BBC hit ‘A Suitable Boy’ makes its US premiere

Black Narcissus has received a mixed response from viewers after airing its first episode in the UK. Adapted from Rumer Godden's 1939 novel of the same name by Apple Tree Yard and The Trial of Christine Keeler writer Amanda Coe, the three-part miniseries offers a new take on the story, having previously been adapted into the 1947 film starring Deborah Kerr.

direct to your inboxVictoria Derbyshire has revealed that the BBC didn't want her to take part in I'm A Celebrity.But the presenter and journalist managed to convince them to let her do the ITV show. Victoria, from Bury, was one of 12 celebrities to take part in the first ever UK-based I'm A Celeb which took place for three weeks at Gwrych Castle in north Wales.

In his first lead role on British television, Oscar winner Christopher Walken has been tapped to star in The Offenders (working title), a six-part series for BBC and Amazon Prime Video, from The Office co-creator Stephen Merchant and Mayans M.C. co-creator Elgin James.

Tony Way, Sophie Thompson Join UK Indie Pic ‘The Unreason’EXCLUSIVE: Tony Way, known for his roles in After Life and Game Of Thrones, will star with Sophie Thompson (Feel Good) in UK time-travel comedy The Unreason. The film follows real-life best friends Ruth and Megan, who run a vintage shop in leafy Muswell Hill.

EastEnders star Maisie Smith and comedian Bill Bailey will all battle it out in next week's final. But only one can lift the famous glitterball trophy.

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The global race for a vaccine against the COVID-19 virus has hatched a feature documentary from CNN Films and the BBC. Billed as the inside story on the scientific journey to battle the Coronavirus pandemic, the film will air as Race For The Vaccine on CNN in the U.S, with CNN chief medical correspondent Sanjay Gupta narrating.

BBC Studios unveiled a new content catalogue deal Thursday with Lionsgate Play covering the streaming platform's presence in the vast India market. Under the agreement, five of BBC Studios recent scripted dramas have been selected for the service, with the shows subtitled into multiple regional Indian languages.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorCNN Films and BBC will take viewers inside the efforts of researchers around the world trying to develop and manufacture vaccines to fight the global coronavirus pandemic, in a documentary feature slated to air on CNN and BBC Two in the spring of 2021.CNN Films has retained linear television rights throughout the United States and territories as well as Canada. HHMI Tangled Bank Studios holds the educational rights.

The BBC has confirmed what has been UK industry gossip for months: That it is scrapping TV channel controller roles after decades in favor of a model placing greater emphasis on streaming-first commissioning.

UK media regulator Ofcom has warned that the British government urgently needs to overhaul broadcasting laws if public service broadcasters, the BBC, ITV, Channel 4, and Channel 5, are to survive in the age of streaming.

Naman Ramachandran Rising Indian star Ishaan Khatter believes that North American audiences will respond strongly to Mira Nair’s newly-launched six-part series “A Suitable Boy” because of its universal themes and the filmmaker’s globally appealing storytelling.The series, based on Vikram Seth’s novel, is set against the backdrop of the Indian general elections of 1951, and features Khatter as one of the leads.

In his nearly 1,500-page post-Partition epic A Suitable Boy, one of the longest novels in the English language, author Vikram Seth weaves the stories of two upper-middle-class North Indian families navigating ardor, marital negotiations and politicized religious conflict as their newly independent nation sloughs off the stink of colonial British rule.

The BBC Sound of 2021 longlist has been revealed.