Exclusive: Slash is set to shred some solos for Paramount+’s latest British drama series.
The Guns N’ Roses guitarist has boarded The Crow Girl as an exec producer. He will also contribute to the soundtrack for the show, alongside composer Adam Price.
It comes after the streamer ordered the project to series, which comes from Marcella producer Buccaneer, last month.
Deadline understands that the musician, otherwise known as Saul Hudson, is a big fan of the novel, written by Erik Axl Sund, and brought it to Buccaneer.
Starring Eve Myles, Katherine Kelly and Dougray Scott, The Crow Girl begins with the gruesome discovery of a teenage boy’s body discarded in plain sight. Determined to find who is responsible, Dci Jeanette Kilburn joins forces with psychotherapist Sophia Craven to hunt the killer, despite opposition from her superiors including confidant Di Lou Stanley.
The Crow Girl is the first major...
The Guns N’ Roses guitarist has boarded The Crow Girl as an exec producer. He will also contribute to the soundtrack for the show, alongside composer Adam Price.
It comes after the streamer ordered the project to series, which comes from Marcella producer Buccaneer, last month.
Deadline understands that the musician, otherwise known as Saul Hudson, is a big fan of the novel, written by Erik Axl Sund, and brought it to Buccaneer.
Starring Eve Myles, Katherine Kelly and Dougray Scott, The Crow Girl begins with the gruesome discovery of a teenage boy’s body discarded in plain sight. Determined to find who is responsible, Dci Jeanette Kilburn joins forces with psychotherapist Sophia Craven to hunt the killer, despite opposition from her superiors including confidant Di Lou Stanley.
The Crow Girl is the first major...
- 4/12/2024
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
Paramount+ may have culled a raft of international originals last month but UK commissioning appears to be continuing apace.
The streamer has given the green light to The Crow Girl from Buccaneer Media, the producer that saw another of its shows, The Doll Factory, ditched by the platform last month.
Starring Eve Myles, Katherine Kelly and Dougray Scott, The Crow Girl is adapted from the Erik Axl Sund novel and begins with the gruesome discovery of a teenage boy’s body discarded in plain sight. Determined to find who is responsible, Dci Jeanette Kilburn joins forces with psychotherapist Sophia Craven to hunt the killer, despite opposition from her superiors including confidant Di Lou Stanley.
The Crow Girl is the first major TV writing gig for Milly Thomas,...
The streamer has given the green light to The Crow Girl from Buccaneer Media, the producer that saw another of its shows, The Doll Factory, ditched by the platform last month.
Starring Eve Myles, Katherine Kelly and Dougray Scott, The Crow Girl is adapted from the Erik Axl Sund novel and begins with the gruesome discovery of a teenage boy’s body discarded in plain sight. Determined to find who is responsible, Dci Jeanette Kilburn joins forces with psychotherapist Sophia Craven to hunt the killer, despite opposition from her superiors including confidant Di Lou Stanley.
The Crow Girl is the first major TV writing gig for Milly Thomas,...
- 3/11/2024
- by Max Goldbart
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Whitstable Pearl has been greenlit for a third season by AMC streaming platform Acorn.
The British crime drama stars After Life‘s Kerry Godliman in the lead role and is based on the mystery novels by Julie Wassmer.
In Season 3 of the show from Crime producer Buccaneer, Godliman returns to build her private detective business, finding herself involved in more diverse investigations, including reopening an infamous local cold case and the death of a famous food critic. She’s aided and abetted by her outspoken, feisty mum Dolly and still going strong with boyfriend Tom, but it’s navigating her complex relationship with Dci Mike McGuire that still proves Pearl’s most challenging case
Howard Charles returns as Dci Mike McGuire and other returning cast members include Frances Barber as Dolly, Robert Webb as Tom Grant, Isobelle Molloy as Ruby Williams and Sophia del Pizzo as DS Nikki Martel.
The British crime drama stars After Life‘s Kerry Godliman in the lead role and is based on the mystery novels by Julie Wassmer.
In Season 3 of the show from Crime producer Buccaneer, Godliman returns to build her private detective business, finding herself involved in more diverse investigations, including reopening an infamous local cold case and the death of a famous food critic. She’s aided and abetted by her outspoken, feisty mum Dolly and still going strong with boyfriend Tom, but it’s navigating her complex relationship with Dci Mike McGuire that still proves Pearl’s most challenging case
Howard Charles returns as Dci Mike McGuire and other returning cast members include Frances Barber as Dolly, Robert Webb as Tom Grant, Isobelle Molloy as Ruby Williams and Sophia del Pizzo as DS Nikki Martel.
- 2/2/2024
- by Max Goldbart
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Crime star Dougray Scott and Buccaneer Media, the Scottish police drama’s producer, have hired a Creative Director for Buccaneer Scotland, as it seeks to supercharge the scale of its productions in the Celtic country.
The Lighthouse development chief Neil Duncan hired to run Buccaneer Scotland slate as Creative Director, focusing on showcasing Scottish literary, acting and behind the camera talent through its worldwide operations and partnerships.
Scott and Buccaneer teamed to launch Buccaneer Scotland in November 2021, with Mission Impossible 2 star Scott taking an equity stake in the business. He had moved back in Scotland after a long period living in the U.S. to film Crime and will be joint CEO of Buccaneer Scotland alongside Buccaneer Media bosses Richard Tulk-Hart and Tony Wood.
Wood, the veteran drama producer and co-creator of The Only Way is Essex, noted big budget U.S. productions such as Starz’s Outlander had...
