akudike, Nathan Brown, Rina Dayalji, Ben Wicks, Toby Baker – Expectation, Dice Productions Entertainment/Channel 4...
Netflix’s “The Crown” has 10 nominations, while BBC and HBO’s “I May Destroy You” has eight. BBC and Hulu’s “Normal People” has seven nominations, and Netflix’s “Sex Education” has six.
The Television Awards ceremony takes place June 6 on BBC One, and the Craft Awards will be streamed on BAFTA’s social channels on May 24.
Virgin Media British Academy Television Awards: Nominations
Comedy Entertainment Programme
“Charlie Brooker’s Antiviral Wipe” Charlie Brooker, Annabel Jones, Ali Marlow – Broke & Bones, Endemol Shine Group/BBC Two
“Rob & Romesh Vs” Jack Shillaker, David Taylor, Murray Boland, Danielle Lux, Bill Righton – Cpl Productions/Sky One
“The Big Narstie Show” Obi Kevin Akudike, Nathan Brown, Rina Dayalji, Ben Wicks, Toby Baker – Expectation, Dice Productions Entertainment/Channel 4...
- 4/28/2021
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
The nominees for the BAFTA TV Awards have been unveiled, and it was good news for Small Axe and The Crown.
Steve McQueen’s BBC and Amazon anthology drama dominated with 15 nominations in total across the main awards and the craft prizes, while The Crown was next in line with 10 nominations. There were good showings for BBC/HBO’s I May Destroy You, which is up for eight prizes, and BBC/Hulu series Normal People has seven nominations.
Small Axe’s 15 nominations include recognition for John Boyega and Letitia Wright in the Leading Actor/Actress categories (both are first-time TV nominees), while the drama will compete for Mini-Series alongside Normal People, I May Destroy You, and Channel 4’s Adult Material.
Other major Small Axe nominations included Micheal Ward and Malachi Kirby for Supporting Actor, while Shaun Parkes will compete with Boyega for Leading Actor. The series is also up for nine craft awards,...
Steve McQueen’s BBC and Amazon anthology drama dominated with 15 nominations in total across the main awards and the craft prizes, while The Crown was next in line with 10 nominations. There were good showings for BBC/HBO’s I May Destroy You, which is up for eight prizes, and BBC/Hulu series Normal People has seven nominations.
Small Axe’s 15 nominations include recognition for John Boyega and Letitia Wright in the Leading Actor/Actress categories (both are first-time TV nominees), while the drama will compete for Mini-Series alongside Normal People, I May Destroy You, and Channel 4’s Adult Material.
Other major Small Axe nominations included Micheal Ward and Malachi Kirby for Supporting Actor, while Shaun Parkes will compete with Boyega for Leading Actor. The series is also up for nine craft awards,...
- 4/28/2021
- by Jake Kanter
- Deadline Film + TV
Not waiting for the Hollywood shutdown to lift, British producer Shoreditch Pictures has released on YouTube the transcontinental web series The Corona Connections, which sees sheltering American and British actors play characters in lockdown during the coronavirus era.
The six-film series, each around seven minutes long, includes two episodes that star the Los Angeles-based British and American viral comedy duo, We Are Thomasse, also known as the married couple Nick Afka Thomas and Sarah Ann Masse. Ben Wicks directed the short The Formal Friday, which stars Thomas and Masse, using video conferencing software, laptops and cellphones as cast and creative ...
The six-film series, each around seven minutes long, includes two episodes that star the Los Angeles-based British and American viral comedy duo, We Are Thomasse, also known as the married couple Nick Afka Thomas and Sarah Ann Masse. Ben Wicks directed the short The Formal Friday, which stars Thomas and Masse, using video conferencing software, laptops and cellphones as cast and creative ...
Not waiting for the Hollywood shutdown to lift, British producer Shoreditch Pictures has released on YouTube the transcontinental web series The Corona Connections, which sees sheltering American and British actors play characters in lockdown during the coronavirus era.
The six-film series, each around seven minutes long, includes two episodes that star the Los Angeles-based British and American viral comedy duo, We Are Thomasse, also known as the married couple Nick Afka Thomas and Sarah Ann Masse. Ben Wicks directed the short The Formal Friday, which stars Thomas and Masse, using video conferencing software, laptops and cellphones as cast and creative ...
The six-film series, each around seven minutes long, includes two episodes that star the Los Angeles-based British and American viral comedy duo, We Are Thomasse, also known as the married couple Nick Afka Thomas and Sarah Ann Masse. Ben Wicks directed the short The Formal Friday, which stars Thomas and Masse, using video conferencing software, laptops and cellphones as cast and creative ...
Comcast-backed Sky has unveiled a huge swathe of commissions as part of its 2020 programming slate as it eyes a 25% increase in the number of originals on air this year.
The pay broadcaster revealed ten new projects ahead of a fancy upfronts event at the Tate Modern art gallery in London, which is set to feature stars including David Schwimmer, Steve Coogan and Game of Thrones’ Maisie Williams.
It is set to air 80 original series in 2020, a 25% increase on last year, including Jude Law’s The Third Day, Billie Piper’s I Hate Suzie and FX co-pro Breeders. It will also increase the number of U.S. acquisitions across its channels, which now includes Sky Comedy and Sky Documentaries, by 40% including HBO’s The Plot Against America, The Undoing, Phoebe Waller-Bridge-exec produced Run and Showtime’s Penny Dreadful: City of Angels.
New projects unveiled today include paramedic comedy Bloods, starring Samson Kayo and Jane Horrocks,...
