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Max Goldbart
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Max joined Deadline in 2021 and covers the European TV industry, particularly the UK. He spent the previous four years at UK TV trade Broadcast, rising from reporter to chief reporter and focusing on public service broadcasting, the BBC and BBC Studios. He also reported on the British TV sector's diversity push and efforts to end bullying and harassment. He has regularly appeared in the national media on a variety of TV topics and has freelanced for a number of UK trade mags along with global free speech publication Index on Censorship.
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Netflix UK Scripted Slate: Steven Knight To Pen Guinness Series; Stephen Graham & Jack Thorne Team For Real-Time Crime Drama
A splashy Netflix UK scripted slate features a historical series about the Guinness brewery from Peaky Blinders creator Steven Knight and the latest ‘one-shot’ offering from Stephen Graham, Jack Thorne and Philip Barantini.
The prolific Knight is penning House of Guinness [working title] from…
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“Exit Game”: Netflix’s ‘Black Mirror’ Returning To One Of Its Most Beloved Settings For Season 7
Black Mirror is returning to the USS Callister, the setting of one of its most highly-regarded episodes.
Netflix confirmed Season 7 of Charlie Brooker and Annabel Jones’ anthology today and delivered a teaser that will delight fans.
“USS Callister will return… Robert Daly is dead, but for the…
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Gillian Anderson & Rufus Sewell Reveal They Both Initially Turned Down Roles In Netflix Prince Andrew Feature ‘Scoop’
Gillian Anderson and Rufus Sewell have revealed they both said “absolutely not” when first asked to play Emily Maitlis and Prince Andrew in Netflix feature Scoop.
Speaking via video link at the See What’s Next Netflix event in London, Sex Education star Anderson said she thought she would…
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Jamie Dornan To Play Identical Twins In Netflix UK Drama Series ‘The Undertow’
Fifty Shades of Grey star Jamie Dornan will play identical twins in a Netflix drama out of the UK.
Unveiled at a Next on Netflix event this evening in London, The Undertow is a crime noir series that will see the Irishman take on the dual roles of identical twins Adam and Lee.
Suffocating in a…
‘Doctor Who’ Director Jamie Magnus Stone Helming TV Adaptation Of Brian W. Aldiss’ ‘Non-Stop’ For Aircraft Pictures
EXCLUSIVE: Doctor Who director Jamie Magnus Stone is helming a sci-fi series adaptation of Brian W. Aldiss’ debut Non-Stop for Aircraft Pictures.
Set in a distant future, Non-Stop tells the tale of Roy Complain, a man born into a primitive society only to discover his tribe is one of many aboard a…
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‘Walking Dead’ Maker Skybound Strikes “First-Of-Its-Kind” Deal With Prime Video For Scandi Dystopian Thriller
EXCLUSIVE: Walking Dead maker Skybound Entertainment has struck what it is calling a “first-of-its-kind” deal with Prime Video over a dystopian thriller series from Scandinavia.
Amazon has taken rights in the Nordics for VAKA but Skybound retains worldwide distribution and controls the show’s…
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Tim Davie To Set Out “Future Direction Of The BBC” In All-Staff Speech Later This Month
EXCLUSIVE: The “future direction of the BBC and its role for the UK” will be set out in an all-staff speech from Director General Tim Davie in a fortnight, at which point he will address “a new wave of technological change reshaping the media landscape.”
A memo from Davie sent in the past few minutes…
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Analysis: The BBC & Netflix Unveiled Their Landmark Five-Year Disability Partnership With Fanfare In 2021, But Two-And-A-Half Years Later, The Industry Is Questioning Where The Shows Are
EXCLUSIVE: At the 2021 Edinburgh TV Festival, the BBC and Netflix unveiled what the pair described as a landmark five-year disability partnership that would unearth a new generation of shows helmed by disabled talent.
But more than half of the partnership's five-year time period has now elapsed and…
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Vladimir Putin’s Run-In With Greenpeace & Paul McCartney To Be Spotlighted In BBC Documentary Series
EXCLUSIVE: Vladimir Putin’s 10-year-old battle with a group of Greenpeace protestors that attracted the attention of none other than Paul McCartney is to be spotlighted in a BBC documentary series.
Curve Media’s On Thin Ice: Putin V Greenpeace (working title) is being positioned as the BBC’s latest…
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Fremantle Revenues Dip As Lofty $3.3B Turnover Target Draws Nearer
Revenues and profits fell at Poor Things super-indie Fremantle last year as the outfit’s lofty €3B ($3.2B) revenue target draws ever nearer.
In a difficult market, Fremantle’s turnover fell slightly by 3.5% to €2.26B, while adjusted EBITA was down by the sharper 14.2% to €139M.
Fremantle’s €3B…
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BBC Studios Fires Starting Gun On Race To Replace Ralph Lee At Helm Of $2B Content Unit
EXCLUSIVE: The race to replace Ralph Lee at the helm of BBC Studios Productions is underway, with the studio signaling its ambition by approaching some of the UK’s top unscripted executives.
Lee will step down as the CEO of BBC Studios Productions next month after a six-year stint to "pursue a new…
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‘The Mothership’ Writer-Director Matt Charman Lands First Netflix Project Since Halle Berry Movie Was Axed
EXCLUSIVE: The Mothership writer-director Matt Charman has landed his first Netflix project since the Halle Berry movie was axed by the streamer, Deadline understands.
We are told that Charman is writing a UK-set TV series thriller set in the upper echelons of the British political sphere titled The…
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