The Lighthouse development chief Neil Duncan hired to run Buccaneer Scotland slate as Creative Director, focusing on showcasing Scottish literary, acting and behind the camera talent through its worldwide operations and partnerships.
Scott and Buccaneer teamed to launch Buccaneer Scotland in November 2021, with Mission Impossible 2 star Scott taking an equity stake in the business. He had moved back in Scotland after a long period living in the U.S. to film Crime and will be joint CEO of Buccaneer Scotland alongside Buccaneer Media bosses Richard Tulk-Hart and Tony Wood.
Wood, the veteran drama producer and co-creator of The Only Way is Essex, noted big budget U.S. productions such as Starz’s Outlander had...
- 10/15/2023
- by Jesse Whittock
- Deadline Film + TV
Alex Wolff will play Leonard Cohen in a new series about the Canadian icon and his muse Marianne Ihlen.
Thea Sofie Loch Næss will portray Ihlen in the show, which is called “So Long, Marianne” — the title of one of Cohen’s songs about his partner. Other cast members include Anna Torv as Charmian Clift and Noah Taylor as George Johnston.
The show is a co-production between Norwegian broadcaster Nrk and Canada’s Crave, the streaming service owned by Bell Media. Cineflix Rights is distributing the series globally.
Principal photography on the show began on March 24, with shooting taking place on the Greek island of Hydra — where Cohen first met Ihlen — as well as Ihlen’s home country of Norway, and the late singer’s hometown of Montreal, Canada.
“So Long, Marianne” is billed as an “intimate tale of two, lonely people falling in love, during a period of their...
Thea Sofie Loch Næss will portray Ihlen in the show, which is called “So Long, Marianne” — the title of one of Cohen’s songs about his partner. Other cast members include Anna Torv as Charmian Clift and Noah Taylor as George Johnston.
The show is a co-production between Norwegian broadcaster Nrk and Canada’s Crave, the streaming service owned by Bell Media. Cineflix Rights is distributing the series globally.
Principal photography on the show began on March 24, with shooting taking place on the Greek island of Hydra — where Cohen first met Ihlen — as well as Ihlen’s home country of Norway, and the late singer’s hometown of Montreal, Canada.
“So Long, Marianne” is billed as an “intimate tale of two, lonely people falling in love, during a period of their...
- 4/13/2023
- by Manori Ravindran
- Variety Film + TV
Alex Wolff has been cast as legendary singer Leonard Cohen in So Long, Marianne, the Nrk drama series we first revealed last year.
Thea Sofie Loch Næss will play Canadian musician Cohen’s muse Marianne Ihlen. Anna Torv has also been cast Charmian Clift and Noah Taylor is George Johnston.
Wolff appeared opposite Joachim Phoenix in indie flick Pig and has been cast in Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer. Before that, he reteams with Pig filmmaker Michael Sarnoski on Paramount Pictures’ A Quiet Place: Day One alongside Lupita Nyong’o in 2024.
In further developments, Canadian streamer Crave has boarded So Long, Marianne, which began principal photography on March 24 and is shooting in multiple locations including the Greek island of Hydra, Oslo in Norway,...
Thea Sofie Loch Næss will play Canadian musician Cohen’s muse Marianne Ihlen. Anna Torv has also been cast Charmian Clift and Noah Taylor is George Johnston.
Wolff appeared opposite Joachim Phoenix in indie flick Pig and has been cast in Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer. Before that, he reteams with Pig filmmaker Michael Sarnoski on Paramount Pictures’ A Quiet Place: Day One alongside Lupita Nyong’o in 2024.
In further developments, Canadian streamer Crave has boarded So Long, Marianne, which began principal photography on March 24 and is shooting in multiple locations including the Greek island of Hydra, Oslo in Norway,...
- 4/13/2023
- by Jesse Whittock
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: The Bridge creator Hans Rosenfeldt has set his next project, a return to the canon of crime author C.J. Tudor.
Having just penned Paramount+’s adaptation of Tudor’s The Burning Girls, Rosenfeldt is now turning his attention to her first novel, 2016’s The Chalk Man.
Rosenfeldt is combining once again with UK indie Buccaneer Media, with whom he worked on The Burning Girls and ITV thriller Marcella. BBC Studios, Nice Media Studios, Windowseat Pictures and The Boy with the Top Knot writer Mick Ford were previously adapting The Chalk Man but they are no longer attached.
We hear a network deal for The Chalk Man is close.
Starting in 1986, the book follows Eddie “Munster” Adams, who spends his days biking around a sleepy English village exchanging secret codes via little chalk stick figures with his friends. But then a mysterious chalk man leads them right to a dismembered body,...
Having just penned Paramount+’s adaptation of Tudor’s The Burning Girls, Rosenfeldt is now turning his attention to her first novel, 2016’s The Chalk Man.
Rosenfeldt is combining once again with UK indie Buccaneer Media, with whom he worked on The Burning Girls and ITV thriller Marcella. BBC Studios, Nice Media Studios, Windowseat Pictures and The Boy with the Top Knot writer Mick Ford were previously adapting The Chalk Man but they are no longer attached.
We hear a network deal for The Chalk Man is close.
Starting in 1986, the book follows Eddie “Munster” Adams, who spends his days biking around a sleepy English village exchanging secret codes via little chalk stick figures with his friends. But then a mysterious chalk man leads them right to a dismembered body,...
- 3/20/2023
- by Max Goldbart
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: British author C.J. Tudor’s buzzy upcoming book The Drift is set for a TV adaptation.
