Radio and television producer who was head of plays at the BBC and steered productions of work by Harold Pinter, Alan Plater, Ibsen, Strindberg and Athol FugardNo BBC radio or television producer in the postwar era was more admired within his profession than Michael Bakewell, who has died aged... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2023-08-01 16:09:15 UTC ]
NHS drama starring Ben Whishaw and Martin Freeman’s portrayal of troubled policeman each garner six awards nominationsBafta TV awards 2023: full list of nominationsThis Is Going to Hurt and The Responder jointly lead the 2023 TV Bafta nominations after being shortlisted in six categories. Adam... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2023-03-22 07:43:06 UTC ]
All I want for Christmas is for my glasses not to fog up. And Swiss scientists might deliver on that wish. ETH Zurich researchers have developed a gold nanocoating that heats glass by up to 46 Fahrenheit by absorbing a large amount of infrared radiation − and keeps your glasses fog free. Most... Continue reading >> [ Source: Engadget | 2022-12-13 12:15:33 UTC ]
Former U.S. Poet Laureate Natasha Trethewey’s Memorial Drive—a harrowing memoir of a daughter reckoning with the brutal murder of her mother at the hands of her stepfather—has been optioned by Sony Pictures Television for development as a drama series. Recently heralded by the Washington Post... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2020-12-02 20:31:46 UTC ]
Criticism of denial by News Corp and Fox underlines Murdoch heir’s transformationJames Murdoch claims he has never watched Succession, the drama series that documents the professional and personal rebellions of a billionaire media family suspiciously similar to his own. But his comments... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2020-01-15 19:36:48 UTC ]
Netflix is planning its first magazine, but you won’t find it on a newsstand. The world’s largest online TV network plans to publish a journal—with the working title Wide—to promote its programs and stars ahead of this year’s Emmys, the biggest awards gala in TV. The 100-plus page inaugural... Continue reading >> [ Source: Advertising Age | 2019-04-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
Historian Hallie Rubenhold’s story of Jack The Ripper’s victims, The Five (Doubleday), is to be turned into a drama series by Mainstreet Pictures. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-02-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
Andrew Davies is developing Jane Austen’s unfinished final novel for a "lavish" new drama series for ITV. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2018-07-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
Faber title The Cry by Helen FitzGerald is to be adapted into a drama series for BBC One. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2017-08-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
The TV adaptation of Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale (Vintage) will be shown in the UK on Channel 4 this month after the channel acquired rights to the drama series. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2017-05-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
Orion Books is to publish the autobiography of “Breaking Bad” actor Bryan Cranston. Amanda Harris, deputy publisher, Non-fiction at Orion Books bought UK and Commonwealth rights, excluding Canada, in Say My Name, from Julian Alexander of Lucas Alexander Whitley. 58-year-old Cranston is best... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-03-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
Nick Hornby’s adaptation of Nina Stibbe’s prize-winning Love, Nina (Penguin) will be shown as a five-part drama on BBC One. The Bookseller revealed in November last year that Hornby was adapting the book, which won the Non-fiction Book of the Year award at the Specsavers National Book Awards... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-02-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
Netflix has announced plans to adapt Lemony Snicket’s A Series of Unfortunate Events as a drama series. Netflix has teamed up with Paramount to produce the series and a search for the director is underway. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-11-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
The BBC have optioned Peter May's Lewis Trilogy for a new drama series. According to the... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-08-27 00:00:00 UTC ]