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BBC Worldwide, BBC Studios to Merge Into Single Operation
The BBC announced Wednesday that it will merge its commercial arm, BBC Worldwide, with its production arm, BBC Studios, into a single operation under the name BBC Studios. The move will make the BBC’s...
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BBC Shuffles Posts Following Worldwide Merger, Appoints Wales Drama Commissioner
The BBC is seeing out the year with a raft of changes at the top of its newly consolidated BBC Studios production and distribution operation and the appointment of a new senior drama commissioner. On...
View Article‘Dracula’ Series From ‘Sherlock’ Team to Launch on BBC and Netflix
The BBC and Netflix are sinking their fangs into “Dracula,” a major new series adaptation of the classic vampire tale from the team behind “Sherlock.” Variety was the first to report that Mark Gatiss...
View ArticleClaes Bang to Play Dracula in New BBC, Netflix Series
Danish actor Claes Bang (“The Girl in the Spider’s Web,” “Borgen”) will sink his teeth into the role of Dracula in the new miniseries being developed for the BBC and Netflix by the writers and...
View ArticleIs BritBox U.K. a Brit-Hit or a Brit-Flop in the Making?
In two years of operation, BritBox has snagged more than 650,000 subscribers in North America with its “best of British” lineup of drama, soaps, unscripted shows and live programming. Now that it’s...
View ArticleUna Stubbs, ‘Sherlock’ and ‘EastEnders’ Actor, Dies at 84
Una Stubbs, beloved actor on television shows like “Sherlock,” “Worzel Gummidge,” “Till Death Us Do Part” and “EastEnders,” has died aged 84. She died at her home in Edinburgh surrounded by her family,...
View ArticleBenedict Cumberbatch-Starring ‘Sherlock’ Sells Wide for BBC Studios – Global...
SALES BBC Studios has scored a raft of sales on all seasons of smash hit series “Sherlock,” starring Benedict Cumberbatch and Martin Freeman as Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson. Amazon Prime Video...
View ArticleThe Best British Crime Drama Series
There’s something about watching Detective Inspectors and Chief Constables go about their jobs that’s simultaneously engrossing and comforting. The bowler hats, the checked cravats, the baffling lingo...
View ArticleBeryl Vertue, ‘Sherlock’ Producer, Dies at 90
Beryl Vertue, the renowned British television producer and founder of Hartswood Films, died on Saturday, her family has confirmed. She was 90. No cause of death has been given but her daughters, Sue...
View Article‘Sherlock’ Producers Hartswood Films Post $61.6 Million Revenue
“Sherlock” producers Hartswood Films have posted revenues of £51.7 million ($61.6 million) for the last financial year. Net profit for the year came to £7.8 million ($9.5 million), a result the...
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