Irvine Welsh’s Crime and Marcella producer Buccaneer Media and Chicken Soup for the Soul-owned Halcyon Studios, which is behind Prime Video’s Hunters, have won the rights to adapt the book following a competitive, hotly-contested six-way situation.
The companies bought the TV rights from Hannah Ladds at Madeleine Milburn.
The Drift, which Penguin Random House imprints Penguin Michael Joseph in the UK and Ballantine in the U.S. are publishing in January 2023, tells the story of three groups of frightened teens who find themselves thrown together in a frozen post-apocalyptic world. One group is involved in a coach crash, another wakes suspended across a ravine in a broken-down cable and the third hunks down in an isolated sky chalet, and stalking all three is an even greater danger.
For Tudor, who has...
Irvine Welsh’s Crime and Marcella producer Buccaneer Media and Chicken Soup for the Soul-owned Halcyon Studios, which is behind Prime Video’s Hunters, have won the rights to adapt the book following a competitive, hotly-contested six-way situation.
The companies bought the TV rights from Hannah Ladds at Madeleine Milburn.
The Drift, which Penguin Random House imprints Penguin Michael Joseph in the UK and Ballantine in the U.S. are publishing in January 2023, tells the story of three groups of frightened teens who find themselves thrown together in a frozen post-apocalyptic world. One group is involved in a coach crash, another wakes suspended across a ravine in a broken-down cable and the third hunks down in an isolated sky chalet, and stalking all three is an even greater danger.
For Tudor, who has...
- 11/23/2022
- by Jesse Whittock
- Deadline Film + TV
Paramount+ has unveiled the cast of its new original series “The Doll Factory” from “Marcella” producers Buccaneer Media.
An adaptation of the bestselling novel of the same name by Elizabeth Macneal, “The Doll Factory” is set in London in 1850 and tells the story of Iris, who paints dolls for a living alongside her twin sister, Rose, and those in their orbit, such as taxidermist Silas, who dreams of finding an item so unique he will be catapulted to fame, and painter Louis, who is searching for his next muse.
When Iris meets Silas, and then Louis, she is offered an opportunity to escape and start a new life. To do so, she must abandon her sister, sacrifice her reputation and launch herself into the unknown. But as Iris’ world expands, a story of dark obsession begins to unfold.
Leading the cast is Esmé Creed-Miles (“Hanna”) as Iris, Éanna Hardwicke (“Normal People”) as Silas,...
An adaptation of the bestselling novel of the same name by Elizabeth Macneal, “The Doll Factory” is set in London in 1850 and tells the story of Iris, who paints dolls for a living alongside her twin sister, Rose, and those in their orbit, such as taxidermist Silas, who dreams of finding an item so unique he will be catapulted to fame, and painter Louis, who is searching for his next muse.
When Iris meets Silas, and then Louis, she is offered an opportunity to escape and start a new life. To do so, she must abandon her sister, sacrifice her reputation and launch herself into the unknown. But as Iris’ world expands, a story of dark obsession begins to unfold.
Leading the cast is Esmé Creed-Miles (“Hanna”) as Iris, Éanna Hardwicke (“Normal People”) as Silas,...
- 11/9/2022
- by Manori Ravindran
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: Samantha Morton (The Walking Dead) is to lead Paramount+’s Burning Girls alongside Bridgerton star Ruby Stokes, Deadline can reveal.
The show from Marcella producer Buccaneer Media, which is adapted from a C.J. Tudor novel, has entered production and follows a village haunted by a dark and turbulent history.
Morton will play Reverend Jack Brooks, a single parent haunted by a tragedy from her previous church and who bears the onus of her husband’s death. Stokes is her daughter Flo, a teenager who marches to the beat of her own drum. Both arrive in Chapel Croft in the hope of a fresh start, however, they soon find the village rife with conspiracies and secrets.
The thriller was one of Paramount+’s first UK commissions and the streamer has since ordered The Doll Factory, also from Buccaneer, an adaptation of Elizabeth Macneal’s Sunday Times bestselling novel.
The Burning Girls...
The show from Marcella producer Buccaneer Media, which is adapted from a C.J. Tudor novel, has entered production and follows a village haunted by a dark and turbulent history.
Morton will play Reverend Jack Brooks, a single parent haunted by a tragedy from her previous church and who bears the onus of her husband’s death. Stokes is her daughter Flo, a teenager who marches to the beat of her own drum. Both arrive in Chapel Croft in the hope of a fresh start, however, they soon find the village rife with conspiracies and secrets.
The thriller was one of Paramount+’s first UK commissions and the streamer has since ordered The Doll Factory, also from Buccaneer, an adaptation of Elizabeth Macneal’s Sunday Times bestselling novel.
The Burning Girls...
- 9/5/2022
- by Max Goldbart
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Paramount+ is entering The Doll Factory.
The UK wing of the streamer has ordered an adaptation of the Sunday Times bestselling novel, a dark thriller story of obsession centred around a doll painter and her twin sister.
Marcella, Crime and Whistable Pearl indie Buccaneer Media is attached to produce the six-part thriller dramas, which will join the line-up of Paramount+ Originals available on the streaming service for audiences in the UK and Ireland. Sebastian Cardwell, Deputy Chief Content Officer at Paramount UK greenlit the show.
Furthermore, public broadcasters Sbs in Australia and New Zealand’s Tvnz have pre-bought the series, which rising writer Charley Miles is adapting from Elizabeth Macneal’s debut novel. Cineflix Rights which is a partner in Buccaneer, is attached as international distributor.
