Andrew Neil Handed Channel 4 Politics Present
Andrew Neil, the British information heavyweight who launched GB Information final yr earlier than leaving inside weeks, is to host a Sunday night time political present on Channel 4. Sunday Politics with Andrew Neil (working title) will see the ex-BBC presenter and founding Sky Chairman interview high-profile politicians and newsmakers, accompanied by a weekly podcast. Channel 4 Information producer ITN Productions will produce the half hour present. Neil has had a massively profitable 50-year profession however was left embarrassed final yr after launching GB Information then leaving inside weeks on account of variations of political opinion with the opposite founders. He’s identified for grilling politicians and attracted the federal government’s ire in 2019 when he known as out Prime Minister Boris Johnson for failing to look on his present. Talking at a Freeview occasion in November, Neil mentioned he didn’t need GB Information to be the “full cease on my profession” and he had been rumored to be becoming a member of Rupert Murdoch’s soon-to-launch Speak TV.
Italy To Remake BBC’s ‘The Break up’
Hit BBC authorized drama The Break up is being remade in Italy after BBC Studios struck a take care of Italian indie Palomar. Titled Studio Battaglia, the six-part remake shall be made by Palomar and Tempesta Movie in affiliation with Rai Fiction, written by Lisa Nur Sultana and directed by Simone Spada. Barbora Bobulova, Miriam Dalmazio and Marina Occhionero will play the three sisters central to the plot, all daughters of a divorce lawyer, who have been performed within the Sister-produced UK model by Nicola Walker, Annabel Scholey and Fiona Button. Abi Morgan’s unique, which is co-produced for Sundance TV, is at present in manufacturing on its third and closing sequence. Turkish manufacturing firm MF Yapim licensed the format earlier this yr for Fox TV in Turkey. “The Break up is a shifting and compelling examine of the common themes of affection, marriage and divorce – all of which audiences around the globe will little question be capable of relate,” mentioned André Renaud, Senior Vice President – International Format Gross sales at BBC Studios. The deal was brokered by Tommaso Muffato, Gross sales Govt at BBC Studios.
Fast Blue’s Duncan Irvine Exits After 30 Years
Duncan Irvine, the CEO and Co-founder of Come Dine With Me South Africa producer Fast Blue, is exiting the South African manufacturing outfit after three a long time, changed by Managing Director Ziyanda Ngcaba. Irvine based the BBC Studios-backed firm in 1993 with Kee-Leen Irvine, who left not too long ago, and it has produced a spread of hit codecs in South Africa together with variations of Dancing with the Stars and Love Island. Ngcaba joined as Exec Producer and Enterprise Director in 2020 and was promoted a yr later. She beforehand labored for eMedia Investments and SABC, driving scripted exhibits reminiscent of Rhythm Metropolis and Scandal. “I’m massively honoured to take the helm and steer this ship,” she mentioned. “I look ahead to carrying forward Duncan and Kee-Leen’s values, inventive ambition and fervour for high quality leisure.”
Crimson Manufacturing Firm Indicators Manufacturing Boss
Studiocanal-backed It’s a Sin producer Crimson Manufacturing Firm has signed Contemporary Meat Line Producer Margaret Conway as Head of Manufacturing. Becoming a member of subsequent month and reporting to CEO Sarah Doole, Conway will oversee productions throughout the outfit’s scripted slate and factual label Sow the Seed. She shall be liable for making certain that every one exhibits are delivered on time, inside price range and of the standard that’s synonymous with the Crimson model. She has expertise of working throughout a wide range of UK productions reminiscent of Chilly Toes, The Bay and Contemporary Meat. Doole mentioned she is “the most effective within the enterprise and massively captivated with what she does.”
