Max Goldbart

Spies are back, at least according to rising star Agnes O’Casey, who is playing four agent roles this year and who unsurprisingly has some thoughts about the most famous spook of all. “I was playing […]

Graham Norton clearly doesn’t do things by halves and he spent a full month living around the corner from contestants on The Neighbourhood, ITV‘s constructed reality series that launches Saturday night. Richard Cowles and John […]

EXCLUSIVE: Rollercoaster Television has become a standalone indie as ITV Studios concludes its investment after five years. The UK indie, which was behind Neil Patrick Harris show What’s in the Box? for Netflix, is rebranding […]

EXCLUSIVE: UTA has signed Aimee Smale, social media star and founder of fashion brand Odd Muse. Smale has 1.5 million followers across social platforms, UTA said, and is being signed to the creator team as […]

Little more than 50 days into her new job, the biggest news of Priya Dogra‘s Channel 4 era has arrived: Ian Katz, the UK network’s longest-serving chief content officer, is stepping down in a few […]

Federation Studios co-managing director Marco Chimenz has left after nearly three years. Chimenz joined in 2023 and had been helping run the Bureau and Around the World in 80 Days studio with Pascal Breton and […]

EXCLUSIVE: German TV market Seriencamp is taking on artificial intelligence this year in a big way. The Cologne-based confab is launching a Plot Next strand that will explore the “intersection between storytelling and technology.” More […]

“Welcome to the naughtiest show on television.” It could only be Disney+’s and Hulu’s Rivals Season 2, which has now dropped full-length trailer and will launch May 15. The trailer sees the return of all […]

Gugu Mbatha-Raw (Loki) is leading a BBC sci-fi drama about space travel. Mbatha-Raw will star alongside Stuart Martin (Army of Thieves, In Flight, Rebel Moon) and Iain De Caestecker (Roadkill, The Winter King, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D) in Sutherland, […]

Amol Rajan will deliver the Edinburgh TV Festival Alternative MacTaggart lecture. Rajan is about to exit the BBC to set up a digital talent company and will talk about “the role of journalism in a […]

EXCLUSIVE: Carlette Norwood was sat next to her colleague in a car when she discovered he was a convicted sex offender. Norwood runs an award-winning independent theater in Birmingham, UK, and had hired the man […]

EXCLUSIVE: Channel 5 (now 5) is leaning into its dynastic period drama The Hardacres and we’ve got new cast and a first look at Season 2. New faces include Michele Dotrice (A Very English Scandal) […]

The BBC will in the coming months set out how it plans to cut back on TV, radio and online following today’s brutal announcement of 2,000 layoffs. Rhodri Talfan Davies, the BBC’s interim Director General, […]

The topsy-turvy ride taken by Prime Video’s Good Omens is almost over. Trailer has dropped for the Season 3 finale of the Terry Pratchett adaptation, which will be formed of one 90-minute episode. The trailer, […]

Star Trek favorite Kate Mulgrew is leading an Irish TV series about a hard-nosed New York cop in Ireland from Blue Lights producer Two Cities Television. Mulgrew, who is also known for playing Red in […]

UK agency United Agents, which reps the likes of Ted Lasso star Nick Mohammed, singer Paloma Faith and TV presenter Kate Garraway, has opened an unscripted division. Garraway’s rep Matt Nicholls will run the divison […]

Meghan Markle has dropped into the MasterChef Australia kitchen. The Duchess of Sussex will appear this season, having already recorded her show as guest judge. She will “help guide some of the most impressive home […]

EXCLUSIVE: Channel 4 is returning to its A Comedy Thing YouTube channel for a second year with new formats including Pun Battle. Channel 4 said A Comedy Thing, which publishes weekly long-form programming for YouTube […]

Oliver Savell, who has been twice BAFTA nominated for his role as a young Alan Carr in Changing Ends, is leading the BBC’s adaptation of Sue Townsend’s The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole. The adaptation, […]

TommyInnit, who runs the most popular Minecraft channel on Twitch, is leading the first series and channel to emerge from Sony’s new international digital arm with guests including Stephen Fry. 100 Questions with Tom Simons […]

Saturday Night Live UK has gone starry with its next two hosts. Bridgerton star Nicola Coughlan and White Lotus actor Aimee Lou Wood will take the reins of the next two eps after the hiatus, […]

From this fall, SNL has a new home in Canada. Heated Rivalry streamer Crave will stream SNL a day after it lands and it will be simulcast live on linear nework CTV. The new eps […]

The BBC and MGM+’s Legacy of Spies adaptation has found its Bill Haydon. Dan Stevens will take on the role of the enigmatic spymaster and has been joined in the buzzy John le Carré adaptation […]