Set in London in 1850, The Doll Factory tells the story of Iris, who paints dolls for a living alongside her twin sister, Rose,...
The UK wing of the streamer has ordered an adaptation of the Sunday Times bestselling novel, a dark thriller story of obsession centred around a doll painter and her twin sister.
Marcella, Crime and Whistable Pearl indie Buccaneer Media is attached to produce the six-part thriller dramas, which will join the line-up of Paramount+ Originals available on the streaming service for audiences in the UK and Ireland. Sebastian Cardwell, Deputy Chief Content Officer at Paramount UK greenlit the show.
Furthermore, public broadcasters Sbs in Australia and New Zealand’s Tvnz have pre-bought the series, which rising writer Charley Miles is adapting from Elizabeth Macneal’s debut novel. Cineflix Rights which is a partner in Buccaneer, is attached as international distributor.
Set in London in 1850, The Doll Factory tells the story of Iris, who paints dolls for a living alongside her twin sister, Rose,...
- 7/21/2022
- by Jesse Whittock
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Acclaimed Scottish writer Jenni Fagan has struck a two-project development deal with UK drama indie Buccaneer Scotland, which is also producing Fagan’s adaptation of Irvine Welsh’s The Blade Artist starring Robert Carlyle.
Buccaneer Scotland, a division of ITV’s Marcella producer Buccaneer Media, has taken options on Fagan’s The Panopticon and Luckenbooth, and she will adapt both for TV.
Fagan is an award-winning Scottish novelist, poet, screenwriter and artist who has published several books and poetry collections and is well known for a distinctive style. She was called “the patron saint of literary street urchins” by The New York Times and has achieved popularity Stateside.
Deadline revealed last year that Trainspotting star Carlyle would be reprizing his role as the iconic Francis Begbie in a TV version of Trainspotting sequel The Blade Artist from Buccaneer, which Fagan is also penning separate to the deal. Buccaneer was...
Buccaneer Scotland, a division of ITV’s Marcella producer Buccaneer Media, has taken options on Fagan’s The Panopticon and Luckenbooth, and she will adapt both for TV.
Fagan is an award-winning Scottish novelist, poet, screenwriter and artist who has published several books and poetry collections and is well known for a distinctive style. She was called “the patron saint of literary street urchins” by The New York Times and has achieved popularity Stateside.
Deadline revealed last year that Trainspotting star Carlyle would be reprizing his role as the iconic Francis Begbie in a TV version of Trainspotting sequel The Blade Artist from Buccaneer, which Fagan is also penning separate to the deal. Buccaneer was...
- 5/16/2022
- by Max Goldbart
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Acorn TV has commissioned a second series of UK crime drama Whitstable Pearl and the show has been sold by distributor Cineflix Rights to a wealth of international buyers.
Based on Julie Wassmer’s Whitstable Pearl Mysteries, Buccaneer Media’s show features After Life’s Kerry Godliman and Shadow and Bone’s Howard Charles as two locals solving crimes in the picturesque seaside town.
Season two will see celebrity chef Nolan prioritize her detective work and transition from being a chef who solves crimes to a full time investigator who just happens to own a restaurant.
Production will begin on the second six-part series in Whitstable, UK in February, with the show airing on Acorn in North America, New Zealand, Australia and the UK.
Distributor Cineflix has secured pre-sales for the second series in the Nordic region and sold the first to Sky Italia, Nhk Japan, BBC Worldwide (Benelux...
Based on Julie Wassmer’s Whitstable Pearl Mysteries, Buccaneer Media’s show features After Life’s Kerry Godliman and Shadow and Bone’s Howard Charles as two locals solving crimes in the picturesque seaside town.
Season two will see celebrity chef Nolan prioritize her detective work and transition from being a chef who solves crimes to a full time investigator who just happens to own a restaurant.
Production will begin on the second six-part series in Whitstable, UK in February, with the show airing on Acorn in North America, New Zealand, Australia and the UK.
Distributor Cineflix has secured pre-sales for the second series in the Nordic region and sold the first to Sky Italia, Nhk Japan, BBC Worldwide (Benelux...
- 11/29/2021
- by Max Goldbart
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Tom MacRae, the creator of the Everybody’s Talking About Jamie musical and upcoming feature, and Marcella producer Buccaneer Media have joined Nevision’s adaptation of Mg Leonard’s Beetle Boy children’s books.
MacRae is scripting the live-action/CGI returnable series, with Buccaneer co-producing. Oscar-winning studio Framestore, which helped create the CGI demons in His Dark Materials, has also been attached to the project.
The series will be set in the UK and is based on a trilogy of books that were optioned by Keeping Faith co-producer Nevision in 2018. The books are published by Chicken House in the UK and Scholastic in the U.S., Canada, and Australia.
They center on 13-year-old Darkus Cuttle’s search for his kidnapped father, leading him to discover a mountain of extraordinary beetles and pitting him against the mad-scientist of the fashion world Lucretia Cutter,...
MacRae is scripting the live-action/CGI returnable series, with Buccaneer co-producing. Oscar-winning studio Framestore, which helped create the CGI demons in His Dark Materials, has also been attached to the project.
The series will be set in the UK and is based on a trilogy of books that were optioned by Keeping Faith co-producer Nevision in 2018. The books are published by Chicken House in the UK and Scholastic in the U.S., Canada, and Australia.
They center on 13-year-old Darkus Cuttle’s search for his kidnapped father, leading him to discover a mountain of extraordinary beetles and pitting him against the mad-scientist of the fashion world Lucretia Cutter,...
