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EXCLUSIVE: Starstruck co-writer Alice Snedden is directing a Channel 4 comedy about love in the cost-of-living crisis. Snedden is helming a one-off for Channel’s 4 Blap strand titled Break Clause, which is written and created by Jess Bray (The Outlaws) and will star BAFTA-nominee Samuel Bottomley (So…

Channel 4 has picked up the detective series starring Breaking Bad’s Laura Fraser about a neurodivergent self-taught criminologist. Patience has just wrapped filming and was made by Couple Next Door producer Eagle Eye drama for PBS Distribution and Beta Film, as part of Eagle Eye’s long-running…

Concerns were raised about Russell Brand’s behavior two decades ago on Big Brother’s Big Mouth and a rumor spread about his making crew members wait outside his dressing room whilst he masturbated, according to a Banijay investigation published this morning. Conducted by legal firm Lewis Silkin, the…

EXCLUSIVE: Will this lady be for turning? Succession star Harriet Walter is taking on Maggie Thatcher in splashy Channel 4 drama series Brian and Margaret, which is being directed by Stephen Frears, penned by James Graham and co-starring Steve Coogan. Coogan’s BBC Studios-backed Baby Cow is…

EXCLUSIVE: BAFTA-nominated Rocks co-writer Theresa Ikoko is no longer attached to Channel 4 drama series Dance School, a show the network said she was co-creating two years ago. Deadline is told that Ikoko is no longer involved with the project, although details were scant. Discovery of Witches…

EXCLUSIVE: The UK’s nascent true crime producing body has urged broadcasters and indies to “recognise the additional burdens” placed on people making true crime in the wake of the tragic death of John Balson. The Association of True Crime Producers (ATCP) convened an emergency board meeting yesterday…

Trigger warning: this article contains mention of suicide and other disturbing topics. The widow of John Balson, who tragically took his own life after working on a Channel 4 true crime series last month, has said the TV producer's "life is now a legacy." In an emotional statement penned by…

Trigger warning: this article includes mention of suicide and other topics that readers may find disturbing. Channel 4 has ordered an independent investigation into the death of a producer who took his own life after working on the UK broadcaster’s true crime series In the Footsteps of Killers…

EXCLUSIVE: Iconic Poirot actor David Suchet will replicate an international expedition crime writer Agatha Christie took in the 1920s in a five-part doc series. In Travels with Agatha with Sir David Suchet, the actor will replicate Poirot author Christie’s journey, which spanned former British Empire…

British news networks will be unable to counter dangerous deepfakes and misinformation swiftly on the day of the general election, the CEO of ITN has raised. According to Rachel Corp, who has been speaking to the government for months about the dangers of AI in news reporting, there is “particular…

Public service broadcasting is in a “red alert situation” in “many many markets” around the world, according to the most powerful man in British broadcasting. BBC Director General Tim Davie urged the audience at the Deloitte and Enders Media & Telecoms 2024 and Beyond Conference to “look around the…

EXCLUSIVE: Munya Chawawa is taking his BAFTA-nominated How to Survive a Dictator brand to one of the most notorious places on Earth. The viral comedian is shining a spotlight on North Korea’s Kim Jong-Un via a Channel 4 doc from Late Night Lycett producer Rumpus Media, which will be at Sheffield DocFe…