EXCLUSIVE: The BBC’s soccer tournament satire Twenty Twenty Six is headed to not one but two American streamers. In a rare move, BBC Studios has struck deals with both BritBox and Fox streamer Tubi for […]

Paramount+ To Follow Big John In ‘Meet The Fishers’ Reality Series You will be redirected back to your article in seconds Skip to main content April 13, 2026 2:33am Services to share this page. Paramount+ […]

Fremantle is gambling on Holey Moley. The … Got Talent maker has officially taken global production and distribution rights on the format and forged a hub in Portugal from which it will make versions of […]

Ratings on SNL UK stabilized on Saturday night. The fourth episode of the first-ever British version of the show, which now takes a week hiatus, was watched by 120,000 viewers on Saturday night, grabbing a […]

EXCLUSIVE: Oscar-nominee Jonathan Pryce and Downton Abbey star Penelope Wilton are teaming on an ITV drama about a woman who survived a joint suicide pact with the love of her life and was subsequently arrested […]

Good afternoon Insiders, Max Goldbart here bringing you the latest from Cannes lineup week plus plenty more. Read on. And sign up here. Cannes Unveils 2026 Selection But Keeps Biz Guessing Mystery Missing Competition Film: […]

BAFTA has apologized “unreservedly” to the Black and disabled communities over the N-word debacle, having identified “a number of structural weaknesses” in its “planning, escalation procedures and crisis coordination arrangements” before this year’s awards. At […]

EXCLUSIVE: A platform for actors that aims to “protect and monetise human identity in the age of artificial intelligence” launches officially today, but many in the UK film and TV industry have been debating the […]

Here is first look image of Fatherland, Paweł Pawlikowski’s latest feature that is heading to Cannes. In the image, stars Sandra Hüller and Hanns Zischler can be seen looking stoic as they prepare to embark on […]

Famous works of art including The Scream, The Starry Night and The Great Wave will be reimagined via generative AI in the debut project for Fremantle’s Imaginae Studios. Art Awakens is a short-form series that […]

The BBC has ruled that the BAFTA N-word broadcast breached its editorial standards but in a way that was “unintentional.” The broadcaster’s Executive Complaints Unit (ECU) had been examining the SNAFU over the past few […]

An episode of Channel 4’s Celebrity Great British Bake Off featuring ex-BBC radio presenter Scott Mills has been axed. A spokeswoman for Channel 4 told Deadline: “Having carefully considered the circumstances, we’ve taken the decision […]

BBC Studios has created what it is calling the first fully rights-cleared streaming platform developed for airlines. BBC Player has been developed with Panasonic Avionics and will provide in-flight entertainment with BBC Studios shows. BBC […]

EXCLUSIVE: Peters, Fraser + Dunlop (PFD), which reps the likes of Michael Caine, Bear Grylls and Princess Diana’s brother Charles Spencer, has promoted Rosie Gurtovoy to run the development of its film and TV division. […]

Tension abounds in the trailer for Richard Gadd’s Half Man, which dropped Tuesday as buzz continues to build for the BBC–HBO drama launching April 23. Click above to watch Gadd and co-star Jamie Bell face […]

EXCLUSIVE: Musical microdrama is coming. Playback, starring Hannah Stocking, America’s Next Top Model winner Sophie Sumner, Amber Laird, Royce Lundquist and Sarah Sampino, has released a trailer for the musical dropping April 17. The show […]

ESPN is expanding to more than 50 countries via its Disney+ app. The much-vaunted app will become available across Europe and Asia-Pacific as it brings its total number of international markets to around 100. The initial offering will vary […]

A Kanye West festival appearance is causing chaos in the UK. The controversial singer, who has been lambasted for months for antisemitic outbursts at a time of heightened tension, has this morning said he “would […]

A24 UK is turning investigative writer Patrick Radden Keefe’s London Falling: A Mysterious Death in a Gilded City and a Family’s Search for Truth into a TV series. The book tells the story of Zac […]

The BBC has acted swiftly to find its replacement for Scott Mills on the upcoming Race Across the World spin-off, which kicks off tonight. Deadline revealed yesterday that the BBC was pushing on with the […]

EXCLUSIVE: Raw Creative Director Liesel Evans is exiting the Tinder Swindler producer after nearly a decade. Evans, whose credits include Disney+’s In Vogue: The 90s and ITV’s The Undercover Police Scandal: Love and Lies Exposed, […]

EXCLUSIVE: The BBC is pushing on with a Race Across the World spin-off despite the fact it was due to be hosted by top Radio 2 presenter Scott Mills. We understand Race Across The World: […]

Grey’s Anatomy star Kevin McKidd’s indie has struck a deal with Criminal Record producer STV Studios. McKidd’s Ferryman Films will exclusively co-produce drama with STV Studios, which owns the likes of Patrick Melrose maker Two […]