- 10/30/2020
- by Jake Kanter
- Deadline Film + TV
The team behind Netflix and ITV hit “Marcella” have scooped the TV rights to “The Doll Factory,” an eagerly anticipated thriller set in 1850s London. Buccaneer Media will adapt Elizabeth Macneal’s novel for TV, with the drama producer’s founder, Tony Wood, and development executive Anna Burns exec producing.
The book is hot property, with numerous bidders for the publishing rights. Pan Macmillan/Picador ultimately won an auction, beating more than a dozen rivals. Simon & Schuster/Emily Bestler Books has acquired U.S. and Canadian rights in a two-book deal with Macneal. Both will issue “The Doll Factory” in 2019.
The story follows Iris, an aspiring artist who works in a doll-making shop, and Silas, a reclusive collector. They meet by chance in London’s Hyde Park during the construction of The Great Exhibition of 1851, which is the start of Silas’ increasingly dark obsession with Iris.
In addition to Anna Friel-starrer “Marcella,...
The book is hot property, with numerous bidders for the publishing rights. Pan Macmillan/Picador ultimately won an auction, beating more than a dozen rivals. Simon & Schuster/Emily Bestler Books has acquired U.S. and Canadian rights in a two-book deal with Macneal. Both will issue “The Doll Factory” in 2019.
The story follows Iris, an aspiring artist who works in a doll-making shop, and Silas, a reclusive collector. They meet by chance in London’s Hyde Park during the construction of The Great Exhibition of 1851, which is the start of Silas’ increasingly dark obsession with Iris.
In addition to Anna Friel-starrer “Marcella,...
- 7/18/2018
- by Stewart Clarke
- Variety Film + TV
Tony Wood’s London-based Buccaneer Media is teaming with Irvine Welsh on the adaptation of the Scottish novelist’s Crime. This will be the first time that Welsh adapts one of his own books for television. Dougray Scott is attached to star in and exec produce the six-part drama. Buccaneer, maker of ITV and Netflix crime series Marcella, will produce, and is launching the project at Mipcom this week. Crime is the sequel to Welsh’s 1998 novel Filth, which was made into a…...
- 10/16/2016
- Deadline TV
From Hans Rosenfeldt, creator of the original Swedish/Danish co-production The Bridge (Bron), Marcella is an eight-part crime drama that’s due to start shooting this month in London for ITV. Rosenfeldt and Nicola Larder (Sky's development executive on The Tunnel and Dracula) created the modern-day series which will star Anna Friel in the title role. Produced by Tony Wood’s Buccaneer Media, this is Rosenfeldt’s first drama for the UK which will be injected with his…...
- 11/5/2015
- Deadline TV
Desi Rascals is back with a new trailer for series 2, and a glimpse of new cast member Jasmin Walia.
The ex-towie star joins the cast alongside Solomon Akhtar from The Apprentice.
Speaking at the time of her casting, Walia said: "This is the opportunity I've been looking for that will allow me to explore my cultural roots whilst still maintaining all the glitz and glamour that I love."
The reality star's boyfriend Ross Worswick will also be featured on the Sky1 show.
Walia added: "I'm having such an amazing time with Ross at the moment, and this next chapter promises to be even better, full of surprises and magical moments that I'm sure viewers will also enjoy sharing with us."
The show was renewed back in March for its second run, following a successful first series.
Created by Gurinder Chadha (Bend It Like Beckham) and Tony Wood (Hollyoaks), Desi Rascals...
The ex-towie star joins the cast alongside Solomon Akhtar from The Apprentice.
Speaking at the time of her casting, Walia said: "This is the opportunity I've been looking for that will allow me to explore my cultural roots whilst still maintaining all the glitz and glamour that I love."
The reality star's boyfriend Ross Worswick will also be featured on the Sky1 show.
Walia added: "I'm having such an amazing time with Ross at the moment, and this next chapter promises to be even better, full of surprises and magical moments that I'm sure viewers will also enjoy sharing with us."
The show was renewed back in March for its second run, following a successful first series.
Created by Gurinder Chadha (Bend It Like Beckham) and Tony Wood (Hollyoaks), Desi Rascals...
- 7/13/2015
- Digital Spy
ITV has confirmed it has ordered a new TV drama from the writer of The Bridge.
Hans Rosenfeldt will write Marcella - "an original, multi-stranded crime drama".
Marcella will be the first series Rosenfeldt has created exclusively for a UK audience, with the Scandi-drama tone transported to central London.
The series of eight one-hour episodes will "delve into the psychology of a single female Met detective (Marcella) working solo on a serial murder case with many potential suspects and victims".
Marcella will be seen returning to the Met after a 12-year break from a promising career to raise a family.
With a sudden split from her husband, and her daughter away at boarding school, Marcella decides to return to the force and is immediately assigned to a case following a spate of killings with echoes of ones she worked on years ago.
Marcella will be executive produced by Rosenfeldt, Nicola Larder...
Hans Rosenfeldt will write Marcella - "an original, multi-stranded crime drama".
Marcella will be the first series Rosenfeldt has created exclusively for a UK audience, with the Scandi-drama tone transported to central London.
The series of eight one-hour episodes will "delve into the psychology of a single female Met detective (Marcella) working solo on a serial murder case with many potential suspects and victims".
Marcella will be seen returning to the Met after a 12-year break from a promising career to raise a family.
With a sudden split from her husband, and her daughter away at boarding school, Marcella decides to return to the force and is immediately assigned to a case following a spate of killings with echoes of ones she worked on years ago.
