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Discovery and Liberty Global-owned super-producer All3Media has completed the acquisition of Nordic Entertainment Group’s NENT Studios UK.

Christopher Eccleston will lead the cast of Dodger, a new story set in the world of Charles Dickens’ Oliver Twist. The series, produced by NBCUniversal International Studios, is a ten-part family adventure that will air next year on CBBC and BBC iPlayer.

Christopher Eccleston – who were approached by Who Do You Think You Are? only to be jettisoned once the producers discovered little of note in their ancestry. ITV have neatly sidestepped this with DNA Journey, which began last year with Ant and Dec, and resumed with the banter-saturated pairing of Andrew “Freddie” Flintoff and Jamie Redknapp.

BBC Casts ‘My Name Is Leon’ BBC One has announced the cast for its adaptation of Kit de Waal’s debut novel My Name is Leon. Malachi Kirby (Small Axe), Monica Dolan (A Very English Scandal), Olivia Williams (Counterpart), Christopher Eccleston (The A Word), Poppy Lee Friar (In My Skin), and Sir Lenny Henry CBE (The Lord of the Rings) headline the drama special.

Doctor Who franchise.Ahead of the forthcoming 12-part audio series for Big Finish Productions called Doctor Who: The Ninth Doctor Adventures, Eccleston posed with the script for the series in a post shared by Big Finish on Twitter.The script Eccleston is holding in the image reveals that the first volume is titled ‘Ravagers’, with the first episode (written by Nicholas Braggs) being called ‘Sphere of Freedom’.Doctor Who: The Ninth Doctor Adventures will be split across four volumes and box sets,

Jake Kanter International TV EditorNordic Entertainment Group is in the process of selling NENT Studios UK, a little more than a year after the production and distribution business was established.The studio, which is currently in production on Viaplay/Channel 4’s Connie Nielsen and Christopher Eccleston drama Close To Me, has received 20 expressions of interest.

Universal Pictures and Sentient Entertainment are partnering on a remake of Alejandro Amenabar’s 2001 ghost story The Others, which starred Nicole Kidman and Christopher Eccleston. The reboot is in development after Universal Pictures optioned the rights to The Others from Sentient.

Manori Ravindran International Editor“Wonder Woman 1984” star Connie Nielsen and “Doctor Who’s” Christopher Eccleston are set to star in psychological drama “Close to Me,” the first English-language drama to originate from Nordic Entertainment Group’s (NENT) fledgling U.K. operation.NENT Studios U.K.

Christopher Eccleston, Doctor Who's Ninth Doctor, will finally return to play the Time Lord. After 15 years away, Eccleston is officially set to reprise his role in the upcoming audio drama series, Doctor Who: The Ninth Doctor Adventures.

Christopher Eccleston is making his return to the Doctor Who fandom!

Bruce Haring pmc-editorial-managerChristopher Eccleston is set for a Doctor Who comeback, and will again play the Ninth Doctor in a series of audio-only releases.Big Finish Productions and BBC Studios announced the return of Eccleston, who appeared in 13 episodes when the television series relaunched in 2005.

Christopher Eccleston is set to reprise his role as Doctor Who in an audio series.

The One Show turned into an emotional rollercoaster on Tuesday night with even host Alex Jones reduced to tears.

Doctor Who fans will be treated to a new story featuring several previous incarnations of the Time Lord.

Christopher Eccleston says he is preparing for the eventuality that he will get coronavirus.