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EXCLUSIVE: Avalon, the production company behind HBO’s Last Week Tonight with John Oliver and FX/Sky comedy Breeders, has hired Jenelle Lindsay as Executive Vice President of Television.

Emily Maitlis, one of the most respected British news broadcasters of the past two decades and the notorious Prince Andrew Newsnight interviewer, is to deliver this year’s prestigious James MacTaggart Memorial Lecture at the Edinburgh Television Festival.

A Very British Scandal producer Blueprint Television has hired Poldark exec Karen Thrussell as Head of Television.

ITV has greenlit a four-part adaptation of Graham Norton’s darkly comic debut novel Holding, with Game Of Thrones star Conleth Hill attached in the lead role.

All Creatures Great And Small has found its new Mrs. Pumphrey following the death of Diana Rigg last September.

‘A Very English Scandal’ Producer Dominic Treadwell-Collins Lands ITV Series More than a year after joining ITV Studios, A Very English Scandal producer Dominic Treadwell-Collins has a name for his label and his first series. Happy Prince has been commissioned by ITV to make relationship drama You & Me, which is written by newcomer Jamie Davis and executive produced by It’s A Sin creator Russell T Davies.

A Very English Scandal writer Russell T Davies has said that the success of his AIDS crisis series It’s A Sin is partly the result of his decision to only cast gay actors in lead roles.

It’s A Sin, the searing new AIDS crisis series from A Very English Scandal writer Russell T Davies, has premiered in stellar fashion for UK broadcaster Channel 4 ahead of the show’s launch on HBO Max next month.

Russell T Davies, the creator of Channel 4 and HBO Max’s upcoming AIDS crisis series It’s A Sin, has spoken out about the importance of casting gay actors as gay characters.

Jake Kanter International TV EditorHBO Max has swooped for its latest UK drama after taking the U.S. rights to A Very English Scandal writer Russell T Davies’ AIDS crisis series It’s A Sin.The WarnerMedia streamer has acquired the five-part drama from All3Media International as part of a raft of international sales.

Peter White Television EditorAvalon, the talent management and production company behind series including Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, is expanding. The company has acquired a majority stake in The Agency, which represents writers and directors including Gentleman Jack creator Sally Wainwright and A Very English Scandal writer Russell T Davies.The Agency will continue to operate under the leadership and management of its partners.