British Production Sector Moves Forward Gingerly as Filming Resumes

Comcast-owned pay TV giant Sky has taken full ownership of Love Productions, the production banner behind hit show The Great British Bake Off.‎ Sky had owned a 70 percent stake in the company since 2014. Love mentioned in a regulatory filing that Sky acquired the remaining stake in late February.

The British Independent Film Awards is aiming to provide a supportive leg-up to emerging filmmakers hoping to keep the momentum going beyond their debut feature. BIFA's "Springboard Programme," which was piloted earlier this year, is now open to all filmmakers who have been longlisted in BIFA's debut categories of debut director, debut screenwriter, breakthrough producer and discovery award between 2018 and 2020.

GAIKA arrived on the UK music scene, the Brixton-based MC made it his mission to continuously subvert preconceptions about what Black British music can be. His debut album ‘Basic Volume’ demonstrated this, featuring dancehall riddims distilled through gritty, industrial beats.

Jake Kanter International TV EditorEXCLUSIVE: Comcast’s European broadcaster Sky has taken full control of Love Productions, the producer behind Channel 4 hit The Great British Bake Off.Sky took a 70.41% stake in Love Productions in 2014, and now the pay-TV operator has acquired the remaining 29.59% of shares in the Richard McKerrow-founded outfit, as it continues to build its production empire.Jane Millichip, Sky Studios’ chief commercial officer, said: “Love Productions is a world-class

Normal People is the frontrunner at this year’s TV Choice Awards, where it is up for three prizes.

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coronavirus crisis – before the government stepped in with a  £1.57billion arts bailout.Last night, the UK government revealed plans for an unprecedented cash injection to help the arts, culture and heritage industries “weather the impact of coronavirus” – providing music venues, independent cinemas, museums, galleries, theatres and heritage sites with emergency grants and loans.After COVID-19 restrictions first forced venues to close, the MVT launched the Save Our Venues campaign with a

With the recent Cannes Virtual Market leading the charge of new-look online-only film markets — likely to become the norm until the novel coronavirus pandemic comes under control — the British Film Institute has introduced a new fund to help sales companies adapt.

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Earl Cameron,thepioneering Black actor from Bermuda who starred in the 1951 British filmPool of Londonand later appeared in movies fromThunderballtoInception, has died. He was102.

reports Deadline.Cameron was born in Bermuda in 1917, moving to the U.K in 1939. He  joined the British Merchant Navy and by 1941 had his first role in a play called “Chu Chin Chow”. “When I arrived in London, I had no qualifications for anything.

Andreas Wiseman International Editor<EXCLUSIVE: Audible is launching scripted mockumentary The Special Relationship from UK comedy duo Alex Owen and Ben Ashenden (aka The Pin). The series will follow two misguided British sketch comedians attempting to ‘make it’ in America with satirical nods to a post-Brexit Britain trying to ‘go it alone’.

Jake Kanter International TV EditorEXCLUSIVE: The British government is edging closer to making a decision that could open the floodgates to hundreds of film and TV shoots returning to production following the coronavirus shutdown.Deadline hears that Treasury ministers are expected to make a call shortly on whether to establish an emergency insurance fund, which will effectively underwrite the cost of productions closing in the event of a second lockdown.It follows constructive talks with a

Andreas Wiseman International EditorEXCLUSIVE: Rising actress Odessa Young (Assassination Nation), BAFTA-nominee Josh O’Connor (The Crown), Oscar-winner Olivia Colman (The Favourite) and Oscar-winner Colin Firth (The King’s Speech) are set to star in drama Mothering Sunday for Carol producers Number 9 Films.The blue chip period-drama becomes one of the hottest UK projects at the Cannes virtual market where Rocket Science is launching world sales.Eva Husson (Girls Of The Sun) will direct from

I May Destroy You‘s Michaela Coel, Chiwetel Ejiofor and Colin Firth are among more than 3,500 professionals in film and TV who have signed an open letter demanding an end to systemic racism in the industry.The new letter (via Deadline), which is adapted from one published in Hollywood last week by the Black Film Collective, calls for the industry’s “active engagement to tackle structural and systemic racism in our industry, in the UK and around the world”.It comes in the wake of Black Lives

Jake Kanter International TV EditorMore than 3,500 film and TV professionals, including top British actors and creatives, have signed an open letter to the UK screen industry demanding an end to “systemic racism.”The missive was adapted from a “powerful and eloquent” letter published in Hollywood last week and its signatories include Michaela Coel, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Colin Firth, Jane Featherstone and David Yates.You can read the full letter below, but at its core are four demands:Other notable

holidaymakers will be keen to know if their summer holidays abroad will be going ahead this year.The coronavirus pandemic has dashed the hopes of an international getaway for many due to lockdown restrictions across the world.However, normality is slowly being restored at some popular hotspots as countries begin to lift their restrictions.The UK Government has continued to advise against all non-essential travel, but some airlines have restarted a limited number of flights in recent