APOS: BBC Studios Asia Teams With Korea’s Studio JanChi for Culinary Docuseries ‘12 Seas’

APOS: BBC Studios Asia Teams With Korea’s Studio JanChi for Culinary Docuseries ‘12 Seas’

BBC Studios Asia has unveiled its first co-production with Korean production company Studio JanChi, a four-part culinary travel series titled 12 Seas (working title). Announced during this week’s APOS media summit in Bali, the project is part of BBC Studios’ growing partnership with the Korea Creative Content Agency (KOCCA), and signals the company’s continued investment…

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BritBox Greenlights Contemporary Adaptation of Agatha Christie’s ‘Tommy & Tuppence’

BritBox Greenlights Contemporary Adaptation of Agatha Christie’s ‘Tommy & Tuppence’

BritBox has green-lit a six-part contemporary adaptation of Agatha Christie‘s Tommy & Tuppence. The series, following adaptations of Towards Zero and Murder Is Easy, will be produced by Lookout Point (Happy Valley, Gentlemen Jack), part of BBC Studios, in association with Agatha Christie Limited. Phoebe Eclair-Powell will write the show in her first drama series…

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Historian David Olusoga Launches Hillgate Films With BBC Studios First-Look Deal

Historian David Olusoga Launches Hillgate Films With BBC Studios First-Look Deal

Historian and broadcaster David Olusoga, a University of Manchester Professor of Public History, has launched a production company called Hillgate Films. The company said on Thursday that it would “focus on developing and producing innovative and thought-provoking history-focused documentaries, formats and series, both with, and without, Olusoga as on-screen talent.” The company launch comes with support from BBC Studios in…

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Prince William Launches ‘Guardians’ Docuseries on Rangers on BBC Earth Digital Platforms

Prince William Launches ‘Guardians’ Docuseries on Rangers on BBC Earth Digital Platforms

Prince William is launching Guardians, a six-part docuseries on rangers and the important work they do to protect nature as “unsung heroes,” on BBC Earth digital platforms on Friday. The brainchild of the royal who has also voiced the trailer for the show and the introductions to individual episodes is available on the BBC Earth YouTube channel and…

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#Armando Iannucci Launches Production Firm Touchscreen With BBC Studios

#Armando Iannucci Launches Production Firm Touchscreen With BBC Studios

Armando Iannucci (Veep, The Thick of It, The Franchise) has launched the production company Touchscreen Ltd. with BBC Studios. The partners unveiled a U.K. development partnership on Monday. “The agreement will see BBC Studios and Touchscreen, founded by Armando Iannucci, work together to develop and co-produce innovative, daring and world-class scripted programming for the U.K….

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#‘Grey’s Anatomy’ Star Kevin McKidd Joins BBC Studios Drama ‘The Primrose Railway Children’

#‘Grey’s Anatomy’ Star Kevin McKidd Joins BBC Studios Drama ‘The Primrose Railway Children’

Kevin McKidd (Grey’s Anatomy, Six Four) will be starring in the 90-minute CBBC special The Primrose Railway Children on BBC kids channel CBBC Adapted by Tom Bidwell (The Velveteen Rabbit, The Irregulars) the feature-length family drama is based on Jacqueline Wilson’s novel of the same name, which is a modern reimagining of E. Nesbit’s classic The Railway Children….

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#BBC Studios Acquires Spanish Producer Brutal Media

#BBC Studios Acquires Spanish Producer Brutal Media

BBC Studios on Wednesday unveiled that it has acquired Spanish producer Brutal Media, adding another banner to its growing production network. The U.K. public broadcaster’s commercial arm said the deal will enable it “to respond to the increased appetite for BBC content from Spanish audiences and support Brutal Media’s ambitions to export original creative IP…

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