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2025 BAFTA Television Craft Awards winners announced

BAFTA has announced the winners of the 2025 BAFTA Television Craft Awards at a ceremony in London.  Celebrating the exceptional creativity, skill and craft of behind-the-scenes television talent and the best programmes of 2024. The following programmes won two BAFTAs each: Richard Gadd won the Writer Drama category and Weronika Tofilska won for Director: Fiction […]

April 27, 2025

Research: Canadians biggest consumers of true crime

Canadian audiences watched more true crime on Netflix than subscribers in any other country last year, according to research by Digital i. Data first presented by media consultant Beatrice Rossmanith at Series Mania Forum shows that 60.7 per cent of Canadian Netflix subscribers watched at least 20 minutes of a true crime title in 2024. […]

April 1, 2025

BPG Awards announces 2025 winners

The 51st Broadcasting Press Guild (BPG) Awards celebrated outstanding achievements in television, streaming, and audio, with Mr Bates vs The Post Office, Gavin & Stacey: The Finale, and Rivals emerging as the night’s biggest winners. The event, held at The Everyman in Broadgate, brought together industry leaders, BPG members, and key figures from the UK […]

March 20, 2025

Survey: “Lovely Jubbly” tops Britain’s favourite TV phrases

A nationwide survey from Sky TV has revealed a list of the most enduring and well-loved phrases from British TV. Top of the list is Del Boy’s iconic “Lovely Jubbly” (37 per cent) from Only Fools and Horses and Homer’s “D’oh” from The Simpsons (25 per cent). “Here’s one I made earlier” from Blue Peter […]

December 5, 2024

UK titles rule Netflix’s H1 most-watched shows

Netflix has shared its latest Engagement Report, which shows what people watched on Netflix from January to June 2024. Introducing the report, the streaming platform said: “Watchtime — or engagement — is our best indicator of member happiness. When people watch more, they stick around longer and recommend Netflix to others. In the first half of […]

September 19, 2024By Nik Roseveare

Netflix, Gadd sign creative partnership

Netflix has announced an expanded relationship with producer, writer and actor Richard Gadd as they enter a multi-year scripted series first-look deal. The news was revealed by Netflix Co-CEO Ted Sarandos on stage at The Royal Television Society (RTS) London Convention. Netflix’s first collaboration with Gadd was as Executive Producer of the breakout series Baby […]

September 17, 2024Colin Mann @ RTS London Convention

BBC, HBO co-produce drama from Baby Reindeer’s Gadd

Tthe BBC and HBO are co-producing the a drama series from creator and executive producer Richard Gadd, on the heels of his surprise breakout hit, Baby Reindeer, which he wrote and starred in. The new series, with the working title of Lions, sees Niall’s estranged brother Ruben arrive at his wedding, leading to an explosion […]

June 27, 2024

Hit Man takes Netflix #1

Richard Linklater’s latest dark comedy, Hit Man, which he co-wrote with star Glen Powell, debuted atop Netflix’s English Films List in the week commencing June 3rd – with 10.8 million views in its first three days. Sci-fi blockbuster Atlas, starring Jennifer Lopez, continued to perform strongly, coming in at #2 with 8.9 million views. Brooke […]

June 12, 2024

Real Baby Reindeer Martha sues Netflix for $170m

Netflix, behind the surprise breakout hit series Baby Reindeer, has been sued by the ‘real’ Martha for $170 million (€156.8m) with claims of negligence, defamation and distress. In the show, prominently billed as a ‘true story’  Richard Gadd recounts his stalking by the Martha character who, the show claims was sentenced for stalking someone else. […]

June 7, 2024

Netflix co-CEO: “Advertisers want engagement most of all”

Netflix co-CEO Greg Peters, speaking at the Deloitte and Enders Analysis Media & Telecoms 2024 and Beyond Conference, said there was a $600 billion+ revenue opportunity for the streaming platform, and that advertising plays a key role in acheiving that. “Adaptability is about diversifying our revenue through ads, which are such a great complement to […]

June 5, 2024