The pay broadcaster revealed ten new projects ahead of a fancy upfronts event at the Tate Modern art gallery in London, which is set to feature stars including David Schwimmer, Steve Coogan and Game of Thrones’ Maisie Williams.
It is set to air 80 original series in 2020, a 25% increase on last year, including Jude Law’s The Third Day, Billie Piper’s I Hate Suzie and FX co-pro Breeders. It will also increase the number of U.S. acquisitions across its channels, which now includes Sky Comedy and Sky Documentaries, by 40% including HBO’s The Plot Against America, The Undoing, Phoebe Waller-Bridge-exec produced Run and Showtime’s Penny Dreadful: City of Angels.
New projects unveiled today include paramedic comedy Bloods, starring Samson Kayo and Jane Horrocks,...
- 2/12/2020
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Former Big Brother boss Nick Samwell Smith has left Tim Hincks and Peter Fincham’s Expectation.
I hear Samwell Smith, who was Creative Director of Entertainment at the BBC Studios-backed business, left quietly over the last few months.
Samwell Smith was one of the company’s first hires when it launched at the start of last year. He worked alongside Nick Mather, who was also Creative Director, Entertainment, and was responsible for exec producing Channel 5 travelogue Dale’s Florida Fly Drive. Prior to joining Expectation, Samwell Smith was Managing Director of Endemol Shine-owned Initial, which he joined in 1997 before becoming Creative Director in 2006 and MD in 2013. In addition to producing 15 seasons of Big Brother and Celebrity Big Brother, Samwell Smith also produced series including Fame Academy, Total Wipeout, Your Face Sounds Familiar, Dating In The Dark and 101 Ways To Leave A Gameshow.
An Expectation spokeswoman told Deadline,...
I hear Samwell Smith, who was Creative Director of Entertainment at the BBC Studios-backed business, left quietly over the last few months.
Samwell Smith was one of the company’s first hires when it launched at the start of last year. He worked alongside Nick Mather, who was also Creative Director, Entertainment, and was responsible for exec producing Channel 5 travelogue Dale’s Florida Fly Drive. Prior to joining Expectation, Samwell Smith was Managing Director of Endemol Shine-owned Initial, which he joined in 1997 before becoming Creative Director in 2006 and MD in 2013. In addition to producing 15 seasons of Big Brother and Celebrity Big Brother, Samwell Smith also produced series including Fame Academy, Total Wipeout, Your Face Sounds Familiar, Dating In The Dark and 101 Ways To Leave A Gameshow.
An Expectation spokeswoman told Deadline,...
- 11/12/2018
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Tim Hincks and Peter Fincham’s Expectation has scored a pilot for an entertainment series hosted by Alan Carr for pay-tv giant Sky.
This comes months after his exclusive golden handcuffs deal with rival broadcaster Channel 4 ended.
The performer, who has hosted series including The Friday Night Project and Chatty Man, is hosting Alan Carr’s Telly Pilot for Sky. I hear it’s being considered for Sky One.
The show will feature Carr giving his own take on the week’s television with a range of sketches and stand-up monologues.
Deadline understands that the show is being overseen by Expectation’s Head of Comedy Entertainment Ben Wicks, who has previously worked with Carr on Specstacular.
The non-tx pilot, which is being filmed on October 12, is Carr’s first for the pay-tv broadcaster. His C4 handcuffs deal ended earlier this year after the launch of I Don’t...
This comes months after his exclusive golden handcuffs deal with rival broadcaster Channel 4 ended.
The performer, who has hosted series including The Friday Night Project and Chatty Man, is hosting Alan Carr’s Telly Pilot for Sky. I hear it’s being considered for Sky One.
The show will feature Carr giving his own take on the week’s television with a range of sketches and stand-up monologues.
Deadline understands that the show is being overseen by Expectation’s Head of Comedy Entertainment Ben Wicks, who has previously worked with Carr on Specstacular.
The non-tx pilot, which is being filmed on October 12, is Carr’s first for the pay-tv broadcaster. His C4 handcuffs deal ended earlier this year after the launch of I Don’t...
- 9/27/2018
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
British broadcaster Channel 4 is doubling down on grime with a three-part documentary series set in Blackpool, handing The Big Narstie Show a second season and giving Narstie’s co-host Mo Gilligan his own series.
The network revealed its latest slate of youth-skewing shows at the Edinburgh International TV Festival.
It’s Grime Up North (w/t), which is produced by BBC Studios, follows the lives of a group of young MCs on the Blackpool grime scene. It will follow artists such as Little T (aka Josh Tate), Sophie Aspin and Millie B as well as a group of others striving for a break. The doc series was ordered by Channel 4’s Formats Commissioning Editor Lee McMurray and departing Head of Formats Dom Bird. The series is produced by BBC Studios’ Auntie Productions, whose Creative Directors are Sam Bickley and Samantha Anstiss. The executive producer is Kat Lennox and series producer is Danny Fildes.
The network revealed its latest slate of youth-skewing shows at the Edinburgh International TV Festival.
It’s Grime Up North (w/t), which is produced by BBC Studios, follows the lives of a group of young MCs on the Blackpool grime scene. It will follow artists such as Little T (aka Josh Tate), Sophie Aspin and Millie B as well as a group of others striving for a break. The doc series was ordered by Channel 4’s Formats Commissioning Editor Lee McMurray and departing Head of Formats Dom Bird. The series is produced by BBC Studios’ Auntie Productions, whose Creative Directors are Sam Bickley and Samantha Anstiss. The executive producer is Kat Lennox and series producer is Danny Fildes.
- 8/21/2018
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
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