Sky's Mensah on mission to set the bar for TV drama
Sky's new head of drama, Anne Mensah, has revealed she is hunting large-scale series that can "lead the way" and teach the "Americans a thing or two" about television production.
Sky's new head of drama, Anne Mensah, has revealed she is hunting large-scale series that can "lead the way" and teach the "Americans a thing or two" about television production.
Nicholas Hytner is to be profiled as part of the revival of The South Bank Show series on Sky Arts.
BBC Radio 2 head of programming Lewis Carnie is stepping down from the role temporarily to work in the entertainment department at BBC Television.
Douglas Henshall is to star in a two-part BBC1 drama based on books by Ann Cleeves, whose novels inspired the ITV drama series Vera.
Derby Theatre has been awarded £923,000 from Arts Council England, which will help it to appoint an artistic leader and stage three in-house productions a year.
Thoroughly Modern Millie is to form part of the new season at the Watermill Theatre in Newbury.
Claire Skinner, Clare Higgins, Nicola Stephenson and Antonia Thomas are to play the wives and girlfriends of soldiers serving in Afghanistan in ITV's new six part drama series Homefront.
BBC1 has ordered a ten-part series based on the characters created by Alexandre Dumas in The Three Musketeers, as part of number of new commissions being made by the Corporation's own drama …
West End actor Malcolm Sinclair is to stand for a second term as Equity president in the union's forthcoming elections, against current vice-president Jean Rogers and former vice-president D…
Sky is to bring the Kumars back to UK screens following a six-year absence, with a new show set to be broadcast in the autumn.
Matilda has added to its trophy haul from last month's Oliviers by scooping the best theatre production prize at the South Bank Sky Arts Awards.
Piers Wenger, former head of drama at BBC Wales, has been appointed to the same role at Channel 4.
Arts Council England and the BBC today launched The Space, a digital service featuring specially filmed work from a range of arts organisations.
CBBC is to go behind the scenes of Shrek The Musical to discover how children are cast in the production, as part of a brand new series exploring fame called Secret World.
Sky1 director Stuart Murphy has been promoted to director of Sky entertainment channels.
An online-only branch of Equity that will be open to all members and will have the same democratic rights as the union's other branches is to be launched this year.
BBC1 has commissioned a second series of Kay Mellor's drama The Syndicate.
Performers will be urged to pursue legal action against companies paying less than the minimum wage, as part of a new Equity campaign aimed at stamping out exploitation in the industry.
Actress Fiona Shaw will reveal how Pina Bausch has influenced her own acting technique as part of a documentary exploring the German choreographer's legacy.
Darcey Bussell is to join BBC1's Strictly Come Dancing as a judge, replacing Alesha Dixon.
An opera about Walt Disney written by Philip Glass forms part of English National Opera's new season.
ITV drama Appropriate Adult has picked up the most nominations for this year's British Academy Television Awards, with its stars - Emily Watson and Dominic West - both receiving nods for the…
Anna Maxwell Martin is to star in a new ITV drama about code-breaking, called The Bletchley Circle.
A semi-staged production of My Fair Lady and a celebration of the music of Ivor Novello form part of the line up of this year's BBC Proms.
Playwrights working for the National Theatre, the Royal Court and the Royal Shakespeare Company are to benefit from an increase of just under 8% on their total minimum fee.