Marcella will be executive produced by Rosenfeldt, Nicola Larder...
- 6/18/2015
- Digital Spy
Sci-fi series to be overseen by longtime Coronation Street producer Tony Wood.
Robot Overlords, the UK sci-fi feature starring Gillian Anderson and Ben Kingsley, is to get a spin-off TV series overseen by Tony Wood’s Buccaneer Media.
The agreement, signed with Piers Tempest and Jo Bamford’s Tempo Productions who produced the movie, will see Buccaneer Media create a TV series set in a parallel universe to the original movie, which features a group of survivors following the invasion of Earth by alien robots.
Robert Overlords director Jon Wright announced the adaptation at McM London Comic Con.
Wood is a British drama producer that worked on long-running soap Coronation Street for 12 years as well as Desi Rascals and Nickelodeon’s live action kid’s series House of Anubis.
Wood said the TV series of Robot Overlords would “reimagine” the story “for an international family TV audience”, compariing it to classic British sci-fi brands such as Quatermass...
Robot Overlords, the UK sci-fi feature starring Gillian Anderson and Ben Kingsley, is to get a spin-off TV series overseen by Tony Wood’s Buccaneer Media.
The agreement, signed with Piers Tempest and Jo Bamford’s Tempo Productions who produced the movie, will see Buccaneer Media create a TV series set in a parallel universe to the original movie, which features a group of survivors following the invasion of Earth by alien robots.
Robert Overlords director Jon Wright announced the adaptation at McM London Comic Con.
Wood is a British drama producer that worked on long-running soap Coronation Street for 12 years as well as Desi Rascals and Nickelodeon’s live action kid’s series House of Anubis.
Wood said the TV series of Robot Overlords would “reimagine” the story “for an international family TV audience”, compariing it to classic British sci-fi brands such as Quatermass...
- 5/26/2015
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
Robot Overlords took over our cinema screens back in March and now, according to the film’s director Jon Wright, the malignant mechanicals have their beady laser eyes on our tellies. Yes, they’re targeting a small screen spin-off. Wright announced the news at the McM London Comic Con, with word that Tony Wood (a veteran of Coronation Street among other things) will oversee the new show for Piers Tempest and Jo Bamford’s Tempo Productions, who were behind the film in the first place. “This series will really expand the canvas of the robot occupation and we are aiming to make an explosive show that the UK will be very proud of.”Though the film had Gillian Anderson, Ben Kingsley, Callan McAuliffe, James Tarpey and Ella Hunt among its cast, the show will boast a new ensemble and might also march on to TV under a different name. According to wood,...
- 5/26/2015
- EmpireOnline
Desi Rascals has been confirmed for a second series.
The non-scripted programme will return for a 12-episode second run on Sky Living later this year.
Created by Gurinder Chadha and Tony Wood, Desi Rascals follows the lives of a multi-generational cast within the British-Asian community living in West London.
The first series, having debuted in January, wrapped up on Friday (February 27).
Celia Taylor, Sky's head of non-scripted, said: "I'm thrilled to confirm Desi Rascals will be returning for a second series. It's really raised the bar for non-scripted drama.
"We're very proud of the show, which has attracted a loyal audience over the last six weeks due to its totally addictive nature, and we look forward to re-joining the cast for more laughs, tears and heart-warming moments later in the year."
Chadha and Wood added: "It has been an absolute pleasure working on this show with Sky Living.
"We have...
The non-scripted programme will return for a 12-episode second run on Sky Living later this year.
Created by Gurinder Chadha and Tony Wood, Desi Rascals follows the lives of a multi-generational cast within the British-Asian community living in West London.
The first series, having debuted in January, wrapped up on Friday (February 27).
Celia Taylor, Sky's head of non-scripted, said: "I'm thrilled to confirm Desi Rascals will be returning for a second series. It's really raised the bar for non-scripted drama.
"We're very proud of the show, which has attracted a loyal audience over the last six weeks due to its totally addictive nature, and we look forward to re-joining the cast for more laughs, tears and heart-warming moments later in the year."
Chadha and Wood added: "It has been an absolute pleasure working on this show with Sky Living.
"We have...
- 3/2/2015
- Digital Spy
Desi Rascals: Sky Living, 8pm
Award-winning director Gurinder Chadha teams up with Towie creator Tony Wood for Sky Living's first real-life drama series, which follows the lives of a British-Asian community in West London.
Filmed just days before transmission, Desi Rascals follows its multi-generational cast as they navigate the ups and downs of their lives in a fast-changing community. A must-see for reality TV fans.
The Eichmann Show: BBC Two, 9pm
Martin Freeman and Anthony Lapaglia star in this gripping true life drama about a film crew who set out to capture the testimony of Adolf Eichmann, one of the war's most notorious Nazis.
Set in 1961, this is the extraordinary story of how Eichmann's trial came to be televised, and was the first time the horror of the death camps had been described by the victims themselves.
Celebrity Big Brother: Channel 5, 9pm
Following Alexander O'Neal's exit from the show,...
Award-winning director Gurinder Chadha teams up with Towie creator Tony Wood for Sky Living's first real-life drama series, which follows the lives of a British-Asian community in West London.
Filmed just days before transmission, Desi Rascals follows its multi-generational cast as they navigate the ups and downs of their lives in a fast-changing community. A must-see for reality TV fans.
The Eichmann Show: BBC Two, 9pm
Martin Freeman and Anthony Lapaglia star in this gripping true life drama about a film crew who set out to capture the testimony of Adolf Eichmann, one of the war's most notorious Nazis.
