EXCLUSIVE: Heartstopper breakout Yasmin Finney is leading Mars, the upcoming short film based on a song by Yungblud.
11.08.2022 - 15:47 / deadline.com
EXCLUSIVE: BBC Studios Kids & Family has initiated a major restructure, unifying the team under one slate and budget and seeking creative, commercial and development bosses.
Cecilia Persson’s team is operating with five pillars, with respective focuses on Business, Commercial, Development, Production and Content Strategy, according to a BBC Studios spokesman.
A trio of job adverts have been issued in the past few days for a Head of Content & Strategy, Head of Commercial and VP/Creative Director, Development for the team, which is run by former WarnerMedia exec Persson. All three are newly-created and Persson will say more about them during a Mipcom keynote in October.
Once the three are onboard, the BBC Studios Kids & Family division will be significantly enhanced as it unifies to focus on one slate and budget, seeking growth in commercial kids genres such as animation, high-end drama and pre-school.
The Head of Strategy will set out both local and global program strategies “supporting our ambitious growth plans,” according to the advert. The Head of Commercial will do the same in the commercial space while “finding new customers and increasing the lifetime value of our IP,” while the VP will lead the circa-10-strong production team that produces more than 200 hours worth of children’s TV per year.
BBC Studios Kids & Family moved within the BBC’s commercial arm late last year and, with that move, can now crucially make programs for buyers beyond the BBC, be that other UK broadcasters, pay-TV platforms or streaming services. The division still produces the vast majority of its shows for the BBC including CBBC’s Blue Peter and CBeebies’ JoJo & Gran Gran, while BBC Studios distributes global children’s hits including
EXCLUSIVE: Heartstopper breakout Yasmin Finney is leading Mars, the upcoming short film based on a song by Yungblud.
BBC Studios has taken a 25% minority stake in former Channel 4 Deputy Head of Programmes Kelly Webb-Lamb’s Mothership Productions.
The Royal Family are said to be fearful that Meghan Markle will release a “bombshell” memoir following her confession that she wrote a daily diary during her time working as a royal in her latest interview.The Duchess of Sussex, 41, revealed in an interview with The Cut that she recently rediscovered her journal, which she had written in every day back when she was a senior royal, when she returned to Frogmore Cottage in June. Meghan and Prince Harry, 37, had come back to the UK to celebrate the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee, and during this time the Duchess revisited their previous official residence to pack up “personal matters”, when she found her diary.
Meghan Markle says she has made "an active effort" to forgive the Royal Family amid the rift in their relationship. In her first magazine interview since she and Prince Harry quit the family and moved to California, the Duchess of Sussex, 41, spoke about their life in Montecito, their two children and her time as a working royal.The former actress also revealed she's never signed anything that prevents her from speaking about her time in the royal family but has chosen not to as she is "still healing".
Meghan Markle sat down with US glossy magazine The Cut and has made a number of bombshell revelations– including a statement that she was not allowed control over her own social media presence while a senior Royal Family member. Meghan has been in the spotlight ever since she met Prince Harry, and has been the subject of major controversy after the couple relinquished their royal duties.
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Katharine, The Duchess of Kent, has revealed her fondness for rap music, with Eminem and Ice Cube among her favourite artists in the genre. In an interview with The Sunday Telegraph, the 89 year old said she has an open mind when it comes to music. “I’ll listen to anything,” she told the paper.
Prince Harry and his wife Meghan Markle announced earlier this month they are planning a trip to the UK in September, but an expert claims senior royals are "likely not thrilled” about their planned visit. Harry, 37, and Meghan, 40, have said they will visit the UK next month to attend charity events.The Duchess of Sussex is a counsellor for the organisation, alongside Justin Trudeau, Sir Richard Branson, and Jamie Oliver, among others.
British veteran comedy actress Josephine Tewson, who found her biggest success in her sixties starring in one of the 1990s’ biggest TV sitcoms, has died aged 91.
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Prince Harry and Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall — claims the Duke and Duchess of Sussex are enveloping themselves in “grandeur and pomp that surrounds them” after the royals announced an upcoming trip to the UK.The pair are scheduled to visit Harry’s home soil and Germany for three charity events next month, their spokesperson told Page Six earlier this week.Harry, 37, and Markle, 41, last visited the UK in June to attend Queen Elizabeth II’s Platinum Jubilee celebrations with their two kids: Archie, 3, and Lilibet, 1.However, their upcoming trip seems to have raised the eyebrows of many, in particular Levin, who noted the “odd time” of their visit.“Harry and Meghan coming to UK for ‘charities close to their hearts.’ Will the Queen be in Balmoral, and William in USA for Earthshot? Is this part of an attempt at an alternative Royal Family?” Levin tweeted Monday. “Odd time otherwise before H’s ‘bombshell’ memoir.““[Meghan] doesn’t like losing [and] feels enormous bitterness and resentment towards the royal family for not letting her modernize [it].”“Surely if anyone is scared for their safety, they should keep what they are doing and where secret.
British YouTube star Joe Sugg is launching a production company backed by BBC Studios to develop entertainment and factual entertainment formats.
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle are still at war with the Royal Family over their security needs.The Sussexes’ unofficial biographer Omid Scobie spoke about Harry’s lawsuit against the Home Office after his security needs were denied. Writing for Yahoo! News, he claimed that Harry never asked for the public or our government to pay for his security.