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ITVX and Viaplay four-partner Litvinenko, which will see David Tennant playing the doomed Russian dissident, has sold into 80 territories ahead of its launch. AMC+ and Sundance Now have taken rights in the U.S., while Prime Video bagged Canada from distributor ITV Studios. 

EXCLUSIVE: The competition investigation that is spooking the UK’s fabled TV drama industry looks set to rumble on until at least the end of the year.

K.J. Yossman “One Day” producers Drama Republic have restructured their C-suite, Variety can reveal, upping chief creative officer Jude Liknaitzky to co-CEO alongside Roanna Benn. Benn’s former co-CEO, Greg Brenman, will take on a co-founder role. Brenman will continue to stay involved in the growth and development of the company with a focus on his own slate of projects. Brenman, Benn and Liknaitzky founded London-based Drama Republic, which specializes in high-end drama, in 2013 after the trio left Tiger Aspect. Drama Republic is part of the Mediawan group, with the French conglomerate taking a majority stake in 2021.

Naman Ramachandran BAFTA-winning producer Patrick Spence is leaving ITV Studios after three years, Variety has confirmed. Spence, who serves as creative director, will leave at the end of March, ITV Studios managing director Julian Bellamy told staff via an internal memo on Thursday. Spence will continue to partner with ITV Studios on upcoming projects including “People vs. Post Office” (working title). Spence joined ITV Studios in 2020 and secured several acclaimed commissions, including the BBC’s drama-romance “Ralph & Katie,” a spin-off of “The A Word,” about the lives of a couple with Down syndrome; ITVX’s “Litvinenko,” about the investigation into the death of Russian defector Alexander Litvinenko; the BAFTA-nominated Cold War spy drama “A Spy Among Friends,” also for ITVX; and post-pandemic frontline medical drama “Maternal” for ITV.  

Peaky Blinders co-producer Tiger Aspect has a new managing director in Lucy Bedford, and has hired Gabriel Silver for a senior scripted role.

‘PhoneShop’ Creator Phil Bowker Strikes Deal With Tiger Aspect

Screenwriter and executive producer Muirinn Lane Kelly has died aged 50.

EXCLUSIVE: Disney+ has struck a deal for hit BBC drama The A Word and spin-off Ralph & Katie with Keshet International.

Damian Lewis: Spy Wars and GamesMaster exec producer Ian Lamarra has left Alaska TV, the company he co-founded in 2011, to launch talent-led TV, podcast and live events producer Soho Studios Entertainment.

Camera crews have arrived in Coventry to film a brand new ITV series set to launch later this year. Filming started earlier this month in various locations across the city. Viewers will see a spoof-like recreation of the hit New Zealand show, Neighbours at War, where celebrities are pitted against one another as unruly residents.

EXCLUSIVE: Tony Tackaberry, the veteran former CEO of Cash Cab producer Lion Television US, has launched a new production outfit and tied with Blue Ant Studios on a first-look deal and creative partnership, Deadline can reveal.

Epix has ordered an eight-episode second season of historical drama Domina. The renewal follows a deal between Epix and global distributor Banijay Rights for a second season of the drama produced by Tiger Aspect, in association with Epix Studios.

Filming has started in Manchester and The Lake District on a groundbreaking spin-off series of the popular BBC One series The A Word.

BBC One’s The A Word spin-off Ralph & Katie, which was created by a group of disabled writers overseen by Peter Bowker, has entered production in Manchester and the Lake District.

Banijay UK is launching a scripted label led by Intergalactic and Good Karma Hospital producer Iona Vrolyk.

It’s a good day for fans of Louise O’Neill’s popular novel After the Silence, as it has been announced the book could be coming to screens soon.

Jake Kanter International TV EditorNoel Clarke, the Bulletproof and Adulthood writer and actor, is to headline ITV’s Viewpoint, a Rear Window-esque crime drama based on an idea from Emmy-winning Fleabag helmer Harry Bradbeer.Produced by Peaky Blinders co-producer Tiger Aspect, Clarke plays surveillance detective, DC Martin King, who sets up an observation post in the home of single mum and secret voyeur, Zoe Sterling, played by Alexandra Roach (Black Mirror).Sterling’s windows command a

Jake Kanter International TV EditorHitmen, the scripted comedy vehicle for Sue Perkins and Mel Giedroyc, has been renewed for a second season by Comcast-owned broadcaster Sky. NBCUniversal’s Peacock has also committed to acquiring Season 2 in the U.S.

Jake Kanter International TV EditorTalkback, the Fremantle-owned producer behind Netflix reality show Too Hot To Handle, has raided Banijay’s Tiger Aspect Productions to hire Kate Edmunds.Edmunds has joined Talkback in the newly created role of director of programs, overseeing comedy and entertainment shows.

By Peter White