Set in 1961, this is the extraordinary story of how Eichmann's trial came to be televised, and was the first time the horror of the death camps had been described by the victims themselves.
Celebrity Big Brother: Channel 5, 9pm
Following Alexander O'Neal's exit from the show,...
- 1/20/2015
- Digital Spy
Langford’S Picks And Pans
EastEnders
I’m kind of torn about this past week’s EastEnders. On one hand, I’m enjoying this final arc for Christian and Syed and I’m looking forward to seeing how it all plays out. It’s really nice to see Christian and Syed in a solid storyline that is actually about them and their relationship. They have gotten very little of that over the past couple of years as the show has allowed them to languish on the backburner, even as they proved to be a very popular and beloved duo. The writers simply, for whatever reason, didn’t want to write for them.
And to me, this storyline shows that when the show actually gives them the material, they can be compelling. I just wish the material was a bit better because I’m not quite sure if I buy Syed’s behavior.
EastEnders
I’m kind of torn about this past week’s EastEnders. On one hand, I’m enjoying this final arc for Christian and Syed and I’m looking forward to seeing how it all plays out. It’s really nice to see Christian and Syed in a solid storyline that is actually about them and their relationship. They have gotten very little of that over the past couple of years as the show has allowed them to languish on the backburner, even as they proved to be a very popular and beloved duo. The writers simply, for whatever reason, didn’t want to write for them.
And to me, this storyline shows that when the show actually gives them the material, they can be compelling. I just wish the material was a bit better because I’m not quite sure if I buy Syed’s behavior.
- 10/3/2012
- by Anthony D. Langford
- The Backlot
Hollyoaks' series producer Emma Smithwick is leaving the soap after more than a year in charge, Digital Spy can exclusively reveal. Smithwick has taken the decision to leave the show and will depart next Friday (October 5). A Lime Pictures spokesperson told Digital Spy today (September 29): "After 18 months on Hollyoaks, series producer Emma Smithwick will be stepping down. Executive producers Bryan Kirkwood and Tony Wood will continue to oversee the show. "We thank Emma for all her hard work on Hollyoaks and wish her every continued success for the future." Meanwhile, Smithwick commented: "It has been an extraordinary 18 months on Hollyoaks, and I have been very fortunate to work with some of the most dedicated teams in the business - from cast and crew to the writers and brilliant editorial team. "I (more)...
- 9/29/2012
- by By Daniel Kilkelly
- Digital Spy
Bryan Kirkwood will return to Lime Pictures later this year to expand its reality and scripted programming. The former EastEnders executive producer will work with creative director Tony Wood on creating new shows from April, reports Broadcast Now. Kirkwood previously worked at the All3Media company as producer of Hollyoaks. Tony Wood described Kirkwood as "one of the best young producers of popular drama around". He added: "His time at EastEnders garnered a clean sweep of awards and massive ratings hits. It's terrific that he's returned to Lime, where he'll work alongside me developing both scripted and reality (more)...
- 3/29/2012
- by By Tom Eames
- Digital Spy
Hollyoaks will celebrate its most memorable moments of the year in an E4 special next month, it has been revealed. An hour-long retrospective to be screened at Christmas will look back at the best bits of 2011 and offer a sneak peek at 2012, Broadcast reports. The show was ordered by Channel 4's drama commissioning editors Roberto Troni and Marianne Buckland, and will be executive produced by Tony Wood, Carolyn Reynolds and Emma Smithwick. Hollyoaks' (more)...
- 11/25/2011
- by By Daniel Kilkelly
- Digital Spy
ITV1 are planning a new "living soap" reality show in Liverpool. 'The Only Way is Essex' creator Tony Wood is working on the scripted show – which he likens to defunct soap 'Brookside' –following the lives of people and businesses in the Northern city. He told the Daily Mirror newspaper: "I'm working on a new scripted reality show for ITV1. Is it a reality 'Brookside'? You could call it that. "It's storytelling with real people, a sort of living soap." The city – where pop group The Beatles famously hailed from - is currently popular with reality show makers, with MTV...
- 8/29/2011
- Virgin Media - TV
The Only Way Is Essex was offered to Channel 4 before ITV2, it has been revealed by the show's producers. Lime Pictures' Tony Wood and All3Media's Ruth Wrigley said that they originally pitched the idea for the reality soap to Channel 4, but they were snubbed. Speaking at the Edinburgh TV Festival, the Towie bosses said: "We went to Channel 4 first. We pitched it as Big Brother meets Hollyoaks. "It's a difficult thing to explain and they thought it would be like The (more)...
- 8/28/2011
- by By Alex Fletcher
- Digital Spy
The Only Way Is Essex's producers have taken a swipe at Made In Chelsea during a Masterclass session at the Edinburgh TV Festival. All3Media's Ruth Wrigley and Lime Pictures' Tony Wood said that the Channel 4 series scripted reality show had missed out the "humour" and "entertainment" that was central to Towie's hit formula. "What it lacked was humour and it was shot upfront so we knew where it was going," said Wrigley. "I think Chelsea lacks the entertainment part of the thought process," argued Wood. ITV's Claire Zolkwer also claimed that filming in advance had ruined the marketing and social media aspects of Made In Chelsea, while Towie cast member Mark Wright said that viewers couldn't "relate" to the wealthier cast of Made In Chelsea. Wood revealed that (more)...
