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BBC Adapting Jacqueline Wilson‘s Ode To ‘The Railway Children‘
The BBC is adapting Jacqueline Wilson’s Primrose Railway Children for TV, the author’s ode to E. Nesbit’s timeless classic. The CBBC feature length follows Phoebe, her older sister Becks, younger brother Perry and their mum who are living a comfortable life in Glasgow when suddenly they are uprooted from their lives and moved to the remote highlands of Scotland. The book is itself based on The Railway Children, which was also remade as a movie recently starring Jenny Agutter, Tom Courtenay and Sheridan Smith. CBBC has been going big on its adaptations lately and has also made versions of Oliver Twist and The Famous Five. The kids network has also ordered a sitcom starring Peep Show alums Robert Webb and Isy Suttie titled High Hoop about a reckless high school basketball player, along with moreof channel favorite Malory Towers. “Our homegrown dramas continue to be enjoyed by children and their families across the UK and beyond, these three titles are not only brilliant entertainment, but they also represent children’s lives and UK culture in unique ways,” said Patricia Hidalgo, Director BBC Children’s and Education.
Studiocanal Appoints Physical Production Boss For TV
Studiocanal has appointed a head of physical production for its TV series. Margaret Conway is the latest in a string of hires and promotions revealed by the French major over the past few months and will report to newly-appointed Executive Managing Director TV Series M-K Kennedy, who just joined from Netflix. Conway has been promoted from Studiocanal-owned It’s a Sin producer Red Production Company, where she also led production. As part of the reshuffle, Emmanuel Jacquelin, who currently
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The Witch is the biggest series of its kind out of Greece and Antenna has conjured a second season of the epic period drama. Season two is teed up as a sequel.
Manchester City star Phil Foden has left England's Euro 2024 camp and returned to the UK due to a "pressing family matter".
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Steven Wilson has announced a 2025 UK and European headline tour. Find all the details below.The Porcupine Tree singer and multi-instrumentalist will be bringing ‘The Overview Tour’ to 11 countries next spring, marking his first solo shows in seven years.The European leg will kick off at Cirkus in Stockholm on May 1, before making stops in Oslo, Dusseldorf, Brussels and more.The UK leg will then begin on May 10 with a show at Beacon in Bristol, which will be followed by two nights at the London Palladium on May 12 and 13.
Ever since Prince Harry and his wife, Meghan Markle, relocated to the US in 2020, their relationships with senior members of the Royal Family have been publicly strained. As a result, the couple and their two young children, Prince Archie and Princess Lilibet, have spent very little time in the UK with the Windsor side of the family, particularly with their grandfather, King Charles. This, former BBC royal correspondent Jennie Bond says, is something which is causing Archie and Lilibet to suffer as she expresses her hope that Harry will not continue to follow Meghan's example when it comes to family quarrels.
Oz Perkin‘s “Longlegs” hasn’t even hit theaters yet, but NEON already wants to promote their next movie together. And that’s a sign that the distribution company expects big things from Perkin’s upcoming serial killer thriller.
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Alex Ritman StudioCanal has named Margaret Conway as its head of physical production for TV as the Canal+ Group-owned company continues to shape its small screen business. Conway will be based in the U.K.
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It’s been a significant seven days for Erik ten Hag and Manchester United, with Sir Jim Ratcliffe deciding to stick with the Dutchman for next season.
Jack Dunn When Donald Glover first approached showrunner Francesca Sloane about adapting “Mr. & Mrs. Smtih” for Amazon Prime, she “started laughing,” and thought it was a “weird Donald Glover joke that he randomly spit out.” She was confused as to why he would pick the 2005 action-comedy of all movies, but as the conversation evolved, the project began taking shape in her mind.
It may only be the middle of June, but Oscar season planning is in full effect. The Academy Museum recently revealed its honorees for the next Academy Museum Gala and today, The Academy announced the recipients of honorary Oscars at the 2024 Governors Awards.
EXCLUSIVE: Blue Fox Entertainment has acquired Autumn and the Black Jaguar from Studiocanal. Blue Fox will release the family-friendly adventure film in theaters nationwide later this year.
Fans of the classic sitcom Only Fools and Horses were left gobsmacked after realising a long-believed running joke was actually a case of misinterpretation.
K.J. Yossman A “Friends”-themed exhibition and experience is setting up home permanently in London.
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Whitney Friedlander Adapting or modernizing a beloved property can be a thrilling experience, a way to expand a world or characters while also maybe surprising and delighting audiences with a plot twist or two. That is, unless the original project is geared toward young adults who grew up with (or who are still reading or watching) the first iteration, and are so devoted to that version that they believe everything that happens there to be canon. “When you are adapting a children’s book, I do think that the bar is different,” says Rick Riordan, who with Jonathan E.