Arthouse Streamer MUBI Hires Kino Lorber, Alamo Drafthouse, Studiocanal Execs For U.S. & UK

Home Team, the UK indie production house founded by Dominic Buchanan and Bennett McGhee, has hired Jessica Hill as Senior Development Executive.

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Discovery is to close 10% of roles in the UK as part of a restructure that will place a greater emphasis on Discovery+ following its British launch last October.

Meghan Markle and Prince Harry are speaking out after a private investigator revealed how a UK tabloid hired him to improperly obtain personal information about the duchess and her family. 

EXCLUSIVE: AMC Networks streamer Acorn TV has renewed its darkly comic British crime series Queens Of Mystery for a second season, with production already underway in Kent, south-east England.

Amazon Hiring Head Of UK Originals Amazon is on the hunt for a UK head of originals, according to a job advert posted by the streaming giant. The successful candidate will report to Georgia Brown, the director of European originals at Amazon Studios. Amazon’s UK slate includes The Grand Tour and James May: Oh Cook, but the company has made clear that it is not planning a giant Netflix-style push into the British market. UK trade Broadcast first spotted the job ad.

Ronan Farrow has accused his estranged adoptive father, Woody Allen, of withholding financial support on the basis that he discredit his mother and sister’s abuse allegations. In 1992, Allen was accused of sexually assaulting his adoptive daughter, Dylan Farrow, claims which he has consistently denied and for which he was never charged.

EXCLUSIVE: Passion Pictures has hired Pixar veteran David Park as Head of Production for Long Form Animation.

Alan Partridge to replace Piers Morgan as host of Good Morning Britain.Morgan left the ITV show earlier this week after six years following a row over comments he made about the Duchess of Sussex, Meghan Markle.On Monday’s (March 8) show, he said he “didn’t believe a word” Markle told Oprah Winfrey about her mental health in an interview alongside her husband Prince Harry.A spokesperson for ITV said: “Following discussions with ITV, Piers Morgan has decided now is the time to leave Good Morning

Starmer said the polarised choice between the status quo and independence is the “wrong debate”He told the Daily Record: “I absolutely want to make a passionate case of the United Kingdom and a socially just Scotland in a modern United Kingdom.

The BBC has announced the cast for SAS: Rogue Heroes, Peaky Blinders creator Steven Knight’s dramatized account of how Britain’s Special Forces unit was formed in the darkest days of World War Two.

A documentary exploring claims filmmaker Woody Allen molested his adopted daughter Dylan Farrow when she was a child has had its UK release confirmed. Following its showing in the US, Allen v Farrow will premiere on Sky Documentaries on Monday 15 March.

Labour leader said the Government has not “secured our borders in the way we should have done” after the new strain was detected in six travellers, three of whom came to Scotland, before the February quarantine rules were introduced.An enhanced contact tracing effort is under way after three Scottish residents tested positive for the new strain after flying into Aberdeen from Brazil, via Paris and London.Other passengers who were on the same flight from London are now being contacted.Starmer

Taylor Swift and her British boyfriend Joe Alwyn had their first real public date night at the 2020 Golden Globes. The private couple, then of three years, deliberately avoided being filmed at all award show ceremonies together, despite Alwyn and Swift constantly being nominated for their acting and music work respectively.

Brent Lang Executive Editor of Film and MediaThe British playwright, director and actor Kwame Kwei-Armah has signed with CAA and Redefine Entertainment.He currently serves as the artistic director for the Young Vic in London and was previously artistic director of Baltimore Center Stage.

Darina Allen has come under fire for continuing to holding cookery classes in their renowned Ballymaloe Cookery School.