- 8/27/2011
- by By Alex Fletcher
- Digital Spy
ITV1 are planning a new "living soap" reality show in Liverpool. 'The Only Way is Essex' creator Tony Wood is working on the scripted show – which he likens to defunct soap 'Brookside' –following the lives of people and businesses in the Northern city. He told the Daily Mirror newspaper: "I'm working on a new scripted reality show for ITV1. Is it a reality 'Brookside'? You could call it that. "It's storytelling with real people, a sort of living soap." The city – where pop group The Beatles famously hailed from - is currently popular with reality show makers, with MTV...
- 8/26/2011
- Virgin Media - TV
Channel 4 have announced that filming has begun in Manchester on their eight part young-adult comedy series Fresh Meat, the latest show from Sam Bain and Jesse Armstrong, the writers of Peep Show.
The 45 minute long episodes will follow six first-year University students who;
Away from home for the first time, on the brink of adult life, they are about to discover who they really are. From the moment they ship up as freshers at their shared house, their lives are destined to collide, overlap and run the whole gamut of appalling behaviour and terrible errors of judgment.
From the sounds of things it’s kind of Skins/Inbetweeners for an older crowd but from Bain and Armstrong we can expect something far more darkly sinister, I imagine. The movie is due to air later this year.
Full cast after the jump…
British comedian Jack Whitehall gets top billing as...
The 45 minute long episodes will follow six first-year University students who;
Away from home for the first time, on the brink of adult life, they are about to discover who they really are. From the moment they ship up as freshers at their shared house, their lives are destined to collide, overlap and run the whole gamut of appalling behaviour and terrible errors of judgment.
From the sounds of things it’s kind of Skins/Inbetweeners for an older crowd but from Bain and Armstrong we can expect something far more darkly sinister, I imagine. The movie is due to air later this year.
Full cast after the jump…
British comedian Jack Whitehall gets top billing as...
- 5/31/2011
- by Matt Holmes
- Obsessed with Film
Channel 4 has commissioned a fourth series of Hollyoaks Later, it has been announced. The late-night E4 spinoff show will return to screens in the autumn, airing as another week-long run of five hour-long episodes in a 9pm timeslot. This year's Hollyoaks Later will be produced by the main soap's series editor Claire Fryer alongside Hollyoaks' executive producers Tony Wood and Carolyn Reynolds. Speaking of the commission, Wood commented: "We are delighted to be working on another series of Hollyoaks Later which promises to deliver a unique cocktail of humour, glamour and grown-up drama. "We're taking some of Hollyoaks' most-loved characters and putting them in romantic, funny and dangerous situations and we hope viewers will love the result." Channel 4's commissioning editor Roberto Troni added: "Hollyoaks (more)...
- 3/4/2011
- by By Daniel Kilkelly
- Digital Spy
Hollyoaks' script editor Gareth Philips has been promoted as the soap's acting producer, replacing Paul Marquess following his 12-month stint at the helm of the show. Philips - who joined the programme's production team last year - will work alongside executive producers Carolyn Reynolds and Tony Wood as Hollyoaks undergoes further transformation in the year ahead. Speaking of his new role, Philips commented: "I have really enjoyed working in the script team at Hollyoaks and it will be a huge honour to take the reins of Channel 4's flagship youth drama. "I am very excited about taking the show even further this year with more compelling and brave stories." Marquess, meanwhile, is leaving the role of series producer at Hollyoaks but will continue to work with production company Lime Pictures on a number of other (more)...
- 1/6/2011
- by By Daniel Kilkelly
- Digital Spy
ITV2 is launching a ''genuine living soap opera'' called 'Project Essex'. The channel has commissioned a 10-part drama series which will follow the lives of a cast of characters as they go about their daily business in the well-known county, in a new TV move which will be part documentary, part reality show and part soap opera. 'Project Essex' will be produced by Lime Pictures - who run 'Hollyoaks' - and will air later this year. The production company's Creative Director Tony Wood said: ''Essex is a perfect fit for Lime. The successful methods used in our factual shows will now be combined with ..
- 5/20/2010
- Virgin Media - TV
Hollyoaks actress Emma Rigby has quit her role in the Channel 4 soap after nearly four years, Digital Spy can exclusively reveal. The 19-year-old, who won the 'Best Actress' accolade at this year's British Soap Awards, is to leave early next year in order to pursue other drama, film and theatre projects. Speaking exclusively to Digital Spy, she said: "I've been on Hollyoaks since I was 15 and I've grown up on the show. I'm so very fortunate to be given the opportunity to learn my craft in such a fantastic environment. I just feel that the time is right to move on and hopefully get into dramas and films as I love to play different roles." She added: "I am really grateful to Bryan Kirkwood and Tony Wood and all the other production staff for the opportunities given to me and I've seen the show go from strength (more)...
- 11/8/2008
- by By Kris Green
- Digital Spy
Another late-night version of Channel 4 soap Hollyoaks is to air on E4. The new series, currently entitled Late Night Hollyoaks, will see the return of Guy Burnet as Craig Dean to save his sister in a dramatic cliff-top rescue. The bank of five 60-minute episodes will also see various characters travel to Belfast with unexpected results; an extremely unlikely marriage; the Dirty Diegos fighting first night nerves as they prepare to play their debut gig; and the students of Hollyoaks Community College spicing things up and getting more than they bargain for. Tony Wood, creative director at Lime Pictures said: "Hollyoaks is performing well on all fronts. It's viewed by 16 million people across the week and is up 24% on E4. Therefore, it is fitting that the programme should expand across that channel where its audience is growing fastest. This new hour-long (more)...
- 6/5/2008
- by By Kris Green
- Digital Spy
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